Wolves-Marlies opener on XM 204 tonight

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that XM Satellite Radio and XM Canada will be carrying tonight’s Calder Cup Playoff game on their all-hockey Home Ice XM 204 channel.   XM will carry Game 1 of the 2008 Western Conference Finals between the Toronto Marlies and the Chicago Wolves from Rosemont, Ill. […]

Ryan leads Pirates to a split in Wilkes-Barre

PORTLAND 3, WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON 2 Bobby Ryan netted a pair of goals, including the game-winner on the power play in the third period, to help Portland take a 3-2 road win over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Thursday at the Wachovia Arena. The Pirates evened the best-of-7 series at one game […]

Top 10 highlights from the division finals

The American Hockey League and B2 Networks are making highlights available from the 2008 Calder Cup Playoffs. Here are the top 10 highlights from the second round of this year’s postseason, and don’t forget you can catch all the action live on the road to the Calder Cup from the comfort of your own computer […]

AHL Morning Skate: Penguins aim for 2-0 lead

AHL Quick Hits is now the Morning Skate… Every morning, take a spin around the AHL ice with recaps and previews, news and notes, facts and figures, and the top headlines from around the American Hockey League. WEDNESDAY’S SCORES: W-B/SCRANTON 2, Portland 0 (WBS leads, 1-0) WEDNESDAY’S THREE STARS: 1. Dave Gove broke a scoreless […]

Penguins grab early edge with Game 1 win

Dave Gove banged home a loose puck with 6:57 left in regulation, snapping a scoreless deadlock and sending Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to a 2-0 win over Portland in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Wednesday night. John Curry made 18 saves for his first playoff shutout and his fifth consecutive victory. It was Curry’s second […]

AHL’s conference finals matchups set

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Only four teams remain in the hunt for the 2008 Calder Cup championship after two Game 7’s in the Western Conference brought the curtain down on the second round this week. The Chicago Wolves were the last team to advance to the final four, finishing off the West Division Finals with a […]

AHL Morning Skate: Pens, Pirates look to strike first

AHL Quick Hits is now the Morning Skate… Every morning, take a spin around the AHL ice with recaps and previews, news and notes, facts and figures, and the top headlines from around the American Hockey League. TUESDAY’S SCORES: CHICAGO 4, Rockford 1 (CHI wins, 4-3) TUESDAY’S THREE STARS: 1. Rookie goaltender Ondrej Pavelec stopped […]

Never say never: Marlies off to conference finals

by Mike Ulmer || AHL On The Beat Archive And this, people, is why you never say never. Eight days ago, Syracuse looked like an elephant burial ground for the Toronto Marlies. They had lost their first two home games, they were heading to a hostile arena and they were averaging less than two goals […]

Conference finals schedules set

The American Hockey League has announced the schedules for the 2008 Calder Cup Playoffs conference finals: Eastern Conference Finals – Series “M” (best-of-7) E1-Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins vs. A3-Portland Pirates Game 1 – Wed., May 14 – Portland at W-B/Scranton, 7:05 Game 2 – Thu., May 15 – Portland at W-B/Scranton, 7:05 Game 3 – Sun., May […]

Pavelec backstops Wolves to Game 7 victory

CHICAGO 4, ROCKFORD 1 Four different players netted goals and rookie netminder Ondrej Pavelec stopped 38 of 39 shots as Chicago took Game 7 of the West Division finals over Rockford by a 4-1 final on Tuesday at the Allstate Arena. The Wolves won back-to-back tilts to rally from a 3-2 series deficit and will […]