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Murley nets OT winner as Rampage rally past Monsters

SAN ANTONIO 4, LAKE ERIE 3 (OT) San Antonio erased a 3-1 deficit with a pair of goals in a 1:31 span during the third period, and Matt Murley (pictured) completed the comeback with the game-winner just 42 seconds into overtime as the visiting Rampage dropped Lake Erie by a 4-3 final on Thursday at […]

Western Conference notebook

Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Defenseman Joel Kwiatkowski netted his team-leading 10th power play goal of the season on Jan. 26 in a 5-3 win at Grand Rapids… Kwiatkowski leads all AHL blueliners with 13 goals and shares third with 34 points on the season… Darren Haydar notched two points (1-1-2) in that same game […]

Eastern Conference notebook

Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats Second-year pro Jakub Petruzalek scored a shootout goal on Jan. 25 and the overtime game-winner on Jan. 26, leading Albany to a two-game road sweep of Norfolk… Petruzalek has a point in four of his last five games (3-4-7)… The River Rats and Admirals have needed at least overtime in […]

Botterill making smooth transition to front office

by Brian Coe || AHL On The Beat Archive If you were around the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins for the 2001 Calder Cup Finals, you might remember Jason Botterill suiting up for the Saint John Flames. He certainly remembers his time playing in Wilkes-Barre. "I had some great experiences, and one of them was obviously playing in […]

Two games kick off AHL’s post-All-Star break schedule

San Antonio is 3-0-1-0 thus far on a 14-game road swing, which continues tonight in the first of a two-game set with Lake Erie at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland. It’s one of two contests on Thursday’s AHL slate, and if you can’t get to the rink, you can watch all the action with […]

AHL Weekly Release: Road to the playoffs resumes

WEEKLY RELEASE #17 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The stars have faded in Binghamton and with the 2008 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Reebok now behind us, the American Hockey League is set to resume its 72nd regular season as the road to the 2008 Calder Cup Playoffs kicks into high gear. The Providence Bruins continue to […]

Taylor, Wiikman share Player of the Week honors

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Manchester Monarchs goaltender Daniel Taylor and Hartford Wolf Pack goaltender Miika Wiikman have been named co-winners of the Rbk/AHL Player of the Week award for the period ending January 27, 2008. Combined, the two rookie netminders allowed just one goal on 160 shots in five […]

NHL.com: Curry carrying his game to new heights

by Lindsay Kramer || NHL.com Just about everything that Wilkes-Barre/Scranton coach Todd Richards needed to learn about rookie goalie John Curry was gleaned while Curry was sitting on the bench. The insight came at the tail end of a 5-3 loss to Norfolk on Dec. 8. Curry had been pulled for an extra skater. When […]

Confidence building for Aeros’ Noreau

by Andrew J. Ferraro || AHL On The Beat Archive Houston Aeros defenseman Maxim Noreau and the rest of his teammates were in a scoreless battle with the Peoria Rivermen on Nov. 30 at the Toyota Center in Houston. With both teams in the middle of the still tightly contested West Division, neither seemed ready […]

Purcell leads Canadians to All-Star Game victory

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. … Manchester Monarchs rookie Teddy Purcell scored three times in regulation and netted the decisive shootout goal to give the Canadian AHL All-Stars a 9-8 come-from-behind win over the PlanetUSA AHL All-Stars at the 2008 AHL All-Star Game tonight in Binghamton, N.Y. The game was witnessed by a capacity crowd at the Broome […]