by Kevin Zalaznik || AHL On The Beat Archive When Veterans Day rolled around last week, youth hockey players in the Capital Region filled the void of a non-school day by taking in American Hockey League action as the Albany Devils hosted the Norfolk Admirals. Whether they knew it or not, the 6-foot-5 player in […]
by Kristen Shilton || AHL On The Beat Archive Plenty of hockey players dream of suiting up professionally one day. Guillaume Desbiens thought he’d made it by age four. “My brother Alex is five years older than I am and he was playing hockey [for the Rimouski Cougars]. His coach asked me to be the mascot […]
by Bob Crawford || AHL On The Beat Archive Although the Connecticut Whale haven’t exactly torn the AHL up in the first month of the season, the club has posted some quality wins and given some key development time to several very young, but very important, New York Ranger organizational assets. In addition […]
by Bob Przybylo || AHL On The Beat Archive You’re never going to mistake Oklahoma City Barons defenseman Taylor Fedun as one of the great enforcers in the league. That’s not his role. Through 10 games this season, Fedun only had four penalty minutes. And at 6-foot and 190 pounds, he doesn’t […]
by Matt Metcalf || AHL On The Beat Archive Injuries are practically an everyday occurrence in sports. No injury is a good injury, especially when it happens to a young player with endless potential. Unfortunately for Sharks forward James Sheppard, he was one of those players. Sheppard, who played three seasons with the Minnesota Wild, […]
by Brendan Burke with Dave Eminian || AHL On The Beat Archive All too often some unlucky member of the Peoria Rivermen was left wondering what hit him in a game against the Milwaukee Admirals the last few seasons. Often, the answer was Scott Ford. Clean, hard, physical blows, fearless shot-blocking and a captaincy all […]
by Mitchell Sulkess || AHL On The Beat Archive The summer following the Springfield Indians 1990 Calder Cup Championship, their parent club, the New York Islanders, ended the affiliation agreement between the teams. The very next season, the Indians defended the Calder Cup, this time as the top development club of the Hartford Whalers. No […]
by Ryan Pinder || AHL On The Beat Archive After leading the AHL in goals scored through three weeks, and owning a seven-game point streak, Abbotsford Heat forward Roman Horak is looking more and more like a top organizational prospect for the Calgary Flames. But how he arrived in their system is often forgotten. Horak was […]
by Greg Rosa || AHL On The Beat Archive ‘Tis the season for moustaches and mullet wigs with the Manchester Monarchs as another Movember is upon us. November is known as Movember month throughout the American Hockey League and the rest of the hockey community. Players and coaching staffs can be seen growing moustaches […]
by Paul Branecky || AHL On The Beat Archive Already faced with one of the longest road swings in their three seasons as an AHL franchise, the Checkers have found plenty of ways to make their own history. Despite being the only team in the league that has yet to play a game at […]
