Crunch’s Namestnikov named week’s best

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Syracuse Crunch center Vladislav Namestnikov has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Feb. 22, 2015.  Namestnikov notched three goals and three assists for six points along with a plus-5 rating in three games last week as the Crunch moved into first place in […]

Rynnas named CCM/AHL Player of the Week

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Texas Stars goaltender Jussi Rynnas has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Feb. 15, 2015.  Rynnas stopped 89 of 91 shots in three starts last week, posting a 3-0-0 record, a 0.67 goals-against average and a .978 save percentage.  On Tuesday night, Rynnas […]

Penguins’ Murray named Player of the Week

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins goaltender Matt Murray has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Feb. 8, 2015.  Murray stopped 64 of 65 shots in two starts last week, posting a 2-0-0 record, a 0.50 goals-against average and a .985 save percentage.  On Tuesday night, Murray […]

AHL names award winners for January

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Lehigh Valley Phantoms center Nick Cousins, Milwaukee Admirals right wing Viktor Arvidsson and Rockford IceHogs goaltender Michael Leighton have been selected as the CCM/AHL award winners for January. Cousins, the CCM/AHL Player of the Month, led all AHL skaters in scoring during January, tallying 17 points on seven goals and 10 assists in 13 […]

Griffins’ Coreau grabs weekly honor

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Grand Rapids Griffins goaltender Jared Coreau has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Feb. 1, 2015.  Coreau turned aside all 66 shots he faced in two road starts for the Griffins last week, becoming the first Grand Rapids goaltender in six years to […]

Bruins’ Subban named Player of the Week

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Providence Bruins goaltender Malcolm Subban has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Jan. 25, 2015.  Subban allowed just three goals on 91 shots in three starts last week, going 2-1-0 with a 0.99 goals-against average and a .967 save percentage.  Subban began the week […]

Amerks’ Grigorenko nabs weekly honor

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Rochester Americans center Mikhail Grigorenko has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Jan. 18, 2015.  Grigorenko tallied three goals and four assists for seven points in three games last week, helping the Americans to a pair of impressive come-from-behind road wins.  On Wednesday […]

Barons’ Bachman named Player of the Week

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Oklahoma City Barons goaltender Richard Bachman has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Jan. 11, 2015.  Bachman made three appearances in net last week and stopped 60 of 61 shots, registering a 2-0-0 record with a 0.40 goals-against average, a .984 save percentage and […]

Devils’ Whitney grabs weekly honor

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Albany Devils left wing Joe Whitney has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Jan. 4, 2015.  Whitney tallied two goals and three assists for five points in two games for Albany last week while also achieving a National Hockey League milestone.  Recalled by […]

AHL names award winners for December

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Manchester Monarchs right wing Brian O’Neill, Toronto Marlies right wing Connor Brown and Syracuse Crunch goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy have been selected as the CCM/AHL award winners for December. O’Neill, the CCM/AHL Player of the Month, tallied four goals and 17 assists for 21 points along with a plus-11 rating in 13 games for the Monarchs […]