by Brea Burkholz || AHL On The Beat Archive Education has always been an important aspect of Milwaukee Admirals forward Ben Guite’s life. The Montreal native recently graduated from the University of Maine with a master’s degree in business administration, a level of accomplishment rare among professional athletes. With the unique blend of his parents’ […]
by Warren Kosel || AHL On The Beat Archive When Ted Nolan was last a part of the Rochester Americans organization, he had one goal in mind: to win a championship. As fate would have it, 25 years later Nolan has returned to the very team he captained during the 1984-85 season, and although his […]
by Jesse Eisenberg || AHL On The Beat Archive Following an impressive showing at Albany River Rats training camp earlier this season, undrafted winger Jacob Micflikier was given news that had become all too familiar during his previous three professional campaigns. “He played well in training camp, but at the beginning of the year we […]
by Kalen Qually || AHL On The Beat Archive Mike Keane’s motto as captain of the Manitoba Moose is “Anything to win.” But Keane offers the opposite as advice to teammate Nolan Baumgartner, who will serve as captain of the Canadian AHL All-Star team at next week’s 2010 Time Warner Cable AHL All-Star Classic. “Just […]
by Bob Crawford || AHL On The Beat Archive There have been some great athletic families throughout the history of sports, but not too many have much on the Sauer family of Sartell, Minnesota. Peggy and Curtis Sauer have six children, and when the Wolf Pack’s Michael Sauer played three NHL games last season for […]
by Michael Mulhern || AHL On The Beat Archive Each night, countless young hockey fans around the globe lay their heads to rest and drift off into dream worlds that temporarily allow them to live out their most profound aspirations in near-realistic fashions and become professional hockey players. For two current San Antonio Rampage forwards, […]
by Tim Bugaile || AHL On The Beat Archive Despite their hectic schedule around the holiday season – the Lake Erie Monsters played nine games between Dec. 18 and Jan. 3 – the team stayed just as active in the community, making numerous appearances in the month of December alone. The team was involved in […]
by Rick Cohen || AHL On The Beat Archive When Scott Munroe signed with the New York Islanders last summer, he knew that playing time was going to be at a premium. The Bridgeport Sound Tigers had AHL All-Rookie goaltender Nathan Lawson already in place. However, the platoon hasn’t affected Munroe at all. Together, Munroe […]
by Chris Etheridge || AHL On The Beat Archive Watching Rockford IceHogs alternate captain Mark Cullen work around an opponent’s goal is like heading to the county fair for a nice evening of demolition derby. Cullen’s process in front of the net is quite simple: Get near the goalie, collide with a defenseman protecting the […]
by Domenic Gratta and Shane McAdam || AHL On The Beat Archive A two-inch-thick mound of creamy peanut butter atop a freshly toasted bagel would probably not be the first thing someone would expect to see when walking into an AHL coach’s office. But first-year Hamilton Bulldogs head coach Guy Boucher and his staff tend […]
