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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Knightfall" data-source="post: 1761676" data-attributes="member: 2012">Wow, that just shows how obscure some of the NHL teams are. And if you want to know who the semi-/minor pro teams of the AHL are:Official site of the AHL<a href="http://www.theahl.com/" target="_blank">http://www.theahl.com/</a>Here's the main new item from the page...Thu, September 16, 2004AHL teams getting stocked for new seasonWith NHL teams locked out effective Thursday morning, all 30 organizations are continuing to make sure their AHL affiliates are ready to go for the 2004-05 season. The biggest name to find himself en route to the AHL is future Hall of Fame goaltender Dominik Hasek, who will begin a conditioning assignment in Binghamton when the Senators' training camp opens on Sept. 26. Hasek, a six-time Vezina Trophy winner, two-time NHL MVP, 2002 Stanley Cup champion and 1998 Olympic gold medalist, signed with Ottawa in July after missing much of the 2003-04 season due to injury. Ottawa has also assigned defenseman Anton Volchenkov and 2003 AHL All-Rookie forwards Jason Spezza and Antoine Vermette to Binghamton. The Chicago Blackhawks have sent 22 players to Norfolk: goaltenders Craig Anderson, Michael Leighton, Adam Munro and Michael Brodeur; forwards Rene Bourque, Brandin Cote, Matt Ellison, Matt Keith, Alexander Kojevnikov, Quintin Laing, Travis Moen, Igor Radulov, Tuomo Ruutu, Pavel Vorobiev and Mikhail Yakubov; and forwards Anton Babchuk, Scott Balan, Michal Barinka, Vladimir Gusev, Duncan Keith, Nick Kuiper and Jim Wisniewski. The Providence Bruins announced that six players have been assigned to the club by the parent Boston Bruins. Goaltender Hannu Toivonen, defensemen Kevin Dallman and Milan Jurcina, center Brad Boyes and wingers Martin Samuelsson and Colton Orr have all been added to the Providence roster. Late Wednesday, the Columbus Blue Jackets assigned the following players to Syracuse: forwards Steven Goertzen, Tim Jackman, Tyler Kolarik, Greg Mauldin, Joe Motzko, Mike Pandolfo, Raffaele Sannitz, Brandon Sugden, Alexander Svitov, Matthias Trattnig and Nikolai Zherdev; defensemen Aaron Johnson, Prestin Ryan and Ole-Kristian Tollefsen; and goaltenders Pascal Leclaire and Andrew Penner. Zherdev, 19, was the fourth overall pick in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. He recorded 13 goals and 21 assists in 57 games for Columbus last season. The Toronto Maple Leafs assigned the following players to St. John's: goaltenders Mikael Tellqvist, Jean-Francois Racine and Todd Ford; defensemen Brendan Bell, Carlo Colaiacovo, Dominic D'Amour, Jay Harrison, Regan Kelly, Tyson Marsh, David Turon, Ian White and Andrew Wozniewski; and forwards Nathan Barrett, Chris St. Jacques, Ben Ondrus, Jeremy Williams, Matt Stajan and Kyle Wellwood. The Ottawa Senators assigned nine players to their AHL affiliate in Binghamton: forwards Brandon Bochenski, Derek Campbell, Danny Bois, Arpad Mihaly, Grant Potulny, Greg Watson; defensemen Neil Komadoski and Jan Platil; and goaltender Kelly Guard. The Dallas Stars have assigned goaltender Dan Ellis, defenseman Trevor Daley and forwards Steve Ott and Antti Miettinen to the Hamilton Bulldogs, and goaltender Mike Smith, center Marius Holtet, left wing David Bararuk and right wing Junior Lessard to Houston. The 24-year-old Ellis, 20-year-old Daley, 22-year-old Ott and 24-year-old Miettinen combined for 117 NHL games with Dallas in 2003-04, while Lessard won the Hobey Baker Award as the top collegiate player in the United States in 2003-04, playing for the University of