American Hockey League
Already close to halfway through the shortened 2013 NHL season, the Vancouver Canucks once again remain safely at the top on the North-West standings. Since the 2008/9 season, the Canucks have both won and dominated the North-West division consisting of the Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche. This may all change however, accordingly to recent speculation about a new 4 conference ...
The trials and tribulations of a hockey season in the AHL can be compared to that of a roller coaster—big drops, peaks and valleys, and loops. The Norfolk Admirals, the AHL affiliate of the Anaheim Ducks, have seen a whirlwind season with big drops and huge peaks. Norfolk ended its recent road trip skating ...
It all started with stitches to the chin for Admirals left-wing John Kurtz when he was three and stepped out on the ice for his first skating lesson. Kurtz didn’t let a little blood stop him from learning to skate and later playing hockey. The left winger is now a pivotal puzzle piece of the ...
Recap On Saturday, January 19 the Sound Tigers took on the Binghamton Senators. John Persson started off scoring for the Sound Tigers with a power play goal in the first and Sean Backman extended the lead when he scored early in the second. The Senators recovered and made the score 2-1 with a Cole ...
On Sunday, St. Louis Blues General Manager Doug Armstrong announced that the club placed goaltender Jaroslav Halak on injury reserve. In turn, the club has called up 22-year old Jake Allen from the Blues’ AHL affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen. Halak suffered a cut on his lip after being struck in the mask with a shot ...
Western Conference rocked the Eastern Conference 7-6 All North American hockey fans shook their heads in disgust when the NHL canceled their All-Star game. However, hockey fans rejoiced January 28th when the AHL All-Stars took the ice and put on a mind-blowing performance. A whopping 13 goals were scored during the All-Star game. For many ...
The Stars were in line last night in Providence, RI the home of the 2013 AHL All-Star weekend. Hockey fans of all ages flocked to the Dunkin Donuts Center to cheer for their favorite AHL All-Star in the skills competition. The All-Star Game will be played on Monday, January 28, 2013 at 7:00 pm in ...
Expectations on player development are often in the eye of the beholder. That or the corresponding scouts with notebooks. At the beginning of the year the AHL Albany Devils, like most other squads, were infused with NHL talent. Since the end of the work stoppage, what was a cohesive club once again had to be ...
The Hershey Bears hosted the 2013 AHL Outdoor Classic Weekend at Hershey Park Stadium, taking on their division rival Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins. The Penguins defeated Hershey’s alumni team on Saturday and Pittsburgh’s AHL affiliate defeated the Bears 2-1 on Sunday, earning the win on Paul Thompson’s overtime game winner. You can view a game recap of ...
No top scorers? No top defencemen? No number one goalie? No problem. At least, not if you’re the Texas Stars. Ok, sure, the team didn’t lose all of their best players once the NHL lockout ended and their big league affiliate, the Dallas Stars, started making call-ups. But when you lose a big group of ...
