In 2003-04, a total of 20 teams — five from each division — will qualify for the AHL’s postseason. The playoffs will begin with four qualifying series (one in each division), with the fourth-place team playing the fifth-place team in a best-of-three matchup, with all three games at the home of the higher-seeded team. These […]
The coveted Calder Cup has been a motivational force for American Hockey League teams throughout the League’s 68-year history. It is one of our sport’s greatest challenges and ultimate honors to hoist the Calder Cup in victory. The trophy is named for Frank Calder, who served as the National Hockey League’s first President from 1917 […]
WEEKLY RELEASE #21 Six weeks remain in the American Hockey League’s 68th regular season, and with all 28 teams still in the hunt for a trip to the Calder Cup 2004 Playoffs, nearly 80 percent of the 275 games remaining on the AHL schedule will pit division foes against each other in crucial high-stakes showdowns. […]
The American Hockey League announced today the launch of the Calder Cup 2004 Tour, with the first stop coming Feb. 22 in Winnipeg. Making its eighth annual excursion around the American Hockey League, the coveted Calder Cup will cover more than 11,000 miles as it travels to 19 cities, making appearances at games, schools, area […]
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 […]
