Ask Pavel Rosa if he’s leading the American Hockey League in scoring and he’ll politely say that he has no idea. You see, he stopped looking at stat sheets years ago, preferring instead to concentrate on the little things he needs to accomplish for his team to consistently win. “I’ve always loved scoring goals and […]
Denis Shvidki‘s 10th birthday was on the horizon when he laced up his first pair of hockey skates, a graybeard in the realm of youth hockey. Growing up in the small town of Kharkov in the Ukraine before the Iron Curtain rusted and fell, Shvidki’s passion was soccer. He never even paid attention to hockey. […]
WEEKLY RELEASE #20 Jason LaBarbera posted back-to-back shutouts for the third time in the last five weeks, and John Slaney became the most prolific scoring defenseman in AHL history as the league’s record books continued to be rewritten last week. The veteran Slaney scored his 125th career American Hockey League goal on Saturday night, establishing […]
When people look at Brendan Walsh before seeing him play, they may be tempted to see simply a hockey player who, at 5’10”, 200 pounds, looks smaller than most of his opponents. What they don’t see until watching him play is the heart and desire, the intensity and passion that he brings to the Providence […]
Thirty years after his death, Tim Horton remains one of the most recognized names around the hockey world. And it’s not just because of his chain of donut shops. Horton, a legendary defenseman who started his 25-year pro career with three seasons in the AHL, was killed in a car accident on Feb. 21, 1974, […]
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 […]
