The Allen Americans grabbed their first post-season series victory on Wednesday night, as they defeated the Laredo Bucks for a second straight night, this time by a 4-1 margin. The Americans will move on to the CHL’s Southern Conference Finals to face the Odessa Jackalopes starting this Friday. Allen faced a tough task when...
The Dallas Stars returned goaltender Matt Climie to their AHL affiliates, the Texas Stars, on Wednesday. Dallas also recalled center Aaron Gagnon from the T-Stars. Here is the press release from the Texas Stars: *** Cedar Park, TX – The Dallas Stars announced on Wednesday that the club has recalled center Aaron Gagnon from...
The Allen Americans returned from Laredo, having dropped two of three to the Bucks on their home ice. Facing a 3-2 deficit in the Semi-Final series, the Americans had their back to the wall, and needed a win in order to force a decisive 7th game in the series. The Americans got that win...
The ECHL named Steelheads head coach Derek Laxdal the Coach of the Year on Tuesday. Laxdal, who led Idaho to a 48-17-7 record this season, has been behind the bench for the Steelheads for the last five years. He’s been a successful coach in the ECHL for years, but this is the first time...
This week’s weekly report is brief, and I’m leaving out the last week’s transactions, as the playoff roster is included for your review. The Steelheads finished their regular season schedule this past weekend, dropping a pair of games to the Bakersfield Condors, 2-1 in both games. But, it was pretty obvious that the Steelies...
(Photo Credit: Resolute under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license) The Dallas Stars announced today they had signed center Toby Petersen to a two-year contract extension worth $1.55 million. The 1.55 number seems to be the magic one of late, as it’s identical to the two-year deal the Stars signed Tom Wandell for...
