MacIntyre the new go-to guy in Milwaukee

by Peter Shannon || AHL On The Beat Archive For the first time since 2004-05, Pekka Rinne will not be the Milwaukee Admirals’ number one goaltender this season. But Milwaukee has replaced one AHL All-Star goalie with another: Drew MacIntyre. And according to Admirals head coach Lane Lambert, “Drew is definitely our number one guy.” […]

Sound Tigers’ pair of Division III dandies

by Kimber Auerbach || AHL On The Beat Archive Kurtis McLean comes to Bridgeport after playing in the Calder Cup Finals last season. There were 59 players at this year’s New York Islanders’ training camp and all but two had either played on a Division I college hockey team or a major junior club before […]

Frischmon brings heart from the heartland

by Bailey Maio and John Neenan || AHL On The Beat Archive With Minnesota’s cold winters and hot summers, the move from Ham Lake to Syracuse, at least climate-wise, wasn’t very difficult for Syracuse Crunch center Trevor Frischmon. Growing up, he remembers watching his two older brothers play hockey and always wanting to be like […]

Sharks chip in for Community Service Day

by Mark Hanoian || AHL On The Beat Archive Abby Williams, Michael Lehr and Lukas Kaspar pitch in as part of the Sharks’ "Be a Leader" program. Street hockey is a rare after-school program these days, so when eager, hockey-loving students are deprived of a suitable rink, an outside force needs to get involved. Enter […]

IceHogs linked by NCAA title game

by Chris Etheridge || AHL On The Beat Archive Jake Dowell scored a team-high 19 goals for Wisconsin as a senior in 2006-07. Two hours before the Rockford IceHogs’ Oct. 18 game against the Milwaukee Admirals, rookie Mike Brennan sat on the visiting bench and looked into the stands at the Bradley Center. "I thought […]

Samson undeterred after training-camp speed bump

by Jesse Eisenberg || AHL On The Beat Archive Jerome Samson had 21 goals and 18 assists in 65 games with the River Rats as a rookie in 2007-08. The first day of the Carolina Hurricanes’ 2008 training camp saw its 60 attending players run, jump and lift their way through a gauntlet of off-ice […]

Bulldogs raising some eyebrows

by Al Craig || AHL On The Beat Archive To say the Hamilton Bulldogs’ start has been surprising would be the understatement of the early American Hockey League season, even in the Steel City. Their 8-2-1-0 record is the second-best start in the team’s first 13 seasons. You have to go back to their second […]

Wolf Pack producing producers

by Bob Crawford || AHL On The Beat Archive Dan Girardi was an AHL All-Rookie selection in 2006. (Photo: Claus Andersen/Getty Images) In the first few years of the Hartford Wolf Pack’s history, there was not much of a development pipeline between the Pack and the parent New York Rangers. The Wolf Pack boasted excellent […]

Young Duck earning his wings in Des Moines

by Will Michaelson || AHL On The Beat Archive Iowa Chops winger Bobby Ryan is on the fast track to the National Hockey League, and Chops fans will get to see him at his best this season. Originally from Cherry Hill, N.J., he moved out west and honed his game in the California sunshine. The […]

Penguins’ Pesonen breaks out the measuring stick

by Brian Coe || AHL On The Beat Archive Janne Pesonen has nine points and a plus-9 rating in his first seven AHL games. It’s rare that a professional athlete turns down a guaranteed payday in the high six figures just to compare his prowess to that of the top players in his chosen field. […]