The AHL remembers Rick Pyman

Rick Pyman, the creative force behind several American Hockey League television properties for nearly 20 years, passed away earlier this week outside Toronto. Pyman, a 49-year-old married father of two, was killed in a traffic accident on Monday after stopping and pulling over to come to the aid of a woman and her young child […]

Admirals snap Pens’ streak, extend lead in East

Norfolk tallied three unanswered goals in the third period to defeat its rival in the East Division, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, by a score of 4-2 at Norfolk Scope on Wednesday. Adam Burish scored the winning goal with 3:31 left in regulation, Martin St. Pierre picked up a goal and an assist and Pierre Parenteau added two assists […]

Weekly Notebook: Western Conference

Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats The Wolves snapped a four-game losing skid with a 3-2 win at home over San Antonio on Sunday… Darren Haydar continues to lead the league in scoring with 93 points (32g, 61a) and teammate Brett Sterling leads the league with 44 goals and ranks second to Haydar with 77 points […]

Weekly Notebook: Eastern Conference

Schedule/Scores Player Stats Goalie Stats The Rats have given up just three goals on the power play from the opposition in their last 16 games, going 51-for-54 (94.1 percent) on the penalty kill… Keith Aucoin leads the River Rats with eight points (4g, 4a) in the last five games… After visiting Lowell this Wednesday (Mar. […]

AHL Quick Hits — March 7, 2007

LOOKING BACK:On Tuesday, Denis Tolpeko, Eric Meloche and Jared Ross scored 3:47 apart in the second period to send Philadelphia to a 5-2 win over Binghamton… Kip Miller had two goals and an assist and Dan Smith ended a 136-game AHL drought with his first goal since Mar. 25, 2005, in Grand Rapids’ 5-3 win […]

Goal remains the same despite season of change

by Chris Roy || AHL On The Beat ArchiveThe winds of change have swept through the Portland Pirates, but do not mistake that as them waving the white flag in defeat. Rather, it’s a retooling as they prepare to make a late season push for the Calder Cup Playoffs. Currently sitting in sixth in place […]

Phantoms keep climbing in East Division

A three-goal outburst early in the second period was enough to propel Philadelphia to a 5-2 win over Binghamton at the Wachovia Spectrum on Tuesday night. The Phantoms are now just five points behind Albany and Bridgeport in the race for fourth place in the East Division. Denis Tolpeko, Eric Meloche and Jared Ross scored […]

Stars’ Jerrard is hockey’s quiet pioneer

by Scott Burnside || Reprinted with permission from ESPN.comDES MOINES, Iowa — Every time Paul Jerrard passes a mirror, this is what he sees: a father, a hockey player, a coach, a man with a goal, a dream. Nothing more. Nothing less. What Paul Jerrard does not necessarily see is a pioneer or a role […]

AHL Weekly Release: Wolf Pack in playoff hunt again

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … They stumbled out of the gate and were floundering in late November. But the Hartford Wolf Pack have charged back towards the top of the Atlantic Division, and are closing in on some American Hockey League history. With 20 games remaining in their 2006-07 regular season, the Wolf Pack are closing in […]

Pouliot’s road to Edmonton helped by Crosby

by Robin BrownleeEDMONTON (CP) — He went from toiling with a Rimouski team that won just 11 games one QMJHL season to playing for a Memorial Cup alongside Sidney Crosby two years later. Along the way, Marc-Antoine Pouliot obviously learned a thing or two, and that’s likely why he’s been one of the few bright […]