Condors and Campbell Continue Tailspin, Hildeby Posts Second Straight Shutout, Wolf and Shepard Start in NHL to Mixed Results

It was, largely, the night of the goalie across the American Hockey League on Saturday. 

Six teams - Toronto, Abbotsford, Iowa, Providence, Hershey, and Utica - earned shutouts, with Marlies netminder Dennis Hildeby earning his second straight shutout. 

Max Sassons (Abbotsford), Simon Nemec (Utica), Ruslan Iskhakov (Bridgeport), Jack Rathbone (Wilkes-Barre/Scranton), Mitchell Chaffe (Syracuse) and Maxim Groshev (Syracuse) all put together multi-goal performances, while Hershey moved to 8-2 in their past 10 games to take the lead-league.

In contrast, the Chicago Wolves continued their rough start falling to 1-6-1-1 with only six points in nine games, while the Condors dropped their third straight and second consecutive four-goal game. Jack Campbell once again allowed four goals against, this time on 26 shots. 

Elsewhere in the NHL, Dustin Wolf made his long-awaited 2023-24 debut with the Flames, starting hot early before Calgary coughed up back-to-back goals within two minutes in the third period, dropping a 4-1 decision to the Senators. Martin Pospisil contributed his first NHL assist on a Blake Coleman tally to continue his four-game point streak, while Connor Zary logged a strong 16:22 of ice time.

Hunter Shepard had a much improved second NHL outing, backstopping the Capitals to a 4-1 win over the struggling New York Islanders. Sheppard, the MVP of the 2022-24 Hershey Bears, stopped 36 of 37 shots in the contest for his second win in his second appearance with the Capitals. 

AHL Scoresheet Saturday, November 11th:

Syracuse Crunch (6-3-0-2) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (6-5-1-0) FINAL 6-3

SYR: J. Carroll (07:31 1st), M. Chaffee (12:13 1st), M. Groshev (08:48 2nd), G. Goncalves (11:03 2nd), M. Chaffee (14:45 2nd), M. Groshev (14:18 3rd)

WBS: A. Rueschhoff (13:40 2nd), J. Rathbone (12:26 3rd), J. Rathbone (17:24 3rd)

Bridgeport Islanders (4-6-1-0) Springfield Thunderbirds (7-6-1-0) FINAL OT 2-1

BRI: R. Iskhakov (05:54 2nd), R. Iskhakov (04:08 OT)

SPR: J. Duszak (15:28 2nd)

Toronto Marlies (7-3-2-0) Grand Rapids Griffins (3-5-1-1) FINAL 4-0

TOR: J. Blandisi (03:52 1st), A. Steeves (13:01 1st), D. Ovchinnikov (12:30 3rd), K. Bellows (15:09 3rd)

Utica Comets (4-4-2-0) Rochester Americans (7-3-2-0) FINAL 6-0

UTC: G. Clarke (06:04 1st), J. Dowling (04:51 2nd), S. Nemec (02:16 3rd), D. Misyul (06:53 3rd), S. Nemec (14:48 3rd), K. Criscuolo (10:43 2nd)

Hershey Bears (9-3-0-0) Lehigh Valley Phantoms (4-6-2-0) FINAL 2-0

HER: M. Vecchione (10:04 1st), P. Dubé (10:07 2nd)

Providence Bruins (5-4-1-2) Hartford Wolf Pack (7-3-1-0) FINAL 2-0

PRO: C. Hall (02:57 1st), D. Renouf (08:34 3rd)

Iowa Wild (6-5-1-0) Chicago Wolves (1-6-1-1) FINAL 4-0

IA: S. Fogarty (07:30 1st), C. Lambos (07:36 2nd), A. Welinski (19:47 2nd), A. Beckman (02:14 3rd)

Milwaukee Admirals (5-5-0-0) Texas Stars (6-3-2-1) FINAL OT 5-4

MIL: D. Gurianov (12:17 1st), F. Svechkov (07:01 2nd), Z. L'Heureux (19:21 2nd), T. Felhaber (10:33 3rd) ,J. Kemell (02:33 OT)

TEX: L. Stankoven (02:54 1st), C. Kyrou (13:38 2nd), N. Caamano (09:30 3rd), M. Bourque (19:11 3rd)

Calgary Wranglers (8-1-1-0) Coachella Valley Firebirds (6-3-0-0) FINAL 4-1

CGY: I. Nikolaev (16:35 2nd), E. Pettersen (19:47 2nd), A. Klapka (13:59 3rd), D. Hunt (18:27 3rd)

CV: V. Ottavainen (17:50 1st)

Colorado Eagles (6-4-3-0) San Diego Gulls (2-7-2-0) FINAL 5-2

COL: C. Schueneman (06:23 1st), B. Meyers (11:03 1st), W. Aamodt (09:05 3rd), C. Pare (17:45 3rd), J. Kiviranta (18:12 3rd)

SD: N. Nesterenko (11:57 2nd), J. Lopina (13:44 3rd)

Bakersfield Condors (4-4-0-0) Abbotsford Canucks (8-4-1-0) FINAL 4-0

ABB: M. Sasson (08:31 2nd), A. Räty (14:24 2nd), M. Sasson (12:16 3rd), S. Dries (15:28 3rd)