CHICAGO 3, GRAND RAPIDS 2 The Chicago Wolves nailed down their third straight preseason win with a 3-2 victory against the Grand Rapids Griffins in Rolling Meadows, Ill., on Thursday night. The contest was even through the first period as both teams fired 13 shots but were held scoreless. Chicago’s Justin Kurtz netted the first […]
Hockey lore has it that no less than Gordie Howe once remarked, “Everybody who is anybody in hockey has played in Hershey.” Howe’s words certainly apply to Martin Brodeur.
BRIDGEPORT 5, PROVIDENCE 3 The Bridgeport Sound Tigers won their second preseason game in as many nights with a 5-3 triumph over the Providence Bruins at the University of Rhode Island’s Boss Arena in Kingston, R.I., on Wednesday night. The Sound Tigers were led by two goals from returnee Steve Regier and a trio of […]
PEORIA 7, IOWA 3The Peoria Rivermen got a goal and two assists from Charles Linglet en route to a 7-3 win over the Iowa Stars in AHL preseason action at Carver Arena on Tuesday night. Linglet set up two power-play goals during the Rivermen’s three-goal first period and Peoria built a 3-0 lead after 20 […]
Philadelphia’s youth movement impressed on Monday afternoon, with training camp invitee Pete Zingone and rookie Denis Tolpeko each contributing a goal and an assist in a 6-3 Phantoms win over the Hershey Bears in Voorhees, N.J. The win brought the Phantoms’ exhibition record to 2-0-1-0. In addition to the scoring from Zingone and Tolpecko, Don […]
Chicago earned a 3-0 win over Peoria in AHL preseason action on Sunday afternoon in Vernon Hills, Ill., grabbing a split of the teams’ home-and-home weekend series. The Wolves notched the game’s first tally at 7:04 of the first period on the power play, when center Colin Fretter gathered the loose puck, flipped a backhand […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League and B2 Networks announced today the introduction of B2 Power Play, a new service that will provide complete coverage of AHL action to fans on a worldwide basis. Included in the B2 Power Play package are access to watch every regular-season game of your favorite AHL team, free access […]
The Manchester Monarchs, the AHL affiliate of the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings, have agreed to terms on one-year contracts with defenseman Doug Nolan and right wing John Zeiler, it was announced on Tuesday. Nolan, 30, has spent parts of the last four seasons with the Monarchs, collecting 15 points (three goals, 12 assists) and 295 […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … American Hockey League President and CEO David Andrews announced today that the league’s Board of Governors approved the following rule changes at its Fall Meeting, held Tuesday in Springfield: The maximum allowed curvature of a player’s stick has been increased from half an inch (½”) to three-quarters of an inch (¾”). The […]
Two former Calder Cup champions announced their retirement from professional hockey this week. On Tuesday, Tom Fitzgerald retired after 17 NHL seasons played with seven teams. Fitzgerald, 38, was a first-round draft choice by the New York Islanders in 1986, and captured a Calder Cup championship as a member of the Springfield Indians in 1990. […]
