The St. Louis Blues on Tuesday announced that the team has acquired forward Yan Stastny from the Boston Bruins in exchange for the Blues’ fifth-round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. Stastny, 24, has split the season with the Boston Bruins and Providence of the American Hockey League. He has been assigned to the […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Exactly 10 years ago, the stars were coming out in Saint John, N.B., for the 1997 AHL All-Star Classic, the first AHL All-Star event ever held in Canada and arguably one of the best AHL All-Star Games ever played. The AHL introduced a new format for the 1997 Classic, pitting Canadian-born players […]
by Mike Ulmer Steve Thomas, an honorary captain for the 2007 Rbk Hockey AHL All-Star Classic, never did say goodbye to the NHL. The 20-year NHL veteran scored 118 goals in 377 games for the Maple Leafs. He didn’t bother with a press conference when the lockout washed away the 2004-2005 season. Even though his […]
After leading the University of Vermont in scoring for four years, five-foot-nine Martin St. Louis remained undrafted. Little did the National Hockey League and the rest of the hockey world know that St. Louis would in short order become a bona fide star, winning a scoring title, an MVP award and a Stanley Cup. In […]
2007 AHL All-Star Brandon Bochenski (pictured) tallied a pair of goals, including the game winner, as Norfolk extended its winning streak to six games with a 3-2 victory in Bridgeport on Monday afternoon. Defenseman Bruno St. Jacques added two helpers in the contest and Colin Fraser also scored as Norfolk moved back atop the overall […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Lowell Devils right wing David Clarkson has been named the CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending January 14, 2007. Clarkson tallied five goals and three assists for eight points, along with a plus-6 rating, in two games last week. On Friday […]
by Ed Gonser || AHL On The Beat Archive There was a man from HolyokeWhose love for hockey was no jokeFrom the age of fourHe knew he wanted moreThere was no need to frownHe would play hockey as long as dad was aroundHe was handed the worldOh, what a twirlHe struck goldThat never gets oldIt […]
Ryan Callahan scored two goals and added an assist as Hartford extended its winning streak to five games with a 4-1 win at Atlantic Division leading Manchester on Sunday. The Wolf Pack, who are in sole possession of second place in the Atlantic, move just four points behind the Monarchs with a 22-16-3-0 record and […]
John Mitchell played the hero and capped a Marlies comeback scoring at 3:29 into overtime to give Toronto a 5-4 win over Iowa at Wells Fargo Arena on Saturday night. Jay Harrison and Tyson Nash both scored with the goalie pulled for an extra attacker in the final 88 seconds of regulation to tie the […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced tonight that head coach Todd Richards and assistant coach Dan Bylsma of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins will lead the PlanetUSA team at the upcoming 2007 Rbk Hockey AHL All-Star Classic. Richards and Bylsma earned the honor as the Penguins have clinched the best points percentage in the league […]
