Smiles abound at Moose hospital visit

by Jen Sharpe || AHL On The Beat Archive Children’s Hospital of Manitoba patient Joshua spends time with Alexandre Bolduc and Mick E. Moose (Photo: Anja Studer) It can provide some of the most challenging – and yet rewarding – moments the Manitoba Moose will experience all season, but unlike the 80-plus battles they face […]

Bears-Senators postponed Sunday

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has announced that tonight’s game between the Hershey Bears and the Binghamton Senators (AHL #400), scheduled to be played at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pa., has been postponed due to inclement winter weather. The game has been rescheduled for Wednesday, December 19, at 7:00 p.m. ET. According […]

AHL Quick Hits: Rats visit Tigers in East clash

LOOKING BACK:On Thursday, Chicago snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-3 win over Rochester… In Wednesday’s action, Nolan Schaefer made 32 saves and added two assists as Houston won its fifth straight, 6-1 at Hartford… Matt Lashoff tallied a goal and two assists to help Providence to a 6-5 shootout win over Lowell… Quad […]

Doell’s quick trick helps Wolves drop Stars, 10-2

Saturday’s AHL Boxscores CHICAGO 10, IOWA 2 Prior to Saturday night, Chicago center Kevin Doell had scored two goals in 26 games this season. On Saturday, he erupted for three tallies in a 77-second span, and his hat trick helped the visiting Wolves to a 10-2 victory over Iowa at the Wells Fargo Arena. The […]

AHL stars still shining: Jason Spezza

Chosen second overall in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft by the Ottawa Senators, Jason Spezza began his professional career with a short stint in Grand Rapids during the 2002 Calder Cup Playoffs before Ottawa set up their AHL affiliate in Binghamton, N.Y., the following season. At age 19, the Mississauga, Ont., native tore up the […]

Ersberg posts shutout as Monarchs defeat Pirates, 4-0

Friday’s AHL Boxscores MANCHESTER 4, PORTLAND 0 Manchester goaltender Erik Ersberg made 21 saves to earn his first North American pro shutout as the Monarchs blanked visiting Portland by a 4-0 final at the Verizon Wireless Arena on Friday. Four different skaters netted goals in the win, including AHL leading scorer Teddy Purcell (9-25-34). It […]

Eastern Conference notebook

Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Albany’s 4-3 win at Bridgeport pushed the River Rats five games over .500 for the season at 15-10-0-2… It is the first time that Albany has been five or more games above the break-even mark since finishing the 1998-99 season at 46-26-6-2, a span of 667 games… Goaltender Michael Leighton […]

Western Conference notebook

Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats After posting an 11-2-0-0 record in the month of November, the Wolves are out to an 0-4-0-0 start to December… The four-game losing streak is their longest of the season… Jason Krog has a point in eight of his last nine games (3-9-12), while Steve Martins has one in seven […]

Wolves hold off Amerks to snap four-game skid

CHICAGO 5, ROCHESTER 3 Chicago jumped out to a 3-0 first-period lead and staved off Rochester’s comeback attempt to take a 5-3 win over the Americans on Thursday at the Allstate Arena. Joey Crabb (pictured) started the scoring just 1:56 after the opening face-off, and five different Wolves skaters tallied goals on the night. The […]

Hamel, Aucoin named All-Star captains

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … American Hockey League President and CEO David Andrews announced today that Denis Hamel of the Binghamton Senators and Keith Aucoin of the Albany River Rats will serve as playing captains for the 2008 AHL All-Star Classic in Binghamton, N.Y., next month. Captains for the American Hockey League All-Star teams are selected by […]