It was lost in the shuffle after the Paul Toboni hire was reported, but James Wood hit a major milestone yesterday. With a two home run game, Wood reached 30 home runs on the season. His pursuit of 30 bombs may have ground to a halt in the second half, but eventually he got there. … Read more
This summer has been all about getting bigger for the Toronto Maple Leafs. One piece of that was the signing of UFA forward Michael Pezzetta from the Montreal Canadiens last week. While he’s not a goalscorer by any means, he’s a big, hard-working fourth-liner who has the chance to help Toronto’s depth this season. On … Read more
There’s a terrace chant that goes up when a team beats another easily. “Can we play you every week” it goes. Wor Lasses fans were probably singing that on Sunday at Ewood Park as United smashed Blackburn Rovers Women 5 – 1 on the final day of the season. The five-star performance brought an end … Read more
by Jared Shafran | AHL On The Beat Ontario Reign head coach Marco Sturm has spent two and a half years at his current post, guiding the Los Angeles Kings’ top affiliate in the American Hockey League. And while he’s admitted there was a bit of a learning curve at first as someone who had … Read more
Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Geordie Kinnear played a hard-nosed, team-first, no-glamour type of game as a defenseman with the Albany River Rats during the rough-and-tough 1990’s era of hockey. So it’s only fitting that Kinnear coaches the same selfless, low-key way that he played. And now, like then, his work is earning rewards. With … Read more