Stevenson named CCM/AHL Player of the Month

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Quad City Flames right wing Grant Stevenson has been named the CCM/AHL Player of the Month for January. Stevenson scored 12 goals and added eight assists for 20 points in 12 games last month. Stevenson, who enters February riding an 11-game scoring streak, recorded two […]

Monarchs’ Boyle named top rookie for January

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Manchester Monarchs center Brian Boyle has been named the Rbk Edge/AHL Rookie of the Month for January. Boyle recorded six goals and six assists for 12 points along with a plus-6 rating in 12 games for the Monarchs last month. Boyle kicked off the new […]

Taylor named Rbk X-Pulse Goalie of the Month

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Daniel Taylor of the Manchester Monarchs has been named the Rbk X-Pulse/AHL Goaltender of the Month for January. Taylor made six appearances last month, posting a record of 5-0-0 with a 0.87 goals-against average, a .972 save percentage and three shutouts. Taylor stopped 26 shots […]

Murley nets OT winner as Rampage rally past Monsters

SAN ANTONIO 4, LAKE ERIE 3 (OT) San Antonio erased a 3-1 deficit with a pair of goals in a 1:31 span during the third period, and Matt Murley (pictured) completed the comeback with the game-winner just 42 seconds into overtime as the visiting Rampage dropped Lake Erie by a 4-3 final on Thursday at […]

Western Conference notebook

Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Defenseman Joel Kwiatkowski netted his team-leading 10th power play goal of the season on Jan. 26 in a 5-3 win at Grand Rapids… Kwiatkowski leads all AHL blueliners with 13 goals and shares third with 34 points on the season… Darren Haydar notched two points (1-1-2) in that same game […]

Eastern Conference notebook

Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Second-year pro Jakub Petruzalek scored a shootout goal on Jan. 25 and the overtime game-winner on Jan. 26, leading Albany to a two-game road sweep of Norfolk… Petruzalek has a point in four of his last five games (3-4-7)… The River Rats and Admirals have needed at least overtime in […]

Botterill making smooth transition to front office

by Brian Coe || AHL On The Beat Archive If you were around the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins for the 2001 Calder Cup Finals, you might remember Jason Botterill suiting up for the Saint John Flames. He certainly remembers his time playing in Wilkes-Barre. "I had some great experiences, and one of them was obviously playing in […]

Two games kick off AHL’s post-All-Star break schedule

San Antonio is 3-0-1-0 thus far on a 14-game road swing, which continues tonight in the first of a two-game set with Lake Erie at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. It’s one of two contests on Thursday’s AHL slate, and if you can’t get to the rink, you can watch all the action with […]

AHL Weekly Release: Road to the playoffs resumes

WEEKLY RELEASE #17 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The stars have faded in Binghamton and with the 2008 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Reebok now behind us, the American Hockey League is set to resume its 72nd regular season as the road to the 2008 Calder Cup Playoffs kicks into high gear. The Providence Bruins continue to […]

Taylor, Wiikman share Player of the Week honors

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Manchester Monarchs goaltender Daniel Taylor and Hartford Wolf Pack goaltender Miika Wiikman have been named co-winners of the Rbk/AHL Player of the Week award for the period ending January 27, 2008. Combined, the two rookie netminders allowed just one goal on 160 shots in five […]