by Lindsay Kramer || NHL.com Lindsay Kramer, the AHL correspondent for NHL.com, profiles an up-and-coming player each Monday during the season, and his AHL notebook appears each Thursday on NHL.com. Manchester Monarchs rookie Jonathan Bernier got another chance to practice one of a goalie’s most important attributes last week. He wasn’t happy about it, and […]
Sunday’s boxscores PROVIDENCE 5, HARTFORD 3 Johnny Boychuk continued to build his case for the Eddie Shore Award with two goals and an assist as Providence grabbed a crucial 5-3 decision from Hartford at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center on Sunday afternoon. The Bruins entered the game three points behind the first-place Wolf Pack and were […]
Alexandre Giroux became the fifth player in Hershey Bears history to score 50 or more goals in a single season, hitting the mark in the Bears’ 3-2 shootout win at Manchester on Sunday. Tim Tookey was the last Bears player to score 50 or more in a season before Sunday, when he scored 51 during […]
LOOKING BACK: On Thursday, rookie Kevin Porter scored 40 seconds into overtime to give San Antonio a 3-2 win over Peoria… In Wednesday’s action, Rivermen goaltender Manny Legace posted a 45-save shutout in a 1-0 win over the Rampage… Colin Murphy netted a pair of goals as Portland dropped Manchester, 5-2… Janne Pesonen scored twice […]
Saturday’s Boxscores SYRACUSE 5, ALBANY 4 A night after he netted a hat trick, Syracuse forward Alexandre Picard topped it with a four-goal performance on Saturday to lead the Crunch past visiting Albany by a 5-4 final. Picard capped his night with the game-winner in the third period, as the Crunch won their season-high fifth […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Saturday evening’s American Hockey League game between the San Antonio Rampage and the Lake Erie Monsters, being played in Cleveland, has been suspended due to unsafe ice conditions at Quicken Loans Arena. San Antonio was leading, 1-0, when the game was suspended prior to the start of the second period. The American […]
by Chris Etheridge || AHL On The Beat Archive Rockford IceHogs center Tyler Mosienko doesn’t need to look too far to remember where he came from. He just has to open the 2008-09 Chicago Blackhawks wall calendar to March to find a picture of his grandfather, Bill Mosienko, a 1965 inductee in the Hockey Hall […]
by Dan Rosen || NHL.com Dan Bylsma’s goal when he took over as interim coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins 15 games ago was to turn his players into a bunch of writers. What’s that you say? Bylsma’s message to the Penguins on his first day as an NHL coach essentially was, don’t let the pundits […]
by Jesse Eisenberg || AHL On The Beat Archive For many first-year players the hardest part of making the jump from college hockey to the professional game is the transition from a 35- or 40-game amateur schedule to a grinding 80-game docket. Avoiding the “rookie wall” is as difficult a task as adjusting to the […]
Friday’s Boxscores HARTFORD 3, PORTLAND 1 Hartford continued its late-season tear with a 3-1 road win over Portland on Friday. Patrick Rissmiller had a hand in all three goals for the Wolf Pack, scoring once and adding two assists. The Wolf Pack have now won four of five (4-1-0-0) and are 12-2-1-0 in their last […]
