AHL Morning Skate: 193 days down, 1 to go

AHL Quick Hits is now the Morning Skate… 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.

P-Bruins, Worcester both earn postseason berths

Hannu Toivonen and the Providence Bruins handed the Springfield Falcons their second-straight shutout loss with a 2-0 victory at the MassMutual Center. The win secures a playoff berth for the P-Bruins, who will be making their ninth straight Calder Cup Playoff appearance dating back to the 1999 playoffs, when they won the Calder Cup. Toivonen […]

AHL Morning Skate: April 14, 2007

AHL Quick Hits is now the Morning Skate… 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. FRIDAY’S SCORES:Binghamton 5, ALBANY 4 (OT)HARTFORD 3, Bridgeport 0Providence 4, WORCESTER 3LOWELL 2, Portland 0Norfolk 6, PHILADELPHIA 3Hershey […]

Lessard, Stars defeat Houston to clinch playoff berth

Junior Lessard recorded four points, scoring two goals and two assists, to lead the Iowa Stars to a 6-2 win over the Houston Aeros before 10,384 fans at the Toyota Center on Friday night. With the win, the Stars have clinched a berth in the Calder Cup Playoffs for the second year in a row. […]

Hershey Bears win Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy

The Hershey Bears have won the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy as the American Hockey League’s 2006-07 regular season points champion. The Bears clinched first place overall with a 6-1 victory over the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Friday night. Friday’s win also gave Hershey the F.G. (Teddy) Oke Trophy as the East Division champions, and the Frank S. […]

Wolves’ Haydar named AHL MVP

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that right wing Darren Haydar of the Chicago Wolves has been named the winner of the Les Cunningham Award as the AHL’s most valuable player for the 2006-07 season, as voted by players and members of the media in each of the league’s 27 cities. Named […]

AHL Morning Skate: April 13, 2007

AHL Quick Hits is now the Morning Skate… 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. THURSDAY’S SCORESNo games scheduled WEDNESDAY’S SCORESALBANY 4, Binghamton 0WORCESTER 6, Lowell 1MANCHESTER 6, Springfield 4W-B/SCRANTON 6, Bridgeport 0Grand […]

Philly Fans Get Everything, Including the Kitchen Sink

PHILADELPHIA – The Philadelphia Phantoms announced that they will give away their jerseys, a team-signed kitchen sink and tons of other stuff this weekend as they wrap up the season at the Wachovia Spectrum. Over 900 prizes will be awarded to all fans, young and old.  It all starts on Friday night when the Norfolk […]

Sharks Offer Big Promotions for Fan Appreciation Weekend

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Worcester Sharks announced that the final weekend in the regular season is fan appreciation weekend. The weekend offers Sharks fans the chance to win cash on Lucky Friday the 13th Night when they take on the Providence Bruins. The first 1,300 fans in attendance, who are 18-years-old and over, will receive […]

Fan Appreciation Night offers 50K of giveaways

HAMILTON, Ontario – Hamilton Bulldogs announced that they will host its “Fan Appreciation Night” on Friday, Apr. 13. The team will be giving away two tickets to the Christina Aguilera / Pussycat Dolls show at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto on Monday, Apr. 23. The lucky winners will also get to meet the Pussycat […]