by Kevin Zalaznik || AHL On The Beat Archive Tuesday night, while televisions were tuned to the State of the Union address, Devils defenseman Peter Harrold was converted to a right winger – on the ice, not in the political realm. Harrold, who was recalled by New Jersey from Albany Monday, became the 12th Devil […]
by Lindsay Willhite || AHL On The Beat Archive With his passion for hockey flickering and his confidence while playing the sport faltering, Victor Oreskovich walked away from it all in the fall of 2007. He left the Colorado Avalanche’s training camp — abandoning the National Hockey League team that picked him in the second […]
by Chris Wescott || AHL On The Beat Archive The Oklahoma City Barons have raised the bar for community involvement this season. A step in that direction was the founding of the program called “Barons Buddies” which partners the Barons with the Special Olympics Oklahoma. Barons Buddies pairs a player or coach with an athlete […]
by Bruce Berlet || AHL On The Beat Archive Connecticut Whale wing Mats Zuccarello had to be the most surprised of the 48 players named to participate in the AHL All-Star Classic. Zuccarello, the skilled Norwegian playing his second season in North America, had missed 10 games with an injury when he and Whale rookie […]
by Bill Ballou || AHL On The Beat Archive If Worcester Sharks head coach Roy Sommer worked in Hollywood, he might think about starring in “The Finnish Connection.” Sommer had Miikka Kiprusoff in net when he coached the Kentucky Thoroughblades and Vesa Toskala was one of Sommer’s goaltenders in Kentucky and Cleveland. Now, the latest […]
by Kevin Orris || AHL On The Beat Archive Three seasons. That’s how long Ben Bishop figured it would take until he had his chance to shine with the St. Louis Blues. He had played 121 AHL games with the Peoria Rivermen and he had finished the 2010-11 season with the best numbers of his […]
by Nathan Skytta || AHL On The Beat Archive In just his sophomore season at the professional ranks, Mark Barberio has spent the last few months solidifying his spot on the blue lines that don either side of the Admirals battleship painted at center ice at Norfolk Scope Arena. Last season, the Montreal native played […]
by Ryan Pinder || AHL On The Beat Archive Abbotsford seems to be the breeding ground in some pretty amazing hockey comebacks this season. In his first year as the Heat’s head coach, Troy G. Ward has the club off to the best start in the franchise’s three-year history, and in the thick of a […]
by Greg Rosa || AHL On The Beat Archive From an organization standpoint, positional depth is one of the main objectives to building a successful team. The Los Angeles Kings currently have two very solid goaltenders in Jonathan Quick and Jonathan Bernier, both of whom were developed by the Kings’ top affiliate, the AHL’s Manchester […]
by Paul Branecky || AHL On The Beat Archive When it comes to the shootout, the Checkers have a new and unlikely hero. Defenseman Justin Krueger, who after not scoring a conventional goal all season was something of a shock addition to the shootout lineup in December, has now made good on both of his […]
