by Zach Dooley | AHL On The Beat Peter Budaj didn’t know what the future held for him after a winless 2014-15 season with the AHL’s St. John’s IceCaps. The veteran netminder had posted the lowest save percentage and the highest goals-against average of his professional career, which came in his first AHL stint since 2005.
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Jordan Horrobin Special to Detroit Free Press Published 9:48 AM EDT Apr 8, 2019 Matt Ford paused for 10 seconds upon hearing the question: What would be the most exciting part about making the NHL? Playing for the Grand Rapids Griffins in the American Hockey League, one stop short of the show, you might think
The Bridgeport Sound Tigers are returning to the Calder Cup Playoffs. Bridgeport clinched a berth in the 2019 postseason with a 4-3 victory over Providence on Saturday night. It is their first trip to the playoffs since 2016. The AHL’s 2018-19 regular season ends April 14; for more information and daily updates on the Calder
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Providence Bruins forward Paul Carey has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending April 7, 2019. Carey scored five goals and totaled eight points in three games last week for the Bruins, who closed in on a berth in
The Charlotte Checkers captured the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy as the American Hockey League’s regular-season champions on Saturday evening. Under head coach Mike Vellucci, the Checkers (48-17-7-1, 104 points, .712) will finish with the best record in the AHL for the first time, and will have home-ice advantage for as long as they advance in the 2019 Calder Cup
By virtue of Lehigh Valley’s 10-6 victory over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Sunday afternoon, the Hershey Bears have clinched a berth in the 2019 Calder Cup Playoffs. The Bears, who began the season with five straight losses and had the worst record in the 31-team AHL on the morning of Dec. 21, are 25-5-3-2 in their last
The San Jose Barracuda clinched a berth in the 2019 Calder Cup Playoffs on Saturday. It is the fourth postseason appearance for the Barracuda in as many seasons since moving to San Jose, and the fifth straight trip for the San Jose Sharks’ top affiliate under head coach Roy Sommer. The Barracuda reached the Western
By: John Williams It was a cold morning in Toronto, on January 4, when veteran goaltender Mike McKenna got a phone call that would change the course of his season. Again. McKenna, who had just been traded from the Ottawa Senators to the Vancouver Canucks two days prior, was having coffee with his new team’s
The Toronto Marlies clinched a berth in the 2019 Calder Cup Playoffs on Friday night with a 2-1 victory at Utica. Adam Brooks scored the winning goal on a shorthanded breakaway with just 1:25 to play in regulation. The defending Calder Cup champions will be heading to the postseason for the eighth year in a
ROCHESTER – With 40 minutes of grueling practice drills complete, the Rochester Americans huffed and puffed between sips of water or Gatorade while listening to second-year head coach Chris Taylor deliver instructions. Suddenly, most of the team broke out with a raucous cackle that echoed throughout an empty Blue Cross Arena. When Taylor was done
View photos Craig Cunningham posted one of the most inspirational videos you’ll ever see. (Getty) More More than two years after he nearly died on the ice following a heart attack prior to an AHL game, Craig Cunningham posted one of the most inspirational videos you’ll ever see. And that’s not hyperbole. The 26-year-old former
SAN DIEGO — The game was tight, close and getting closer. His team was locked in a tense battle with a bitter division rival, the play rough and growing rougher by the minute, and San Diego Gulls coach Dallas Eakins was in no mood for what happened next. A player from the Bakersfield Condors began
The annual spring migration of new talent into the American Hockey League is underway. Draft picks and free agents are heading to the AHL after junior, college, and European leagues finish their seasons, allowing for an up-close look at these players in the NHL’s top development league and potentially in the Calder Cup Playoffs. Here
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today the individual team winners of the IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year awards, selected by their respective clubs for their outstanding contributions to the local community and charitable organizations during the 2018-19 season. From this list of finalists, representatives from IOA/American Specialty and the AHL will
by Brian McCormack | AHL On The Beat Hockey fans who are well-versed in the NHL career of San Antonio Rampage assistant coach J.J. Daigneault can rattle off many of the highlights. Daigneault won a Stanley Cup with his hometown Montreal Canadiens in 1993, and he scored one of the most memorable goals in Philadelphia Flyers
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Ben Bishop of the Dallas Stars has been selected as the Ephesus/AHL Graduate of the Month for March. Bishop was 7-1-0 with a 0.88 goals-against average and a .969 save percentage in nine appearances during March, helping Dallas close in on a berth in the
Jacob Markstrom’s quiet evolution into an elite NHL goaltender for the Vancouver Canucks hasn’t surprised his teammate Alex Biega. The defenceman had already witnessed the six-foot-six netminder’s ability to stun opponents four years ago when the pair were playing together for the Utica Comets in the American Hockey League. “You could just tell — when
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Cleveland Monsters forward Zac Dalpe, Bakersfield Condors forward Tyler Benson and Charlotte Checkers goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic have been selected as the league’s award winners for March. Dalpe, the CCM/AHL Player of the Month, scored 12 goals and finished with 16 points and a plus-12 rating