PROVIDENCE 4, LOWELL 3 (SO) Mikko Lehtonen and Martin St. Pierre netted goals in the shootout to give Providence a 4-3 victory over Lowell before 7,991 fans on opening night Wednesday at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. Vladimir Sobotka and Byron Bitz each posted a goal and an assist in regulation for the Bruins, and second-year […]
AHL President and CEO David Andrews helped kick off the league’s 73rd season by appearing on the AHL Report segment of Hockey This Morning with host Scott Laughlin on XM 204 this morning. The 2008-09 season gets underway tonight with two games, as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins host the Hershey Bears in an East Division showdown, […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League begins its 73rd season tonight as 29 teams start down the road to the 2009 Calder Cup championship. The 2008-09 campaign gets underway at 7:05 p.m. (ET) with a pair of games, as the Providence Bruins play host to the Lowell Devils and the defending Eastern Conference champion […]
by Mike G. Morreale || NHL.com Current Flyers captain Mike Richards won a Calder Cup with the Phantoms in 2005. Also see: Phantoms defeat Flyers, 4-2 Tuesday night, in a final act of brotherly love, the Philadelphia Flyers faced off against their American Hockey League affiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms, at the Wachovia Spectrum. The game […]
The Syracuse Crunch will pay tribute to Hollywood legend Paul Newman by raising a banner featuring the number 7 to the War Memorial at Oncenter rafters prior to their game on Saturday, Oct. 11, against the Rochester Americans. Newman’s character, Reg Dunlop, wore the number 7 in the cult hockey film Slap Shot. The tribute […]
The Manitoba Moose today announced that when they open their 13th regular season on Friday, October 10th at the MTS Centre against their division arch-rival, the Hamilton Bulldogs, they will also celebrate the life of teammate Luc Bourdon. Game time is 7:30 p.m. (CT). Bourdon, who played in 41 games in his rookie pro season […]
by Lindsay Kramer || NHL.com With mountain ranges and beaches separated by only a short drive, Ty Wishart’s home of Comox, B.C., is known as a place of great beauty, both natural and otherwise. A few years back, Wishart did a little research on one of the town’s best known … landmarks. Former resident Pamela […]
The Vancouver Canucks, parent club of the AHL’s Manitoba Moose, have acquired defenseman Shane O’Brien and forward Michel Ouellet from the Tampa Bay Lightning, parent club of the AHL’s Norfolk Admirals, in exchange for defenseman Lukas Krajicek and forward Juraj Simek. Ouellet has been assigned to Manitoba and Simek to Norfolk by their respective NHL […]
HAMILTON 4, TORONTO 3 (OT) Hamilton fell behind by a pair of goals but battled back to eventually take a 4-3 win in overtime over Toronto in preseason action on Sunday at Mile One Centre in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Chad Anderson netted the game-winner for the Bulldogs at 3:44 of the extra session. Hamilton’s Yanick […]
NORFOLK 7, PHILADELPHIA 1 Brandon Segal netted four goals by the 2:55 mark of the third period as the Norfolk Admirals cruised past the visiting Philadelphia Phantoms, 7-1, on Saturday in preseason action at the Scope Arena. Paul Szczechura added a pair of goals for the Admirals, and Chris Lawrence added a single marker. Mitch […]
