With the 2018 playoffs in full swing the American Hockey League’s board of governors met to approve the divisional alignment for the 2018-19 season. The Colorado Eagles will officially become the 31st member of the AHL and slot into the Pacific Division where it’s highly likely they will contest 68 regular season games to stay … More AHL Divisional Alignment 2018-19
On April 15, 2018, Chris Terry faced up to the Laval media on locker clearout day. The Rocket’s alternate captain could not have done much more for the team during it’s inaugural season. He claimed the John B. Sollenberger trophy (AHL leading regular season scorer), won one AHL Player of the Month award, made another … More Montreal Canadiens allow AHL leading scorer to walk away
Great moments are born from great opportunity. That line spoken by Coach Herb Brooks to his 1980 US Olympic team certainly rang true for Team GB heading into the final game of their 2018 IIHF World Championship campaign. Just a year ago, Head Coach Pete Russell masterminded GB’s promotion from Division 1, Group B after … More Dare to Dream – GB achieve Promotion to Pool A
PredictorBet Play-offs Grand Final 2018 “I think we just broke the last curse!” The words of Cardiff Devils Head coach Andrew Lord after his team had clinched Playoff Final victory. It’s been a nineteen year wait for the organisation – an agonising tale for fans who last tasted playoff success back in 1998-99 and have … More Play-offs Grand Final Sheffield Steelers 1 Cardiff Devils 3
Some of you reading this have begun the new year with a target to achieve in the twelve months that lay ahead. Kevin Porter is still striving to achieve his goal on a journey that began back in 2010. It’s a name that might be vaguely familiar to you after his tale was told in … More Chasing down a dream – Kevin Porter
On the evening of December 29, 2017, T.J Brennan scored for Lehigh Valley Phantoms with ten seconds left in the second period of a game against Charlotte Checkers. That strike was the 400th point of Brennan’s American Hockey League career and his 138th goal. He becomes just the tenth defenseman in AHL history to reach … More T.J Brennan achieves historic landmark
“Legend” is used far too frequently in sports but never has a word been more apt to describe Johnny Bower. I never got to see Johnny Bower play as he retired in 1970 and it’s only through watching old clips, reading books, articles and testimony from those who saw him play have I fully appreciated … More Passing of a Leafs Legend – Farewell Johnny Bower
