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 […]
As part of the American Hockey League’s 70th anniversary this season, theahl.com will be taking a look at some of the legendary careers that have been carved in the AHL over the last seven decades. One of its original stars, Les Cunningham’s career actually predated the AHL, as he skated two seasons with the Buffalo […]
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 […]
