The Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday announced that forward Jonathan Drouin has been assigned to the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch for a conditioning stint. The third overall pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft, Drouin is expected to begin his professional career on Friday night when Syracuse hosts Springfield. Drouin, 19, recorded 29 goals and 79 […]
by Bob Crawford || AHL On The Beat Archive With Ryan Bourque, a three-year Hartford Wolf Pack mainstay, being five years younger than his brother Chris, a veteran of nine seasons of pro hockey, the opportunities for the two siblings ever to play together have been limited. “Just in summer leagues,” Ryan said recently about […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Norfolk Admirals center Chris Wagner has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Oct. 12, 2014. In the Admirals’ season opener on Saturday night, Wagner registered his second career AHL hat trick to help Norfolk to a 5-4 win […]
by Lindsey Willhite || AHL On The Beat Archive The first meeting between Pat and Natalie Cannone wasn’t exactly ripped from the pages of a romance novel. It happened a few days before their freshman year at Miami University in 2007. Natalie, a Columbus, Ohio, native focused on psychology and fashion, was walking on the […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Adirondack Flames left wing Trevor Gillies has been suspended for twelve (12) games as a consequence of his actions in a game at Rochester on Oct. 10. Gillies was suspended under the provisions of AHL Rule 28.1 (supplementary discipline). Gillies will miss Adirondack’s next 12 […]
Matt Taormina scored at 6:34 of overtime to give the Worcester Sharks a 3-2 win over the Binghamton Senators in both teams’ 2014-15 season opener on Saturday night in Binghamton, N.Y. Taormina’s goal capped a wild sequence with the clubs skating 3-on-3, per the AHL’s new overtime rules adopted in the offseason. Ryan Carpenter and […]
Paul Thompson scored four goals in his Albany Devils debut, leading his new club to a 5-1 win over the Adirondack Flames at the Glens Falls Civic Center on Saturday night. Thompson, who joined the Devils in the offseason after splitting last season between Wilkes-Barre/Scranton and Springfield, opened the scoring 7:21 into the game, and […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Adirondack Flames left wing Trevor Gillies and Rochester Americans defenseman Nick Petrecki have each been suspended for one (1) game as a result of being assessed instigator penalties within the final five minutes of the third period of a game between the teams on Oct. […]
by Kinsey Janke || for NHL.com Perhaps the only guarantee in the world of sports is that there are no guarantees. Players get injured, coaches get fired, and general managers trade away the past in order to make the future better. In the American Hockey League, the stability of it all is often so precarious […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Just 115 days after the Texas Stars were crowned champions of the American Hockey League, the puck is ready to drop again as the league’s 79th season begins with five games on Friday night. 30 FOR 30 With 30 active franchises again in 2014-15, the American Hockey League remains the top development […]
