by San Jose Sharks staff || AHL On The Beat Archive Carter Hutton is simply living the dream. Okay, maybe he would like all the playing time that Antti Niemi is currently getting (name a backup who wouldn’t), but considering where he came from, Hutton’s life couldn’t be much better. Hutton knows, whether it’s tomorrow […]
by Andrew Pender || AHL On The Beat Archive Sport in the United States has always been ingrained in the fabric of our society. It is probably the only pastime that can unite a city where the people from all races and ages cheer for the same thing. Just look at how our country unites […]
by Heather Galindo || AHL On The Beat Archive For the last five years, Robbie Earl has been hearing voices. Coaches and management from Toronto to St. Paul to Houston have all had their say in how Earl can improve his game to stick in the National Hockey League. “I’ve gone back and forth in […]
by Michael Sharp || AHL On The Beat Archive The hottest bit of Binghamton Senators merchandise features the face of a player who, just this past summer, was drawing little interest from hockey’s higher levels. Requests are now rolling in from Houston and Manchester, even Ottawa, for this particular T-shirt, which cleverly lauds a player […]
by Caroline Greene || AHL On The Beat Archive When people see Boris Valabik he is often confused for a professional basketball player, and at 6-foot-7, it’s not surprising. However, the native of Slovakia has never dunked a basketball, nor does he have any interest in trying. Instead, Valabik is focused on sinking slap shots […]
by Justin Skelnik || AHL On The Beat Archive Chicago Wolves left wing Nigel Dawes has always had a quiet demeanor during his six-year pro career. Even dating back to his junior days, he tried to fly under the radar and let his play on the ice speak for itself. Dawes turned pro in 2005 […]
by Mike Barba || AHL On The Beat Archive When the Worcester Sharks looked at their schedule and saw the Albany Devils in the past, Michael Swift and his agitating ways would immediately come to mind. The former Devil is one of the league’s most instigating players, and now finds himself wearing teal and living […]
by Scott Stuccio || AHL On The Beat Archive It wouldn’t take too much time to go alphabetically from the names Martin Sonnenberg to Ben Street if you looked at a Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins media guide. But nearly 11 calendar years have elapsed between those names and their places in Penguins franchise history. The month of […]
by Keegan Welsh || AHL On The Beat Archive The city of Cleveland has been home to professional hockey for parts of eight decades and it is one the AHL’s charter cities. In honoring the 75th anniversary of the AHL, the Monsters began their season by hosting Syracuse, another one of the league’s original cities. […]
by Jackie LaPenta || AHL On The Beat Archive With the largest military medical training facility in the world located just three miles from the AT&T Center at Fort Sam Houston, it is easy to see how San Antonio Rampage games have become home to many of our great men and women in uniform. San […]
