Ward named Falcons’ head coach

The Springfield Falcons, proud members of the American Hockey League, announced today that Geoff Ward has been named head coach of the Falcons by their National Hockey League affiliate, the Edmonton Oilers. Ward is the eighth head coach in Falcons franchise history. “We are extremely excited to have Geoff join the Falcons organization and lead […]

Bulldogs complete comeback, final four

Eric Manlow played the hero for Hamilton by capping a third-period comeback and scoring 5:31 into the first overtime session to lead the Bulldogs to a 3-2 win over Manitoba at the MTS Centre on Monday. With the win, Hamilton takes the series 4 games to 2 over the Moose and heads the Western Conference […]

Bruins down, Bears up next as Monarchs advance

Tim Jackman’s tally at 6:09 of the second period broke a 1-1 tie and proved to be the game winner as the Manchester Monarchs advanced to the Eastern Conference Final with a 2-1 win over Providence in Game 6 on Monday night. The Monarchs will face former head coach Bruce Boudreau and his Hershey Bears […]

AHL Morning Skate: Bulldogs, Monarchs on the verge

Every morning, take a spin around the AHL ice with recaps and previews, news and notes, facts and figures, and the top headlines from around the American Hockey League. SUNDAY’S SCORES: Game 5 – HAMILTON 3, Manitoba 1 (HAM leads, 3-2) SUNDAY’S THREE STARS: 1. Corey Locke sets up a pair of goals as Hamilton […]

Hamilton takes Game 5, series lead over Moose

Defensemen Dan Jancevski and Mathieu Biron each tallied for Hamilton to help the Bulldogs roll to a 3-1 win in Game 5 at Copps Coliseum and take a 3 games to 2 lead over the Manitoba Moose on Sunday. Biron scored the eventual game winner just 54 seconds into the third period on the man […]

AHL Morning Skate: May 13, 2007

Every morning, take a spin around the AHL ice with recaps and previews, news and notes, facts and figures, and the top headlines from around the American Hockey League. SATURDAY’S SCORES: Game 4 – Manitoba 3, HAMILTON 2 (Series tied, 2-2) Game 5 – MANCHESTER 4, Providence 3 (MCH leads, 3-2)Game 6 – CHICAGO 5, […]

Chicago becomes second team in Conference Finals

Darren Haydar tallied a goal and two assists and teammate Jason Krog added a goal and a helper as the Wolves finished off the Iowa Stars with a 5-1 win at Allstate Arena on Saturday. Chicago advances to the Western Conference Finals with a 4 games to 1 series win over the Stars. Haydar continues […]

Monarchs one win away from Conference Finals

Patrick O’Sullivan scored two goals and added an assist to help Manchester win its second straight game and take a 3 games to 2 series lead with a 4-3 win over the Providence Bruins at Verizon Wireless Arena on Saturday. Jason LaBarbera helped the Monarchs improve their record to 4-2 at home with a 29-save […]

Moose even things up with another 3-2 win

Defenseman Prestin Ryan broke a 2-2 tie at 4:30 into the third frame to give the Moose a 3-2 lead and the eventual win to even the best-of-seven North Division Finals series at two games apiece with Hamilton on Saturday night. J.J. Hunter added a goal and an assist for Manitoba, who won its second […]

Bears advance thanks to wild overtime win

Alexandre Giroux ended a wild Game 5 with a goal 4:58 into overtime, giving Hershey a 7-6 victory over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and sending the Bears to the Eastern Conference Final for the second straight season. Tomas Fleischmann tied a franchise playoff record with five points (1g, 4a) and Scott Barney had a hat trick plus an […]