Dany Roussin scored in the home half of the eighth shootout round to give Manchester a 2-1 win over Lowell in Saturday afternoon action at the Verizon Wireless Arena. The Monarchs’ Lauri Tukonen and the Lock Monsters’ Leon Hayward traded goals 1:49 apart late in the second period, all of the offense for the two […]
Libor Pivko recorded a goal and two assists and Milwaukee converted four times with the man advantage en route to a 4-3 victory over Houston at the Bradley Center on Friday night. Sheldon Brookbank scored the winning goal with 4:23 left in regulation, and Pekka Rinne made 12 of his 27 saves in the third […]
by Kimber Auerbach Last summer, the New York Islanders signed unrestricted free agent Allan Rourke, and the defenseman has proved his worth, scoring seven goals and 18 assists through 50 American Hockey League games this season while serving as the Bridgeport Sound Tigers’ alternate captain. Recognizing his value, the Islanders just recalled Rourke when a […]
The American Hockey League has re-launched caldercup.com, the official Web site of the 2006 Calder Cup Playoffs. Packed with news, features, stats, photos and more, caldercup.com is your source for everything you need on the road to the Calder Cup. Follow all 27 teams as they vie for a spot in the postseason, then stay […]
Former Calder Cup champion Art Michaluk passed away on Tuesday. He was 82. Michaluk played defense for five seasons in the American Hockey League, all but one game of which coming with the Providence Reds. In 1948-49, he was a member of the Reds’ Calder Cup championship team. Michaluk appeared in a total of 304 […]
Former American Hockey League forward Jonathan Delisle was killed Thursday in a car accident, the Canadian Press reported. Delisle, 28, was involved in a two-vehicle accident in the Beauce region south of Quebec City. A 1995 draft pick of the Montreal Canadiens, Delisle played 313 games over five AHL seasons (1997-2002) for Montreal’s affiliates in […]
In his first game with the Wolf Pack in nearly four years, Brad Smyth scored two goals and added three assists to lead Hartford to an 8-2 win over Philadelphia at the Wachovia Spectrum on Wednesday night. The five points tied a team record for a regular-season game, gave Smyth 650 points for his AHL […]
by Lisa Colonno || Des Moines Register Junior Lessard spent summer hours under a carport on his family’s Quebec dairy farm, armed with a hockey stick and puck, practicing shooting techniques. He skated away winter days on the frozen family pond envisioning a professional career in the sport he was determined to dominate. His path […]
LOOKING BACK:On Tuesday, Grand Rapids scored five unanswered goals to earn a 5-3 win at Milwaukee… On Monday, Mathias Tjarnqvist and Jamie Johnson scored in the shootout to lift Iowa past Hamilton, 5-4… Omaha won for the ninth time in its last 10 road games, 5-3 at San Antonio. Mon 3/13Iowa 5, HAMILTON 4 (SO)… […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Binghamton Senators defenseman Filip Novak and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins right wing Dennis Bonvie have each been suspended for one (1) regular-season game as a result of their actions during an AHL game between the teams on Mar. 12. Both players will miss the game between Binghamton […]
