Phantoms cruise past Sound Tigers

Sunday’s AHL Boxscores PHILADELPHIA 6, BRIDGEPORT 2 Six different Philadelphia skaters netted goals as the Phantoms upended visiting Bridgeport by a 6-2 final before 5,877 fans at the Wachovia Spectrum on Sunday. Ryan Potulny, Kyle Greentree, and Jared Ross each had a goal and a helper for the Phantoms, while Pete Zingoni, Josh Beaulieu, and […]

Islanders top prospect Okposo assigned to Bridgeport

The New York Islanders announced on Sunday that top prospect Kyle Okposo will begin his professional career with the team’s top development affiliate, the AHL’s Bridgeport Sound Tigers.   "We discussed it at length as an organization and we feel it is best for Kyle to continue his development under coach Jack Capuano in Bridgeport," […]

AHL Quick Hits: Rivermen, Flames finish weekend set

LOOKING BACK: In Wednesday’s action, Chris Minard netted his second hat trick of the season as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton doubled up Syracuse, 6-3… Hamilton goaltender Jaroslav Halak stopped 35 of 36 shots to lead the Bulldogs past Rockford, 2-1… Rookie Derek Joslin had a goal and an assist in Worcester’s 3-1 win over Hershey… Rookie Colin McDonald […]

Dimitrakos shines as Senators edge Monarchs, 5-4

Saturday’s AHL Boxscores BINGHAMTON 5, MANCHESTER 4 (SO) Niko Dimitrakos tallied two regulation goals, an assist, and two shootout conversions as Binghamton outlasted host Manchester, 5-4, on Saturday before a crowd of 8,453 at the Verizon Wireless Arena. The Senators snapped a five-game winless skid overall (0-4-0-1) and an eight-game slide in New England dating […]

Shark therapy helps teen ice his battle with cancer

by David H. McGrath || AHL On The Beat Archive On Nov. 28, Worcester Sharks right wing Riley Armstrong and Sharks community relations director Mike Myers paid a visit to American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge in Worcester. In particular, they met with a 17-year-old from Maine named Nathan Briggs. Located only a few blocks away […]

Grabner’s two goals help Moose past Amerks, 5-1

Friday’s AHL Boxscores MANITOBA 5, ROCHESTER 1 Rookie winger Michael Grabner netted a pair of goals to lead Manitoba past visiting Rochester by a 5-1 final on Friday before 7,557 fans at the MTS Centre. Grabner, who was selected 14th overall by Vancouver in the 2006 draft, extended his goal-scoring streak to five games (6-1-7). […]

RBC Future All-Stars selected for Binghamton

The Binghamton Senators and the American Hockey League announced today that Kevin Cole (Binghamton Jr. A Senators), Jerry D’Amigo (U.S. National Under-17 Team), Jeremy Morin (U.S. National Under-17 Team) and Matt Pratt (Binghamton Jr. A Senators) have been selected as the RBC Future All-Stars for the 2008 AHL All-Star Classic. The RBC Future All-Stars will […]

Western Conference notebook

Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Jason Krog currently has a team season-high 10-game scoring streak (5-18-23) and has registered 17 points (4-13-17) over his last six games alone… Krog leads the league with 35 assists and 49 points on the season… 2006-07 AHL MVP Darren Haydar has a point in all six games (2-12-14) since […]

Eastern Conference notebook

Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Albany’s 4-1 win at Toronto on Dec. 30 was its 20th win of the season and came in its 37th game… It is the fastest that a River Rats team has reached 20 wins since the 1998-99 season, when the club finished 46(w)-26(l)-6(t)-2(otl)… Keith Aucoin scored Albany’s second shorthanded goal […]

Woods hoping to lead Bears on another title run

by Jess Mikula || AHL On The Beat Archive Thanksgiving is a day of family, food and football — and this year, promotions. With head coach Bruce Boudreau given the chance to replace dismissed Washington Capitals coach Glen Hanlon, the Bears named assistant coach Bob Woods the interim head coach in Hershey. The interim tag […]