Boucher posts shutout in NHL return

(AP) — Brian Boucher‘s first NHL start of the season might make it easier for the San Jose Sharks to give hardworking goalie Evgeni Nabokov a few more days off. Signed from the AHL’s Philadelphia Phantoms earlier in the week, Boucher made 24 saves to beat the St. Louis Blues 2-0 on Saturday night for […]

Brouwer helps IceHogs topple Bruins, 5-1

Saturday’s Boxscores ROCKFORD 5, PROVIDENCE 1 Rockford jumped out to a 3-0 lead after one period and a 5-0 advantage after two periods on its way to a 5-1 victory over league-leading Providence on Saturday before 6,051 fans at the MetroCentre. Troy Brouwer netted a pair of power play goals for the IceHogs, giving him […]

Henry the captain of Admirals’ ship

by Charlie Larson || AHL On The Beat Archive Hockey coaches love statistics. They want to know which player has the fastest slapshot, who scores the most goals, and what the team’s record is when they play within their own division, on the road, on Saturday nights. In January. A cursory scan at the Milwaukee […]

Power surge sparks Wolf Pack to 6-2 victory

Friday’s BoxscoresHARTFORD 6, NORFOLK 2 Hartford converted on four of six power plays and cruised to a 6-2 win over visiting Norfolk on Friday at the XL Center. Defenseman Andrew Hutchinson notched a game-high five points (1-4-5) for the Wolf Pack and now has 14 points in his last seven contests (6-8-14). Hartford, which sits […]

2008 Clear Day lists released

The American Hockey League has released the Clear Day Period lists for each of its 29 member clubs. Each Clear Day roster consists of a maximum of 22 players. According to AHL by-laws, only those players listed on a team’s Clear Day roster are eligible to compete in the remainder of the 2007-08 AHL regular […]

Jaffray’s hat trick leads Moose past Bears, 4-2

MANITOBA 4, HERSHEY 2 Jason Jaffray tallied his second hat trick of the season to lead Manitoba over visiting Hershey by a 4-2 count on Thursday before 6,667 fans at the MTS Centre. Jaffray scored a goal in each period for the Moose, who earned a split of their two-game home set with the Bears. […]

Deals struck before Clear Day deadline

American Hockey League teams shuffled their rosters in advance of Thursday afternoon’s 3:00 (ET) Clear Day deadline. The complete Clear Day lists will be released on theahl.com no earlier than 10:00 a.m. (ET) on Friday. The Bridgeport Sound Tigers have acquired center Colton Fretter from the Chicago Wolves for future considerations. The 25-year-old Fretter is […]

Eastern Conference notebook

Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Albany has matched its season high with a four-game winning streak, previously accomplished from Dec. 7-14… Goaltenders Michael Leighton and Justin Peters have combined to allow just five goals on 130 shots (.962) over the four games… Leighton played in his 300th career professional game on Sunday at Bridgeport, making […]

Western Conference notebook

Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Chicago has allowed only 12 goals during its current 11-game points streak (10-0-1-0)… Goaltender Ondrej Pavelec is 9-1-0 with a 1.09 GAA and .961 save percentage during the Wolves’ recent run, while Robert Gherson posted a 21-save shutout of Manitoba on Feb. 10… Pavelec leads all AHL rookie goaltenders and […]