Six shutouts highlight AHL Saturday, while recent call-ups earn varying degrees of success in the NHL
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)
