Sound Tigers hand Pirates rare home loss, 2-1

BRIDGEPORT 2, PORTLAND 1 Jeff Tambellini tallied his league-leading 25th goal of the season and Steve Regier netted the eventual game-winner as Bridgeport posted a 2-1 win over host Portland on Monday afternoon at the Cumberland County Civic Center. The loss snapped the Pirates’ four-game home winning streak and their seven-game points streak overall (6-0-0-1). […]

AHL Weekly Release: Stars ready to shine in Bingo

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The 2008 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Reebok, set for this coming Sunday and Monday, will bring some of the best young players in hockey to the Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena in Binghamton, N.Y., to continue a tradition that actually dates back more than 65 years. While 2008 marks the 14th […]

QC’s Stevenson named Rbk/AHL Player of the Week

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Quad City Flames right wing Grant Stevenson has been named the Rbk/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending January 20, 2008. Stevenson extended his personal scoring streak to eight games by scoring six goals and adding an assist for seven points in three […]

NHL.com: Okposo showing he belongs

by Lindsay Kramer || NHL.com For reasons both obvious and unexpected, Bridgeport Sound Tigers rookie right wing Kyle Okposo is probably the most watched player in the AHL right now. So there’s only one way that Okposo knows how to respond. He’s giving everyone something to look at. Okposo is deftly skating through a firestorm […]

Stevenson’s four goals lead Flames past Amerks, 4-2

Sunday’s AHL Boxscores QUAD CITY 4, ROCHESTER 2 Grant Stevenson became the second AHL player this season to score four goals in a game as Quad City posted a 4-2 win over visiting Rochester on Sunday at the I Wireless Center. Stevenson notched one goal each in the first and second periods and tallied two […]

Phantoms welcome four millionth fan

Rich Shewman of Douglasville, Pa., walked through the doors of the Wachovia Spectrum at 4:37 on Sunday afternoon as the four-millionth fan in team history. Shewman was showered with confetti and cheers as he walked into the Phantoms record books. Upon his entry, Phantoms chief operating officer Frank Miceli presented Shewman with a custom Phantoms […]

AHL Quick Hits: Wolves tangle with Griffins

For Immediate Release January 18, 2008 LOOKING BACK: In Thursday’s action, defenseman Jeff Woywitka tallied the game-winner and Hannu Toivonen made 24 saves as Peoria downed Manitoba, 4-2, for its eighth straight win… On Wednesday, Jeff Tambellini scored twice in Bridgeport’s 3-2 win at Norfolk… Derek MacKenzie had a team-high three points (1-2-3) to help […]

Surging Pirates edge Wolf Pack in overtime

Saturday’s AHL Boxscores PORTLAND 5, HARTFORD 4 (OT)Geoff Platt tallied four points (1-3-4) and Andrew Ebbett (pictured) notched the game-winner 33 seconds into overtime as Portland stayed hot with a 5-4 road win over Hartford on Saturday at the XL Center. Ebbett took a share of the league lead with his third overtime goal of […]