Eastern Conference notebook

Dec. 16 at Manchester, L, 0-3 Dec. 17 at Portland, L, 5-9 Dec. 18 at Portland, L, 1-4 Dec. 23 at Syracuse, 7:30 Albany and Portland combined for 14 goals on Saturday night, the highest scoring game in the AHL this season. Ahren Nittel recorded two goals and two assists in Saturday’s loss, establishing a […]

Western Conference notebook

Dec. 14 vs. San Antonio, W, 2-1 Dec. 16 at Iowa, L, 1-4 Dec. 17 vs. Milwaukee, L, 3-4 Dec. 18 at Peoria, L, 4-5 (SO) Dec. 21 at Cleveland, 6:05 CT Dec. 23 vs. Hershey, 7:30 CT Chicago recorded a team season-high 48 shots in Sunday’s 5-4 shootout loss in Peoria. Billy Tibbetts has […]

15 AHL grads make U.S. Olympic team

Fifteen American Hockey League alumni are among the 23 players named Monday night to represent the United States at the 2006 Olympic Games in Turin, Italy. “We are extremely pleased with our team and feel very confident that we’ve put a solid group together that will best put us in a position to compete for […]

Marlies tighten North Division race

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … A turn of the calendar page to December has coincided with a turn of fortunes for the Toronto Marlies, who have won eight of their last 10 games to get back in the thick of the race in the AHL’s North Division. The first-year Marlies were in the cellar on Dec. 1, […]

Three games, 10 points, one award

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Portland Pirates center Ryan Getzlaf has been named the CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending December 18, 2005. In three games last week, Getzlaf recorded three goals and seven assists for 10 points as the Pirates moved into sole possession of […]

Penguins name Mullen coach

Hockey Hall of Famer Joe Mullen will take over the head coaching duties for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, it was announced today by Penguins CEO Jeff Barrett. Additionally, the team will continue to look for an additional assistant to work on Mullen’s staff. “It was important to bring someone into the coaching position that is familiar […]

Memorial Cup gives Knights title experience

This year, they’re chasing after the Calder Cup, the American Hockey League’s most coveted trophy. But for those players who have passed through the Canadian major junior hockey ranks, it wasn’t that long ago that they were in pursuit of an equally sought-after trophy: the Memorial Cup. Long a symbol of junior hockey supremacy, the […]

Caron, Pens shut down Bears

Sebastien Caron made 32 saves as the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins won a big gut-check game in Hershey on Sunday, shutting out the red-hot Bears, 3-0, before 6,550 fans at the Giant Center. The win capped a hectic four days for the Penguins, a span that began with the promotion of head coach Michel Therrien to Pittsburgh […]

Penguins, Bears clash in battle of the best

The top two teams in the American Hockey League collide this evening when the Hershey Bears play host to the first-place Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins at the Giant Center. Game time is 5:00 p.m. (ET), and you can catch the action of this and all 10 of today’s AHL games with B2 Networks’ live video webcasts. The […]

Craig, Kanko score in NHL debuts

Springfield Falcons captain Ryan Craig scored a goal in his National Hockey League debut on Saturday night during the Tampa Bay Lightning’s 6-3 loss to the Detroit Red Wings in Tampa. The 23-year-old Craig, who led the Falcons with 27 goals a year ago, was one of six AHL players to make their NHL debuts […]