Pros-pect (pros-pekt) n. 1. a chance of success or advancement, a job with prospects. Syracuse Crunch defenseman Aaron Johnson and goaltender Pascal Leclaire entered the AHL All-Star break as not only two of the Columbus organization’s top prospects, but two of the top prospects in all of hockey. What does the term “prospect” mean to […]
Two more AHL shutout records fell by the boards on Friday night as the Year of the Goaltender continued around the American Hockey League. Hartford posted its 14th team shutout of the season, surpassing the mark of 13 set by Syracuse in 2001-02, and at 9:34 p.m. ET, Philadelphia’s Neil Little closed the door on […]
For much of this season, Martin Grenier was wondering if the fog would lift and things might return to normal. Missing 20 games will do that to you. Grenier, a towering defenseman with the Manitoba Moose, was one of two players that were blindsided and knocked unconcious outside a Houston night club following a game […]
For the second year in a row, Chicago Wolves goaltender Kari Lehtonen leads The Hockey News‘ Future Watch ranking of the top 50 prospects in hockey. All told, 24 of the 50 players on the list have skated in the American Hockey League this season. Lehtonen, the second overall pick in the 2002 NHL Entry […]
WEEKLY RELEASE #19 The two hottest teams in the American Hockey League continued to surge following the All-Star break, and both are closing in on first place in their respective divisions. The Milwaukee Admirals have won seven in a row and have earned at least one point in the standings in 13 of their last […]
Rookie Matt Keith scored twice and Carsen Germyn tallied the winning goal in the third period as Norfolk moved into fourth place in the East Division with a 4-2 victory over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Saturday night. The Admirals have won three in a row and are 6-1-1-0 in their last eight outings. Ajay Baines added an […]
Rocky Thompson trudged down the tunnel leading from the ice, the last player to close out the Toronto Roadrunners’ morning skate at Rochester’s Blue Cross Arena, the clocking pushing well past noon. Head coach Geoff Ward had just put his team through the optional session, which began at 11 a.m. Most of Thompson’s teammates had […]
Scottie Upshall scored twice in his return to the lineup as Milwaukee posted a 5-1 win over visiting Manitoba on Wednesday, the Admirals’ fourth consecutive victory. Milwaukee is 7-1-2-1 in its last 11 contests, and is nine points behind first-place Grand Rapids in the West Division with four games in hand. Upshall scored two of […]
In his 10th season in the organization, ninth as team captain and seventh in Hartford, Ken Gernander is as familiar a face as there is in the AHL. Only Brian Leetch is a more senior member of the New York Rangers organization. Gernander left the Winnipeg system and signed with the Rangers on July 4, […]
AHL WEEKLY RELEASE #18 The stars have set in Grand Rapids, and with the 2004 Pepsi AHL All-Star Classic now just a memory, the American Hockey League resumes its 68th regular season this week on the road to the Calder Cup 2004 Playoffs. Forty-one games are on tap through the rest of this week, with […]