Minnesota-Duluth. The Stars will be assigning players to Hamilton and Houston this season, before launching a full affiliation in Iowa in 2005-06. Also Wednesday evening, the Tampa Bay Lightning signed right wing Andre Deveaux to a standard rookie contract, and assigned him to Springfield along with four-time AHL All-Star center Craig Darby, left wing Steve McLaren, center Jarrod Skalde and right wing Shane Willis. Deveaux, a 6-foot-3, 220-pound native of Freeport, Bahamas, was an invitee at the Traverse City Prospects Tournament which concluded Tuesday, and recorded two assists in three games. Originally drafted by Montreal in 2002, the 20-year-old center played four seasons in the Ontario Hockey League with Belleville and Owen Sound, recording 42 goals, 71 assists and 431 penalty minutes in 249 games. The Buffalo Sabres have assigned 12 players to Rochester: Paul Gaustad, Ryan Jorde, Sean McMorrow, Ryan Miller, Jiri Novotny, Nathan Paetsch, Daniel Paille, Jason Pominville, Derek Roy, Michael Ryan, Chris Thorburn and Thomas Vanek. Paille, 20, was the Sabres’ first-round pick in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. He spent the past four seasons with Guelph (OHL), and tallied 80 points in 59 games a year ago. Vanek, 20, passed up his final two years of eligibility at the University of Minnesota to sign with the Sabres earlier this month. He was the fifth overall pick in the NHL draft after helping the Gophers to the NCAA title in 2003. The Carolina Hurricanes sent 13 players to Lowell on Wednesday, including forwards Ryan Bayda, Gordie Dwyer, Colin Forbes, Chad Larose, Eric Staal and Mike Zigomanis; defensemen Sean Curry, Brad Fast, Danny Richmond, Allan Rourke and Bruno St. Jacques and goaltenders Cam Ward and Rob Zepp. Staal (2nd in 2003) and Ward (25th in 2002) were recent first-round draft picks by the Hurricanes. The defending Calder Cup champion Milwaukee Admirals have received 19 players from the Nashville Predators: goaltender Brian Finley; defensemen Dan Hamhuis, Andrew Hutchinson, Kevin Klein, Andrei Mukhachev, Ryan Suter and Greg Zanon; and forwards Paul Brown, Vernon Fiddler, Simon Gamache, Darren Haydar, Tony Hrkac, Libor Pivko, Brandon Segal, Cam Severson, Timofei Shishkanov, Wyatt Smith, Jerred Smithson, Jordin Tootoo, Scottie Upshall and Jeremy Yablonski. The Edmonton Oilers assigned 17 players to their AHL affiliate, the Edmonton Road Runners, including four -- Mike Bishai, Doug Lynch, Tony Salmelainen and Jarret Stoll -- who skated for the Oilers last season. Lynch was an AHL All-Star and a member of the league's All-Rookie Team in 2004. Also assigned to the Road Runners were forwards Dan Baum, Kyle Brodziak, Ed Caron, Joe Cullen, J.J. Hunter, Brock Radunske and Brad Winchester; defensemen Jason Platt, Mathieu Roy, Kenny Smith and Jeff Woywitka; and goaltenders Jeff Drouin-Deslauriers and Mike Morrison. The Los Angeles Kings, the parent club of the Manchester Monarchs, on Wednesday assigned 13 players to Manchester. On the way to the Monarchs are forwards Mike Cammalleri, Matt Ryan, Yanick Lehoux, Noah Clarke, Scott Barney, Dustin Brown, Greg Hogeboom, Petr Kanko and George Parros; defensemen Tim Gleason and Denis Grebeshkov and goaltenders Barry Brust and Adam Hauser. The labor disruption in the NHL will have no discernible effect on the AHL, which will see team training camps open on Sept. 26, the preseason kick off on Oct. 1 and the 69th regular season in league history get underway on Oct. 13. The AHL has its own collective bargaining agreement with its players’ association -- the PHPA -- effective through 2007.</blockquote>

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