AHL On The Beat The San Antonio Rampage have worked with the Rotary Club of San Antonio to become the presenting sponsors of the Rotary Ice Rink at Travis Park, the first ever outdoor skating rink in downtown San Antonio. To celebrate the efforts of the Rotary Club and the opening of the rink, the
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The Springfield Thunderbirds have acquired defenseman Rob O’Gara from the San Antonio Rampage in exchange for future considerations. O’Gara has appeared in five games for San Antonio this season, his fourth pro campaign. The Massapequa, N.Y., native appeared in 47 AHL games last season and served as an alternate captain for the Hartford Wolf Pack, collecting
The Grand Rapids Griffins on Friday signed forward Eric Tangradi to a one-year contract. Tangradi began the 2019-20 season with Astana Barys of the Kontinental Hockey League, appearing in 22 games. Tangradi, an AHL All-Star in 2011, has appeared in 467 career AHL games over nine seasons between 2009 and 2019, totaling 160 goals and
TORONTO — Pontus Aberg’s three-year-old daughter Molly has been asking him to take her skating ever since the snow started flying. So when his call back to the NHL first rang through on Thursday night he didn’t hear the phone going in his pocket. A second attempt from Laurence Gilman, the Toronto Maple Leafs assistant
GRAND RAPIDS – A move down to the Grand Rapids Griffins, whether temporary or not, did not come as a surprise to Taro Hirose. Self-evaluation told him that. “I think when you’re not playing and not playing well, as I don’t think I was, there’s always the reality that you can get sent down,” he
by Ryan Smith | AHL On The Beat Second-year Springfield Thunderbirds defenseman Riley Stillman – son of two-time Stanley Cup champion and 17-year-pro forward Cory Stillman – is not the first son of a pro hockey player to follow in his dad’s footsteps, nor will he be the last. Like others, he has had his jersey number
by Stephen Meserve | AHL On The Beat Every spring, the NHL becomes frenzied with the anticipation of some team signing the next big college or major junior free agent who went undrafted but has caught fire and is ready to make an impact in the show. The draft is a huge source of talent for the NHL
The 2018-19 season was a special one for the Checkers, with the team tearing through the AHL to capture its first Calder Cup. That monumental season is now forever commemorated in the form of championship rings. “I wanted to everybody to have something for the rest of their lives to commemorate this achievement because it
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Brad Marchand of the Boston Bruins has been selected as the Ephesus/AHL Graduate of the Month for November. Marchand recorded 11 goals and 11 assists for 22 points in 14 games for Boston last month, helping the Bruins (19-3-5) move atop the National Hockey League
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Milwaukee Admirals forward Yakov Trenin has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending December 1, 2019. Trenin notched five goals and seven points in three contests last week, helping Milwaukee extend its winning streak to a franchise-record 13 games.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Manitoba Moose forward Jansen Harkins, Milwaukee Admirals forward Tommy Novak and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins goaltender Casey DeSmith have been selected as the league’s award winners for November. Harkins, the CCM/AHL Player of the Month, totaled 24 points in 15 games for Manitoba last month, registering four
The Toronto Maple Leafs announced today that Greg Moore has been hired as head coach of the Toronto Marlies. Moore, 35, has spent the last two seasons as head coach of the USHL’s Chicago Steel. “Over the last 10 days, we have evaluated all options after Sheldon Keefe’s promotion to the Maple Leafs. After a
TORONTO — Sixty-four seconds into the game, Logan Couture finds Timo Meier between the hash marks, who one-times the first shot of game and first faced by Michael DiPietro in the NHL into the back of the net. 1-0. Two minutes and 18 seconds later, Evander Kane lofts a shoulder-high backhand toward the cage that
by Ryan Sharp | AHL On The Beat Just 20 games into the season, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms have had to deal with a plethora of roster moves typically not encountered until later on in the year. Key players, including Joel Farabee, Morgan Frost and Philippe Myers, have all been called up to play in
In November alone, Wolves forward Nicolas Roy has shown up on the transactions wire eight times. Perhaps some of those moves were paper transactions to help the Golden Knights’ cap situation, but Roy’s still had his share of trips between Chicago and Las Vegas. “A lot of travel, but it’s part of the game to
Bruce Landon has just about seen it all when it comes to minor league hockey. He’s been a goaltender, general manager and team owner in Springfield, Massachusetts. And he’s a big reason why the tradition of hockey in the city, which dates back to the 1920s, continues today. Landon is retired now, but recently wrote
ROCHESTER – Before winger Victor Olofsson emerged as one of the Buffalo Sabres’ top prospects, their 2014 draft ranked among the worst in franchise history. Other than Olofsson, a rare seventh-round gem, only winger Sam Reinhart, the second overall pick, has paid dividends. In the last five years, the Sabres have traded or let go