AHL Weekly Release: Penguins rolling into ’08

WEEKLY RELEASE #13 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Winners of seven in a row heading into their New Year’s Eve game, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have finally emerged from mediocrity to make a run at the top spot in the East Division. The Penguins had not been more than two games above or two games below the .500 […]

Tambellini named Rbk/AHL Player of the Week

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Bridgeport Sound Tigers left wing Jeff Tambellini has been named the Rbk/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending December 30, 2007. Tambellini scored five goals and added two assists for seven points in three games on the week. Tambellini began the post-Christmas schedule […]

Ring out 2007 with the American Hockey League

Take a cup of kindness yet for auld land syne and help the AHL close out 2007 with 10 games on New Year’s Eve, beginning with a 1:00 (ET) matinee between the league-leading Providence Bruins and the Springfield Falcons at the MassMutual Center. If you can’t get to the rink, you can catch the action […]

River Rats start fast, end Marlies’ winning streak at six

Sunday’s AHL Boxscores ALBANY 4, TORONTO 1 Albany took a 3-1 lead after the first period and never looked back on its way to a 4-1 road victory over Toronto at Ricoh Coliseum on Sunday. Albany, at 20-15-0-2 on the season, moved to within three points of first-place Philadelphia in the East Division. Jerome Samson […]

AHL Quick Hits: Marlies, River Rats on Leafs TV

LOOKING BACK: In Thursday’s action, Brett Sterling scored his league-leading third overtime goal of the season to lift Chicago past Rockford, 4-3… Pascal Pelletier netted a pair of goals as Providence downed Albany by a 3-1 final… Toronto goaltender Justin Pogge pitched a 31-save shutout in the Marlies’ 2-0 win over Grand Rapids… Geoff Platt […]

Gauthier’s late hat trick leads Monarchs past Sharks, 3-2

Saturday’s AHL Boxscores MANCHESTER 3, WORCESTER 2 (OT) Manchester center Gabe Gauthier scored two goals in the third period and netted the overtime game-winner as the visiting Monarchs rallied past Worcester, 3-2, on Saturday at the DCU Center. Gauthier tied the game with just 21 seconds left in regulation and completed his first professional hat […]

Parenteau looks to be Wolf Pack’s Mr. Clutch

by Bob Crawford || AHL On The Beat Archive Pierre-Alexandre Parenteau is a guy whom the Wolf Pack got an eyeful of when he played for the division-rival Portland Pirates, and who scored several huge goals against the Pack. None of those was bigger than an overtime tally in Game Six of the 2006 Atlantic […]

Trudel scores four as Rivermen dump Stars, 8-3

Friday’s AHL Boxscores PEORIA 8, IOWA 3 Peoria winger Jean-Guy Trudel tallied the AHL’s first four-goal game of the season as the Rivermen defeated host Iowa by an 8-3 final on Friday at the Wells Fargo Arena. Trudel netted a pair of goals in the second period and added two more in the third stanza […]

Koistinen’s first NHL goal is winner for Predators

(AP) — Ville Koistinen‘s wait was well worth it. Koistinen, a 2007 AHL All-Star with the Milwaukee Admirals, scored his first NHL goal and it turned out to be the winner in the Nashville Predators’ 4-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night. "We have over 80 games, so I knew it was […]

Pelletier leads P-Bruins past River Rats, 3-1

Thursday’s AHL Boxscores PROVIDENCE 3, ALBANY 1 Pascal Pelletier netted his team-leading 18th and 19th goals of the season and Matt Hendricks added a late empty-netter as Providence defeated host Albany by a 3-1 score on Thursday at the Times Union Center. Pelletier finished with four goals in two games against the River Rats, helping […]