AHL Quick Hits: Rats resume playoff push in Bridgeport

LOOKING BACK: On Tuesday night, Sean Sullivan scored twice as San Antonio wrapped up its 13-game road trip at 4-5-2-2 with a 4-3 shootout win at Iowa… Jason Krog had a pair of goals for Manitoba, which concluded its stretch of 10 straight road games (5-3-0-2) with a 4-2 victory in Milwaukee… Daniel Taylor made […]

Stars return Krahn to Chicago

The Dallas Stars have reassigned goaltender Brent Krahn to the Chicago Wolves. Krahn made his National Hockey League debut with Dallas in 20 minutes of relief action against the Chicago Blackhawks on Feb. 14. The netminder, who was recalled from the Wolves on Feb. 6, stopped six of nine shots he faced in that contest. […]

Rampage, Moose end road trips with wins

Tuesday’s Boxscores MANITOBA 4, MILWAUKEE 2 Manitoba halted a three-game losing skid by doubling up Milwaukee by a 4-2 count on Tuesday at the Bradley Center in a match-up of the Western Conference’s two division leaders. Jason Krog scored a pair of goals for the Moose, who avenged Saturday’s 2-1 loss to the Admirals. Milwaukee […]

AHL announces suspension

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Quad City Flames right wing J.D. Watt has been suspended for four (4) games as a result of his actions in a game vs. San Antonio on Feb. 20. Watt was suspended under the provisions of AHL Rule 29.1 (supplementary discipline) for delivering a blow […]

Hunwick, Sobotka back to Providence

The Providence Bruins, in their 17th season in the American Hockey League, announced that the National Hockey League’s Boston Bruins have assigned defenseman Matt Hunwick and center Vladimir Sobotka to Providence. Both will be eligible to play in Providence’s game against the Manchester Monarchs tonight at 7 p.m. at the Verizon Wireless Arena. Hunwick is […]

Quick leading the way in L.A.

by Chris Ryan || AHL On The Beat Archive Slightly more than two months removed from wearing the purple and gold of the Manchester Monarchs, goaltender Jonathan Quick and his tremendous play have the Los Angeles Kings in the playoff mix in the Western Conference. Los Angeles completed a five-game east coast trip with a […]

Tortorella latest AHL graduate behind NHL bench

New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has named John Tortorella as the team’s new Head Coach. Tortorella, 50, becomes the 34th Head Coach in the 83-year history of the Rangers. With Tortorella’s hiring, there are now 17 former AHL head coaches serving as NHL head coaches, including […]

AHL Weekly Release: Flames turning up the heat

WEEKLY RELEASE #20 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The Quad City Flames have responded in a big way from a tough nine-game road swing in late January, winning a franchise-record six games in a row to pull back into contention for their first Calder Cup Playoff berth. The Flames’ streak ended with a 2-1 overtime loss in […]

Penguins name Cichocki assistant coach

Chris Cichocki has been named interim assistant coach of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, it was announced on Monday. Cichocki, 45, spent three-plus seasons as head coach of the Stockton Thunder of the ECHL, compiled a 93-121-33 record in 267 games behind the bench, and guided the Thunder to back-to-back Kelly Cup Playoff appearances in 2006-07 and […]

Enroth recalled by Sabres

Buffalo Sabres GM Darcy Regier has announced that the Sabres have recalled goaltender Jhonas Enroth from Portland of the American Hockey League. This is the first recall of the season for Enroth (6/25/1988, 5’10”, 174 lbs.), who has a record of 18-17-5 in 43 games for the Pirates in his rookie season. Enroth also has […]