AHL Weekly Release: Sound Tigers off to roaring start

WEEKLY RELEASE #6 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … They won the AHL’s regular-season points title and reached the Calder Cup Finals in their very first season of existence seven years ago, but have not been to the postseason since 2006. This year, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers have used strong offensive starts from a pair of new forwards […]

Falcons’ Dubnyk is Reebok/AHL Player of the Week

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Springfield Falcons goaltender Devan Dubnyk has been named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Nov. 16, 2008. In three starts, Dubnyk was 2-1-0 with a 1.30 goals-against average, a .968 save percentage and his first career AHL shutout. Dubnyk was peppered […]

Desharnais cooking up something big

by Lindsay Kramer || NHL.com Lindsay Kramer, the AHL correspondent for NHL.com, profiles an up-and-coming player each Monday during the season, and his AHL notebook appears each Thursday on NHL.com. A few years ago, not one NHL team saw enough in David Desharnais to waste a draft pick on him. Last season, Hamilton Bulldogs coach […]

Wolf Pack top Monsters behind Parenteau’s four points

Sunday’s Boxscores HARTFORD 5, LAKE ERIE 3 Red-hot Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau tallied two goals and added a pair of assists for a four-point night as Hartford took a 5-3 road win over Lake Erie at Quicken Loans Arena on Sunday in the first-ever meeting between the teams. Parenteau extended his scoring streak to six games (5-6-11) for […]

Eager Regier nets first two NHL goals

Recalled from Peoria earlier in the day, Steve Regier scored his first two career NHL goals on Sunday evening in the St. Louis Blues’ 3-2 shootout loss to the Montreal Canadiens at the Scottrade Center. Regier is the Rivermen’s leading scorer in 2008-09, with nine goals and eight assists for 17 points in 15 games. […]

AHL Quick Hits: IceHogs, Rivermen meet in Rockford

LOOKING BACK: On Thursday, Josh Green and Bobby Ryan each posted three points as Iowa dropped San Antonio, 6-1… In Wednesday’s action, Kurtis McLean had three points (1-2-3) to lead Bridgeport over Binghamton, 6-2, in St. John’s, N.L… Goaltender Drew MacIntyre made 36 saves to help Milwaukee edge Rockford in a shootout, 2-1. Wed 11/12 […]

Sound Tigers’ pair of Division III dandies

by Kimber Auerbach || AHL On The Beat Archive Kurtis McLean comes to Bridgeport after playing in the Calder Cup Finals last season. There were 59 players at this year’s New York Islanders’ training camp and all but two had either played on a Division I college hockey team or a major junior club before […]

Osala’s hat trick lifts Bears to 7-3 win over Phantoms

Saturday’s Boxscores HERSHEY 7, PHILADELPHIA 3 Rookie forward Oskar Osala tallied his first professional hat trick and Hershey scored five unanswered goals in the third period to take a 7-3 win over visiting Philadelphia on Saturday before 9,031 fans at the Giant Center. Osala netted the eventual game-winning goal at 8:58 of the third period for the […]

Sharks-Falcons tilt postponed

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that tonight’s game between the Worcester Sharks and the Springfield Falcons (AHL #209), scheduled to be played at the DCU Center in Worcester, has been postponed due to a power outage at the arena. Make-up information will be announced at a later date.

AHL announces suspension

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Worcester Sharks right wing Dan DaSilva has been suspended for one (1) game as a result of his actions in a game at Providence on Nov. 14. DaSilva was assessed an instigator penalty within the final five minutes of the third period, resulting in an […]