Just like that, it was all over. After the most successful season in franchise history, the Syracuse Crunch fell just short of their first Calder Cup championship in their first appearance. The Tampa Bay Lightning also narrowly missed having their AHL affiliate crowned champion for the second consecutive season. It was a valiant effort by the Crunch, in what was ... Read More »
Before Game 1 of the Calder Cup Finals, the Syracuse Crunch had lost just one game throughout the entire AHL postseason. Not only that, the Crunch hadn’t lost back-to-back games since April 9 and 12. Following Sunday night’s 6-4 loss to the Grand Rapids Griffins, however, the Crunch have now lost back-to-back games and face the threat of elimination with ... Read More »
When the American Hockey League began its 2012-2013 season, the NHL lockout was in full swing. The players kept their heads down, kept playing and have finally reached the pinnacle of AHL play. Saturday night at 7 p.m. ET, Game 1 of the Calder Cup Finals kicks off in style. The Syracuse Crunch have run roughshod through the postseason, losing ... Read More »
Last night, the Griffins survived a one-goal game to advance to the Calder Cup Finals. They will take on the Syracuse Crunch of the Eastern Conference in a seven game series, beginning this Saturday night. On Tuesday night, Grand Rapids was leading 3-1 when the third period began. Tomas Jurco, Mitch Callahan, and Jeff Hoggan had all scored for the Griffins. Petr ... Read More »
The Griffins and Barons are set to square off tonight in Grand Rapids for Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals. Grand Rapids currently leads the series 3-2 and has the opportunity to clinch their first Calder Cup Finals berth in team history. The team was founded in 1996 as part of the now-defunct International Hockey League. They were the last team to ... Read More »
Last night, the Grand Rapids Griffins pulled even with the Oklahoma City Barons in the American Hockey League’s Western Conference Finals. The Griffins began the series with two home games, the first of which they won by a score of 2-1. The Barons won Game 2, 4-2 heading into OKC for the next three games. The Barons decisively won last Wednesday night, giving them ... Read More »
The Grand Rapids Griffins have made it to the “Final Four” of the American Hockey League, and after a pair of Round 3 games this weekend are tied with the Oklahoma City Barons. Game 1 was Friday night and took place in Grand Rapids. Brennan Evans struck first for the Griffins early in the first period, giving them a 1-0 lead. ... Read More »
The Oklahoma City Barons entered the Western Conference Finals having done extremely well in the semi-finals against the Texas Stars, not only winning games but doing so with large margins. They faced the Grand Rapids Griffins at Van Andel Arena on May 24 in Game One of the Western Conference Finals series, looking to grab the first win in the ... Read More »
The Grand Rapids Griffins defeated the Toronto Marlies in Round 2 of the American Hockey League Playoffs (Western Conference Semi-Finals) after a back-and-forth series. Game 6 saw Grand Rapids advance after scoring three goals in the final ten minutes. Here is a quick recap of all six games. Game 1: The Griffins took Game 1 by a convincing 7-0 rout. Tomas ... Read More »
On Thursday night at the Cox Center in Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma City Barons had the opportunity to eliminate the Texas Stars and advance to the Western Conference Finals for the second straight season. The Barons did exactly that and continued their utter supremacy over the Stars in game five, clobbering the Stars 5-1 and eliminating the number-one-ranked team in ... Read More »
For the second year in a row, the Tampa Bay Lightning’s American Hockey League affiliate is running rough shod through the AHL playoffs. Last year, it was the Norfolk Admirals, winning 15 out of 18 games on their way to the Calder Cup championship. This year, it’s the Syracuse Crunch, who have clinched a spot in the Eastern Conference Finals ... Read More »
At the Cox Convention Center in downtown Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma City Barons were determined to continue dominating their series against the Texas Stars, and managed to do just that. They pulled out a 7-3 victory in Game Four thanks to a stellar third period. The Barons were without Anton Lander, who sustained a lower body injury in Monday’s game, ... Read More »
Yann Danis made 30 saves in game three to record his first shutout of the post season and four different players scored as the Oklahoma City Barons defeated the Texas Stars 4-0 Monday night in Oklahoma City. After a scoreless and fairly evenly matched first period, the Barons intensified their tempo in the second, forcing the Stars to chase ... Read More »
The Oklahoma City Barons have had a strong season so far. On May 11, they entered the Cedar Park Center in suburban Austin, Texas to face the Texas Stars again in Game 2 of their 7-game Western Conference semifinals series. The Barons secured a 2-1 overtime win on Thursday against the Stars, so they likely came into Saturday’s game with ... Read More »
The 2012-13 American Hockey League season officially came to an end last night for the Charlotte Checkers in an exciting and dramatic winner-take-all game five with the Oklahoma City Barons. A remarkable series which saw both teams win big and a couple of close contests finished with a 6-2 win for the Barons, despite being peppered for 51 shots. The ... Read More »
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