Photo: Andy Nietupski SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Texas Stars forward Mavrik Bourque has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending December 24, 2023. Bourque scored five goals in two games last week to help the Stars enter the Christmas break with a…
The Toronto Maple Leafs are facing a goaltending crisis as Ilya Samsonov, pulled just minutes into the second period of Thursday night’s game against the Buffalo Sabres, delivered a subpar performance again. Allowing five goals on 19 shots, this ugly outing came on the heels of disappointing showing against Columbus, where he allowed six goals…
Last night Olivier Rodrigue stopped 38 of 40 in a 3-2 Condors win over the Calgary Wranglers. In this span he has a 9-5-2 record with the Condors. Rodrigue and 62nd overall selection in the 2018 draft now has a 2.30 goals against average and a .923 save percentage in his last 17 AHL games…
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Toronto Marlies forward Dylan Gambrell has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending December 17, 2023. Gambrell helped the Marlies secure a pair of road wins with a five-point weekend, registering two goals and three assists. On…
Photo: Todd Reicher SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that San Diego Gulls goaltender Tomas Suchanek has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending December 10, 2023. Suchanek backstopped the Gulls to three consecutive road wins last week, stopping 74 of the 77 shots he faced…
Montreal Canadiens defenseman Arber Xhekaj, who has been recovering from an upper-body injury that kept him out for seven games, was activated off injured reserve. However, he didn’t move the Canadiens’ roster. Instead, he was immediately sent down to AHL Laval. That move happened this past Monday, December 4, 2023. Despite his physical play, with…
Kent Johnson had just settled into playing for the Cleveland Monsters when he got the news Thursday that all AHL players hope to receive. Johnson, 21, was recalled by the Blue Jackets to replace Cole Sillinger, who sustained an undisclosed injury during a 4-2 loss Wednesday to the Montreal Canadiens. As Sillinger saw a specialist…
