The Puck Stops Here (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
The second round of the AHL playoffs concluded last night. The first round summary is here. These are the second round results: Portland defeats Providence 4 games to 2 Portland is Anaheim's farm team and Providence is Boston's. Portland was led offensively by Bobby Ryan and Andrew Ebbett. Jean-Sebastien Aubin provided their goaltending. Providence was led by Pascal Pelletier and Martins
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 05/14/2008
The wait is over for the Toronto Marlies.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
I asked Todd McLellan, in his third season with Detroit, if he would be interested in the Colorado coaching job, vacant since the Avalanche and Joel Quenneville parted ways Friday.
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
The comeback is complete. Brent Aubin scored a pair of goals as the Toronto Marlies became the 14th team in American Hockey League history to overcome a 3-1 series deficit, dropping the Syracuse Crunch 3-2 in Game 7 of the North Division final.
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
The Toronto Marlies will try and complete a comeback from a 3-1 deficit in their AHL playoff series against Syracuse Crunch tonight at Ricoh Coliseum.
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
Nancy Lebda spent a lot of years near the ice on Mother's Day. Her last Mother's Day present enabled her to spend more time on the water.
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
The Toronto Marlies scored three goals in the third period to beat the Syracuse Crunch 3-2 last night in Game 6 of the North Division final.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 05/11/2008
The Detroit Red Wings and Dallas Stars were meeting in the Western Conference finals, and some of the discussion on the off days — or even in the arena hallways on game mornings — was about the surprising Colorado coaching vacancy that followed a period of uncertainty in the wake of the Avalanche's postseason exit.
National Hockey League Digest (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
For those of you who took in the Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia game on CBC last night, you may have seen an interview of Bobby Clarke during the intermission. I, for one, found this interview rather fascinating. Although I was not totally surprised by Clarke’s candor, I was surprised at some of his answers - particularly with [...]
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
Bates Battaglia, a resident grinder when he played with the Maple Leafs the past two seasons, is playing a new role with the Marlies.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008
WILKES-BARRE Chris Minard snapped a 1-1 tie in the second period last night to send the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 3-1 victory at the Wachovia Arena and eliminate the Phantoms from the AHL's Calder Cup playoffs.
Fox News (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
With coaches hitting the chopping block, Mike Chen says teams should consider the not-so-big names with big potential.
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
Joakim Lindstrom scored in overtime as the Syracuse Crunch beat Toronto 5-4 last night, pushing the Marlies to the brink of elimination from the American Hockey League playoffs.
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins scored three power-play goals in an 8-4 win over the Phantoms last night and took a three-games-to-one lead in the AHL East finals.
red and black hockey (Free subscription) | 05/08/2008
On Wednesday, the Maple Leafs announced that they have fired head coach Paul "Chairman Mo" Maurice. They have also relieved his long-time assistant Randy Ladouceur. Maruice had one year remaining on his contract, but had coached the Leafs to two consecutive losing seasons and the last two of three straight playoff-less seasons in Toronto. This lack of success is unacceptable in Toronto, and I'm pretty...
