The Columbus Blue Jackets have assigned center Mark Hartigan to the Syracuse Crunch, the club’s American Hockey League affiliate, team president and general manager Doug MacLean announced Tuesday. Hartigan, 29, has scored a goal and two assists with two penalty minutes and a plus-2 rating in six games with the Blue Jackets this season. Hartigan […]
WEEKLY RELEASE #3 SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … It’s a good time to be a hockey fan in Western New York. While the Buffalo Sabres are the talk of the National Hockey League with their perfect start, their AHL affiliate is making headlines of its own 75 miles down the Thruway. The Rochester Americans (affiliated with both […]
The Philadelphia Flyers on Monday announced that they have named Craig Berube an assistant coach under John Stevens, who became the team’s head coach on Sunday. Berube was six games into his first season as head coach of the AHL’s Philadelphia Phantoms, guiding them to a record of 3-2-1-0. He joins Terry Murray as an […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Chicago Wolves right wing Darren Haydar has been named the CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending October 22, 2006. In two games last week, Haydar scored two goals and added three assists for five points in a pair of Wolves victories. […]
by Jeremy Lemoine || AHL On The Beat ArchiveWhen it comes to the Worcester Sharks, top American Hockey League affiliate of the San Jose Sharks, one thing comes to mind. Draft and Develop. “Draft and Develop” is the concept San Jose lives by with players in their system — and for good reason. During the […]
The Springfield Falcons, behind 34 saves by rookie goaltender Karri Ramo, shut out the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, 3-0, on Sunday in their only visit to the Arena at Harbor Yard this season. The victory made for a triumphant return to Harbor Yard for Falcons head coach Steve Stirling, who spent two seasons behind the Bridgeport […]
Goaltender Mike Smith posted a shutout in his National Hockey League debut on Saturday night, making 22 saves to lead the Dallas Stars to a 4-0 win over the Phoenix Coyotes in Glendale, Ariz. Smith became the first NHL goalie since Yann Danis for Montreal last year to record a shutout in his first NHL […]
John Stevens, who led the Philadelphia Phantoms to a Calder Cup championship in 2005, has been named the new head coach of the National Hockey League’s Philadelphia Flyers. Stevens becomes the 18th current NHL head coach to have been a bench boss in the AHL, and the sixth to have won a Calder Cup, joining […]
LOOKING BACK:On Wednesday night, Albany scored twice in the final 3:07 of regulation and came away with a 3-2 shootout win over Peoria… Darren Haydar scored two goals and assisted on two others as Chicago rolled to a 6-1 win in San Antonio. Wed 10/18ALBANY 3, Peoria 2 (SO)… Chicago 6, SAN ANTONIO 1 LOOKING […]
Less than 24 hours after Craig Anderson‘s 50-save effort for Rochester on Friday night, rookie Adam Dennis did him four better. Dennis, making the second start of his professional career, stopped 54 of 55 Toronto shots as the Americans grabbed a 3-1 win over the Marlies at Ricoh Coliseum on Saturday afternoon. Dennis was coming […]
