The National Hockey League announced today that Columbus Blue Jackets center Derick Brassard, who led all rookies and his club in scoring with nine points (4-5-9) in 10 games, has been named the NHL Rookie of the Month for October, edging six other rookies for the award. Brassard recorded points in eight of 10 games […]
by Al Craig || AHL On The Beat Archive To say the Hamilton Bulldogs’ start has been surprising would be the understatement of the early American Hockey League season, even in the Steel City. Their 8-2-1-0 record is the second-best start in the team’s first 13 seasons. You have to go back to their second […]
The Ottawa Senators, parent club of the AHL’s Binghamton Senators, have acquired defenseman Drew Fata from the Phoenix Coyotes, parent club of the AHL’s San Antonio Rampage, in exchange for forward Alexander Nikulin. Nikulin, 23, was Ottawa’s fourth-round pick, 122nd overall, in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. The 6-1, 203-pound center recorded two goals and […]
WEEKLY RELEASE #4 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … They have a new affiliation and almost an entirely new roster of players, but the Portland Pirates are again making their presence felt in the Atlantic Division through the first month of the 2008-09 season. The Pirates are the new AHL affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres after three years […]
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. Manitoba’s defeat at the hands of Syracuse in the first round of the playoffs last season was a lose-win situation for forward Zack Smith. His […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Grand Rapids Griffins center Justin Abdelkader has been named the Reebok Edge/AHL Rookie of the Month for October. Abdelkader scored seven goals and added two assists for nine points in seven games for the Griffins. Abdelkader scored his first professional goal and was named the […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Hamilton Bulldogs goaltender Marc Denis has been named the Reebok/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending November 2, 2008. Denis stopped 96 of 99 shots in three starts last week, going 3-0-0 with a 0.97 goals-against average and a .970 save percentage. Denis […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Ondrej Pavelec of the Chicago Wolves has been named the Reebok X-Pulse/AHL Goaltender of the Month for October. Pavelec played every minute of Chicago’s nine games during the month, going 5-3-1 with a 1.54 goals-against average, a .947 save percentage and two shutouts. Pavelec, who […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Hershey Bears center Keith Aucoin has been named the CCM/AHL Player of the Month for October. Aucoin registered five goals and 13 assists for 18 points in 10 games to lead the Bears to the top of the East Division standings. Aucoin scored 96 seconds […]
Sunday’s Boxscores WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON 4, HOUSTON 3 Chris Minard netted a hat trick and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton overcame a 16-4 shots disadvantage in the third period to escape with a 4-3 road win over Houston on Sunday before 7,752 fans at the Toyota Center. Minard, who was reassigned from parent-club Pittsburgh earlier in the day, now leads the […]
