A pair of power-play goals from the Rivermen and Chris Beckford-Tseu stopping 22 of 23 shots from the Wolves helped Peoria defeat Chicago by a score of 2-1 on Tuesday. After letting up a goal midway through the first period, Beckford-Tseu stopped all eight shots in both the second and third period to give Peoria […]
Chosen second overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft by the Carolina Hurricanes, Eric Staal emerged as one of the premier players in the National Hockey League in 2005-06, scoring 45 goals and tallying 100 points. Staal continued to tear up the competition and the stat sheets by leading all players in the 2006 Stanley […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The 2007 Rbk Hockey AHL All-Star Classic roster is set and ready to bring some of the best young players in hockey to the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto on Jan. 28-29, as the 48 players on the two rosters have combined to play 175 games in the National Hockey League already this […]
TORONTO/SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced the Canadian and PlanetUSA AHL All-Star team rosters for the 2007 Rbk Hockey AHL All-Star Classic, to be played later this month at Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto. The Canadian team comprises players born in Canada, while the PlanetUSA team is made of players born outside of […]
Three goals in the second period, including two on the power play, proved to be the difference as the Griffins defeated the Philadelphia Phantoms by a score of 3-2 at the Wachovia Spectrum on Monday night. Danny Syvret registered a pair of assists and netminder Stefan Liv stopped 27 of 29 shots for his fourth […]
By Jim Mancuso || AHL On The Beat Archive The 2006-07 season marks the 30th anniversary of the first season of professional hockey in Portland, Maine. Professional hockey in Portland was born in 1977-78 when the Maine Mariners became members of the American Hockey League (AHL). The Philadelphia Flyers were the Mariners’ first NHL affiliation. […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Wilkes-Barre/Scranton center Tyler Kennedy has been named the CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending January 7, 2007. Kennedy tallied three goals and seven points, including a five-point night, in two games on the week for the Penguins. The rookie center began […]
Stephen Valiquette made 35 saves to backstop the Hartford Wolf Pack to a 2-1 win over the visiting Worcester Sharks. Hartford won its second straight game and is unbeaten in regulation in its last five outings, going 4-0-1-0 and outscoring opponents 16-8 during that stretch. Greg Moore and Mark Lee both tallied for Hartford, who […]
Rookie netminder Steve Silverthorn refuses to let up a goal, stopping all 24 shots faced in Iowa’s 3-0 win at Toronto on Saturday night for his second shutout in as many nights and in just his second AHL start. Silverthorn has kept opponents scoreless for the last 120 minutes of play and stopped a total […]
A collegiate standout at Michigan State, goaltender Ryan Miller emerged onto the National Hockey League scene during the 2006 Stanley Cup Playoffs by leading the Sabres within one game of the Finals. He recorded 30 wins and a 2.60 goals-against average in 48 regular-season games in his first full season in the NHL. But before […]
