Clowe takes honor as week’s best

The American Hockey League announced today that Cleveland Barons left wing Ryane Clowe has been named the CCM Vector/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending February 13, 2005. Clowe recorded six points and a plus-5 rating in two games last week for the Barons. With Cleveland hosting North Division rival Edmonton for an […]

PlanetUSA rallies for shootout win

MANCHESTER, N.H. … Down four goals after the first period, the PlanetUSA AHL All-Stars rallied for a 5-4 shootout victory over the Canadian AHL All-Stars in the 2005 AHL All-Star Game, played tonight in Manchester, N.H. Tomas Plekanec of the Hamilton Bulldogs started the PlanetUSA rally at the 3:34 mark of the second period, then […]

PlanetUSA wins Skills Competition, 17-13

MANCHESTER, N.H. … Rochester Americans goaltender Ryan Miller stopped 15 of 19 shots and Providence Bruins forward Andy Hilbert recorded the AHL’s first-ever perfect accuracy shooting performance to lead PlanetUSA to a 17-13 victory over the Canadian team in the 2005 AHL All-Star Skills Competition, held in front of 9,916 fans at a sold-out Verizon […]

Bergeron battling flu

Providence Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron sat out Sunday evening’s AHL All-Star Skills Competition with a flu bug. Bergeron, at 19 the youngest player in the AHL this season, has recorded 45 points in 42 games for Providence this season after taking the NHL by storm as a rookie in 2003-04. He was named the MVP […]

City of Manchester seeing stars

The 2005 Dodge AHL All-Star Classic is upon us. The Manchester Monarchs and the Verizon Wireless Arena host this year’s showcase event, bringing dozens of the top young players in hockey to New England’s Queen City for the AHL All-Star Skills Competition tonight and the annual AHL All-Star Game on Monday. For complete coverage of […]

Aeros end Allstate futility

Mark Cullen tied the game with 10:06 left in regulation, Houston didn’t allow a shot in the third period and Junior Lessard scored the deciding goal in the 10th round of the shootout, as the Aeros rallied from three goals down to earn a hard-fought 5-4 decision over the Chicago Wolves at Allstate Arena on […]

Bulldogs take bite out of Road Runners

Tomas Plekanec scored twice and Jason Ward had three points as Hamilton posted a 7-4 victory over Edmonton at Copps Coliseum on Friday night. Plekanec, who will play in his second straight AHL All-Star Classic this weekend, has 19 goals on the season. Hamilton scored four times in the first period, with Antti Miettinen and […]

Paddock’s grand night turns bittersweet

On a night when John Paddock will coach reach an illustrious milestone in his AHL career, he will do so with a heavy heart. Paddock’s 1,000th regular-season game as an AHL head coach will also be the first since the death Wednesday of his former boss and mentor, Frank Mathers. Mathers and Bun Cook are […]

AHL announces suspension

The American Hockey League announced today that Houston Aeros defenseman John Erskine has been suspended for two (2) regular season games as a result of his actions in a February 8, 2005 AHL game versus Utah. Erskine will miss Houston’s next two regular season games: Sat., Feb. 12 at Chicago and Fri., Feb. 18 versus […]