by Angie Sammons and David Rak || AHL On The Beat Archive What does rock star and U2 lead singer Bono have in common with Peoria Rivermen fifth-year defenseman Mike Stuart? Your first response might be “Huh?” And your second response is probably “Absolutely nothing.” Honored as one of Time magazine’s “Persons of the Year” […]
The Los Angeles Kings have assigned center Patrick O’Sullivan to the Manchester Monarchs of the American Hockey League, it was announced late Thursday. O’Sullivan, 21, has two points (one goal, one assist) and six penalty minutes in 12 games with the Kings this season. The 5-foot-11, 190-pound native of Winston-Salem, N.C., made his NHL debut […]
The Ottawa Senators have assigned center Alexei Kaigorodov to the club’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Binghamton Senators. In his first six NHL games with the Senators, Kaigorodov had an assist, was plus-1 in plus/minus rating and averaged 4:52 time-on-ice per game. The 23-year-old was Ottawa’s second-round pick, 47th overall, in the 2002 NHL draft. […]
The Philadelphia Flyers announced today that they have assigned defensemen Lars Jonsson and Alexandre Picard to their American Hockey League affiliate, the Philadelphia Phantoms. Jonsson, 24, was the seventh overall pick in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. The native of Borlange, Sweden, is in his first season of North American hockey, and has posted one […]
Ryan Callahan and Craig Weller each scored twice to lead Hartford to a 4-3 win over Portland on Wednesday night. It was the first non-shootout win of the season for the Wolf Pack, who had dropped six of their first seven games overall. Callahan’s two goals both came on the power play, the second one […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Worcester Sharks center Joe Pavelski has been named the Rbk Hockey/AHL Rookie of the Month for October. In nine games on the month, Pavelski recorded three goals and a league-leading 11 assists for 14 points. Pavelski began his professional career by tallying a goal and […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Corey Crawford of the Norfolk Admirals has been named the Rbk X-Pulse/AHL Goaltender of the Month for October. Crawford was a perfect 4-0-0 with a 1.25 goals-against average and a .952 save percentage in four appearances to start the 2006-07 season, helping Norfolk to its […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has named Rochester Americans defenseman Brandon Smith as the recipient of the CCM/AHL Milestone of the Month award for October. On Oct. 8 vs. Manitoba, Smith became the 51st player in American Hockey League history to play in 700 career regular-season games, and just the 18th defenseman to […]
LOOKING BACK:AHL arenas have been quiet since Sunday, when Rochester earned its eighth win in nine games with a 2-1 shootout decision over Syracuse… Tomas Fleischmann had a goal and an assist to help Hershey past Philadelphia, 4-1… Josh Hennessy’s overtime goal gave Binghamton a 5-4 win in Manchester. Sun 10/29Binghamton 5, MANCHESTER 4 (OT)… […]
by Andy Hutchison || AHL On The Beat Archive It’s a hockey reunion of sorts behind the Bridgeport Sound Tigers’ bench this season. Head coach Dan Marshall and assistant Joe Ferras, both of whom are new to the organization, were teammates at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh two decades ago. They won […]
