Hamilton’s Jaroslav Halak came out on the winning end of a goaltending duel in San Antonio that ended in a 1-0 overtime victory for the Bulldogs on Tuesday night. Halak stopped all 21 shots he faced for the first shutout of his American Hockey League career, in just his second career AHL game. San Antonio […]
by Brian Coe There was a bit of a statistical anomaly during the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins’ recent swing through Syracuse, Manitoba and Toronto: not once during the four games did tough guy Dennis Bonvie pick up a penalty minute. That’s right, the American Hockey League’s all-time leader in time spent in the sin bin went four […]
The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Portland Pirates have announced today that defenseman Jordan Smith remains at Maine Medical Center after experiencing extreme trauma to his left eye, when a puck deflected into his eye area on Friday night in the Pirates’ game versus the Manchester Monarchs. Smith received emergency eye surgery performed by […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … In a competitive West Division that has produced the last four Western Conference champions, the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights are lining up for a push to the finish line and a berth in the Calder Cup Playoffs. Led by Ryan McGill, who won 127 games in three seasons behind the bench in Hartford […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights goaltender Brent Krahn has been named the CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending February 26, 2006. Krahn earned victories in all three of his starts last week, stopping 75 of 80 shots for a 1.62 goals-against average and […]
Thirty-eight former American Hockey League players are leaving Turin with medals around their necks as the 2006 Winter Olympic Games came to a close on Sunday. A total of 21 AHL graduates played in Sunday’s gold-medal game between Finland and Sweden, including 2005 Calder Cup Playoffs MVP Antero Niittymaki and 2005 Eddie Shore Award winner […]
Rem Murray posted a goal and two assists and Kirby Law, Curtis Murphy and Patrick O’Sullivan each added a goal and a helper as the Houston Aeros stormed back from an early two-goal deficit for a 5-2 victory over the Milwaukee Admirals at the Bradley Center on Sunday afternoon. Peter Olvecky’s goal late in the […]
Tomas Kopecky and Darryl Bootland recorded a goal and an assist apiece and Donald MacLean scored his league-leading 42nd goal of the season as Grand Rapids pulled out a 5-4 shootout win over Syracuse at the Onondaga County War Memorial on Saturday night. The win moved the Griffins eight points ahead of the second-place Crunch […]
Jakub Klepis scored with one minute remaining in overtime to give Hershey a 4-3 win over Albany at the Pepsi Arena on Friday night. Colin Forbes assisted on the game-winner after picking up two goals in a wild third period, including the tying score with 2:14 left in regulation. The win was the Bears’ 12th […]
by John Bartlett No matter how old you get, you’re never too old to go back to school. That’s the case for the Toronto Marlies, only they come back with an important message for the youngsters. The Marlies have teamed up with the Canadian Safe Schools network to visit schools in the Toronto area and […]
