AHL Weekly Release: Regular season in the books
April 17, 2009 at 10:00 pm | In ahlnewss.wordpress.com | Leave a CommentTags: books, regular, release, season, Weekly
WEEKLY RELEASE #27
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The 2008-09 regular season came down to the wire, with five postseason berths still up for grabs entering the final weekend and the overall points title on the line as late as Sunday night. Now the stage is set for the 2009 Calder Cup Playoffs, which get underway this week.
The 1,160th and final game of the season saw Wilkes-Barre/Scranton defeat Hershey on Sunday evening, Continue reading AHL Weekly Release: Regular season in the books…
AHL Weekly Release: Putting the final pieces in place
April 10, 2009 at 10:19 am | In ahlnewss.wordpress.com | 5 CommentsTags: final, Pieces, place, Putting, release, Weekly
WEEKLY RELEASE #26
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … A remarkable fight to the finish sees 10 teams still alive for the final six berths in the 2009 Calder Cup Playoffs as the American Hockey League enters the final week of its 73rd regular season.
Updated AHL standings
Calder Cup Playoffs qualification rules
Philadelphia has injected itself back into the East Division race with a 10-2-0-2 record since Mar. 14, Continue reading AHL Weekly Release: Putting the final pieces in place…
AHL Weekly Release: Putting the final pieces in place
April 8, 2009 at 4:12 pm | In ahlnewss.wordpress.com | Leave a CommentTags: final, Pieces, place, Putting, release, Weekly
WEEKLY RELEASE #26
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … A remarkable fight to the finish sees 10 teams still alive for the final six berths in the 2009 Calder Cup Playoffs as the American Hockey League enters the final week of its 73rd regular season.
Updated AHL standings
Calder Cup Playoffs qualification rules
Philadelphia has injected itself back into the East Division race with a 10-2-0-2 record since Mar. 14, Continue reading AHL Weekly Release: Putting the final pieces in place…
AHL Weekly Release: AHL coaches in spotlight
March 30, 2009 at 6:26 am | In ahlnewss.wordpress.com | Leave a CommentTags: coaches, release, spotlight, Weekly
WEEKLY RELEASE #24
Bruce Boudreau was promoted to Washington in 2007 after eight years coaching in the AHL.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Much has been made about the recent influx of head coaches who have been promoted, untested at the NHL level but successful in the AHL, to guide teams in the National Hockey League. This season’s coaching changes in Ottawa and Pittsburgh and the rapid Continue reading AHL Weekly Release: AHL coaches in spotlight…
AHL Weekly Release: Playoff races heating up
March 25, 2009 at 11:48 am | In ahlnewss.wordpress.com | Leave a CommentTags: heating, playoff, races, release, Weekly
WEEKLY RELEASE #23
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … With four weeks remaining in the 2008-09 regular season, all 16 berths in the 2009 Calder Cup Playoffs are still up for grabs, and each of the AHL’s four divisions features compelling races to the finish as winter turns to spring.
The top four finishers in each division will qualify for postseason play, with one possible exception: if the fifth-place team in the Continue reading AHL Weekly Release: Playoff races heating up…
AHL Weekly Release: Sound Tigers catch Bears in East
March 10, 2009 at 6:16 am | In ahlnewss.wordpress.com | Leave a CommentTags: Bears, Catch, East, release, sound, Tigers, Weekly
WEEKLY RELEASE #22
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Exactly four weeks ago – on the morning of Feb. 9 – the Bridgeport Sound Tigers sat fourth in the AHL’s East Division, 13 points back of first-place Hershey.
But the Sound Tigers have roared to an 11-1-0-3 mark over the last month and are now even with the Bears as they eye their first division title since their inaugural 2001-02 season.
Fresh Continue reading AHL Weekly Release: Sound Tigers catch Bears in East…
AHL Weekly Release: Monarchs roar back into hunt
March 6, 2009 at 11:25 am | In ahlnewss.wordpress.com | Leave a CommentTags: back, hunt, into, Monarchs, release, roar, Weekly
WEEKLY RELEASE #21
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The Manchester Monarchs were in sixth place in the Atlantic Division and 10 points out of a Calder Cup Playoff spot following a 3-9-0-1 showing for the month of January. But in a complete about-face, the Monarchs surged to a 9-3-0-1 mark in February and now March is coming in like a lion in New Hampshire.
Entering the stretch drive tied with Lowell for the fourth and Continue reading AHL Weekly Release: Monarchs roar back into hunt…
AHL Weekly Release: Flames turning up the heat
February 28, 2009 at 2:00 pm | In ahlnewss.wordpress.com | Leave a CommentTags: Flames, heat, release, turning, Weekly
WEEKLY RELEASE #20
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The Quad City Flames have responded in a big way from a tough nine-game road swing in late January, winning a franchise-record six games in a row to pull back into contention for their first Calder Cup Playoff berth.
The Flames’ streak ended with a 2-1 overtime loss in Peoria on Sunday, but Quad City brings an even 23-23-6-5 (57 points) mark into the new week, putting Continue reading AHL Weekly Release: Flames turning up the heat…
AHL Weekly Release: Young Devils coming on strong
February 20, 2009 at 6:09 am | In ahlnewss.wordpress.com | Leave a CommentTags: coming, Devils, release, strong, Weekly, young
WEEKLY RELEASE #19
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The Lowell Devils are one of the AHL’s youngest teams this season, showing 10 players on the current roster who have yet to celebrate their 23rd birthday. But the Devils have been jelling of late, putting up a 6-2-0-2 record in their last 10 tilts to pull into a tie with Worcester for the Atlantic Division’s final Calder Cup Playoff berth.
Head coach Kurt Continue reading AHL Weekly Release: Young Devils coming on strong…
AHL Weekly Release: Sens surging, eye playoff return
February 12, 2009 at 6:25 am | In ahlnewss.wordpress.com | Leave a CommentTags: playoff, release, return, Sens, Surging, Weekly
WEEKLY RELEASE #18
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Boosted by a well-balanced offense and the league’s most potent power play, the Binghamton Senators have steadily been climbing the East Division standings as they look to bring Calder Cup Playoff hockey back to New York’s Southern Tier for the first time since 2005.
Binghamton enters the new week with points in five straight games (3-0-2-0) and in third place Continue reading AHL Weekly Release: Sens surging, eye playoff return…
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