Eastern Conference notebook

Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Goaltender Michael Leighton recorded his AHL-leading fourth shutout of the season in a 7-0 win over Norfolk on Nov. 28… This ties a River Rats franchise record for most individual shutouts in one season, previously accomplished by Ari Ahonen in 2004-05… Combined with rookie Kevin Nastiuk’s pair of shutouts, it […]

Western Conference notebook

Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats The Wolves, who have lost consecutive games for the first time this season, make their only trip to New England with games this weekend in Providence and Manchester… Friday’s game against the Bruins will be a match-up of the league’s top two teams in the standings… Second-year pro Brett Sterling […]

Coyotes, Bruins make swap

The Phoenix Coyotes, parent club of the AHL’s San Antonio Rampage, announced today that they have acquired forward Nate DiCasmirro and a fifth-round choice in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft from the Boston Bruins, parent club of the AHL’s Providence Bruins, in exchange for goaltender Alex Auld. DiCasmirro, 29, has registered two goals and three […]

Jacques, Johansson help Falcons double up Devils

Wednesday’s AHL boxscores SPRINGFIELD 4, LOWELL 2 Jean-Francois Jacques and Fredrik Johansson scored two goals each and Devan Dubnyk stopped 42 of 44 shots as Springfield wrapped up a six-game road stretch with a 4-2 win in Lowell on Wednesday night. The Falcons improved to 3-0-0-0 vs. the Devils this season. Marc Pouliot and Viacheslav […]

Phantoms lend helping hands for Children’s Hopsital

by Brian Smith || AHL On The Beat Archive Ryan Parent Triston Grant chortled to himself as he smeared his hands with black paint, thinking to himself of his childhood. “I feel like I’m back in kindergarten,” he said. “I’m still trying to pass that, actually.” Indeed, it was a trip back in time for […]

AHL awards 2009 AHL All-Star Classic to Worcester

WORCESTER, Mass. … American Hockey League President and CEO David Andrews has announced that the Worcester Sharks and the city of Worcester have been awarded the 2009 AHL All-Star Classic. The event will take place at the DCU Center in January 2009. “The American Hockey League is excited to be bringing its premier event to Worcester,” […]

AHL Quick Hits: Atlantic leaders collide tonight

LOOKING BACK: In Sunday’s action, Marlies captain Ben Ondrus tallied two goals in Toronto’s 4-2 win over Philadelphia… Stephen Gionta netted a hat trick as Lowell downed Manchester, 6-3… Jay Beagle led Hershey to a 6-4 win over Norfolk with two goals and an assist… Randall Gelech scored with 2:03 left in the third period […]

Jaffray’s two goals help Moose past Stars, 4-3

Link to Tuesday’s boxscores MANITOBA 4, IOWA 3 Manitoba winger Jason Jaffray scored at 6:34 of the third period to snap a 3-3 tie and lift the Moose to a 4-3 victory over Iowa on Tuesday at the Wells Fargo Arena. It marked Jaffray’s second goal in the game and his team-leading 10th of the […]

AHL Weekly Release: Wolf Pack surge into December

WEEKLY RELEASE #9 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The hottest team in the AHL as the calendar turns to December is the Hartford Wolf Pack, a franchise that seems to always be in the thick of the race no matter how different their roster looks from season to season. Ryan Callahan, Brandon Dubinsky, Daniel Girardi and Steve Valiquette all […]

Senators’ Glass named top goalie for November

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Jeff Glass of the Binghamton Senators has been named the Rbk X-Pulse/AHL Goaltender of the Month for November. In nine appearances, Glass was 6-2-1 with a 1.77 goals-against average, a .943 save percentage and two shutouts. Glass began the month by making 35 saves on […]