The American Hockey League has released the Clear Day Period rosters for each of its 27 member clubs. Each Clear Day roster consists of a maximum of 22 players. According to AHL by-laws, only those players listed on a team’s Clear Day roster are eligible to compete in the remaining five weeks of the 2005-06 […]
by Ross Halvorson What began in the basement of his home with his brothers as a youngster, and then moved to the streets and the neighborhood ice rinks, has blossomed into a successful professional career for the Milwaukee Admirals’ Sheldon Brookbank. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound defenseman gives the Admirals an imposing physical presence at the blue […]
As difficult as this season has been for the Rochester Americans, the Rochester-Buffalo pipeline continues to churn.
As AHL teams made their final major roster preparations for the remainder of the 2005-06 season, the Hartford Wolf Pack have acquired Brad Smyth on loan from the Los Angeles Kings. In exchange, the New York Rangers have assigned defenseman Joe Rullier to the Manchester Monarchs. Smyth, who turns 33 today, leads the Monarchs in […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Three spots down, 13 to go. The first three participants in the 2006 Calder Cup Playoffs are set, with the Portland Pirates, Grand Rapids Griffins and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins all clinching postseason berths over the weekend. For Portland and Grand Rapids, it marks a return to the Calder Cup Playoffs after failing to […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Springfield Falcons left wing Zdenek Blatny has been named the CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending March 12, 2006. In four games last week, Blatny scored four goals and added five assists as the Falcons went 2-1-1-0. In a week where […]
Donald MacLean has become the first AHL player in five years to score 50 goals in a season, reaching the milestone during Grand Rapids’ 7-3 win over Chicago at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Ill., on Sunday. With the win the Griffins become the first team in the Western Conference to clinch a playoff spot. […]
Hockey Hall of Famer and former American Hockey League head coach Bernie (Boom Boom) Geoffrion died Saturday morning in an Atlanta hospital after a brief battle with stomach cancer. He was 75. The Montreal native, known for popularizing the slap shot, passed away on the day his number 5 jersey was to be retired by […]
The Portland Pirates became the first team to clinch a berth in the 2006 Calder Cup Playoffs when the Lowell Lock Monsters dropped a 3-2 decision in Albany on Saturday evening. Through Saturday’s action, the Pirates, who missed the postseason in 2005, own a record of 40-16-5-3, and sit six points ahead of Hartford for […]
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton goaltender Andy Chiodo made 27 saves to shutout the Manchester Monarchs and lead the Penguins to a 2-0 victory in front of a sellout crowd of 9,916 at Verizon Wireless Arena on Saturday. The shutout was Chiodo’s first of the season, raising his record to 5-4-0. Chiodo has made 58 saves on 59 shots […]
