Derek Boogaard is used to standing at center ice with thousands on their feet screaming his name. However, the Aeros enforcer, nicknamed The Boogeyman, recently found himself in the middle of the rink with a slight variation — without a dance partner. Boogaard, who had one goal in 33 games in 2002-03 with ECHL Louisiana […]
Phil Hergesheimer, a Calder Cup champion with the Cleveland Barons in 1939 and a five-time AHL All-Star, died on Saturday in Kelowna, B.C. He was 89. Hergesheimer twice led the AHL in goals, scoring 25 in 1937-38 and 34 in the 1938-39 season, when he led Cleveland to the first of its nine league championships. […]
As a fourth-year center, Eric Meloche has certainly become familiar with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins locker room. But when he recently walked back through the doors following a 25-game stint in the NHL, he almost felt like an outsider. “I didn’t really recognize too many players,” he said. “I played with some of them and I […]
With all the moving and shaking leading up to the National Hockey League’s trade deadline on Tuesday afternoon, AHL teams continue to feel the aftershocks. Brad Boyes, the AHL’s fourth-leading scorer with 60 points in 61 games for Cleveland this season, has been acquired by the Boston Bruins in a three-team trade. Boyes, an AHL […]
Phantoms head coach John Stevens is the prototype of the modern-day coach: young, a student of the game, systems-oriented and organized. Very organized, in Stevens’ case, with laptops, pre-scouts and video cassettes by the bundle being the tangibles of his system. Stevens has two assistant coaches — former NHLers Kjell Samuelsson and player/assistant Craig Berube […]
Michel Picard scored twice as Grand Rapids posted a 2-1 win in San Antonio on Saturday night, becoming the first of 20 teams to clinch a berth in the Calder Cup 2004 Playoffs. The Griffins lead the West Division and the overall AHL standings with 86 points, and are in search of their third consecutive […]
The flurry of activity leading up to next week’s NHL trade deadline is already affecting rosters in the AHL, where one division leader has lost its top scorer and another is suddenly without its league-leading goaltender. The Hamilton Bulldogs lost All-Star forward Jozef Balej in Tuesday night’s trade that saw the parent Montreal Canadiens acquire […]
Twenty-three years old, the National Hockey League career of Shane Willis was shaping up nicely when the 2000-01 regular season came to a close. His Carolina Hurricanes had qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs. Having struggled to established a presence in the Triangle area of North Carolina, the Hurricanes had a new building and a […]
It has been quite a season for Jiri Hudler. While making his North American debut, Hudler has become a fan favorite, stolen the spotlight from a world-class player, captained his homeland’s junior national team, made his National Hockey League debut, been selected to the PlanetUSA AHL All-Star team, and helped guide the Grand Rapids Griffins […]
