With right-winger Nikolai Zherdev set to return, the Columbus Blue Jackets assigned centre Geoff Platt to the Syracuse Crunch of the American Hockey League on Sunday.

Zherdev is expected to make his regular season debut against the Phoenix Coyotes on Monday night.

The restricted free agent appeared set to play in Russia this season, but the two sides agreed on a US

David Backes scored twice and the Peoria Rivermenrelied exclusively on special-teams in a 4-2 win over the HamiltonBulldogs on Saturday in the American Hockey L ...

Rookie goalie Adam Dennis made 54 saves to leadthe Rochester Americans to their sixth consecutive win to open theAmerican Hockey League season, nipping the host ...

Brad Leeb scored twice and added an assist to leadthe Toronto Marlies to a 5-4 win over the Hamilton Bulldogs onFriday night in the American Hockey League. Leeb ...

Scott Reid made 24 saves for his first careerAmerican Hockey League shutout as the Milwaukee Admirals blanked theManitoba Moose 2-0 Friday night. Reid helped fi ...

Mikael Tellqvist's first American League game in more than a year did not end as he or the Toronto Marlies had hoped. Sent down to the Marlies on a conditioning ...

Keith Aucoin scored two goals to lead theAlbany River Rats to a 3-2 win over the Hamilton Bulldogs inAmerican Hockey League action Saturday. The River Rats (2-1 ...

Toronto Marlies goalie Jean-Francois Racine didn'tmince words after giving up a couple of soft goals against the GrandRapids Griffins Friday. ``I'll take the bl ...

Jason Jaffray scored two goals to lead theManitoba Moose over the Toronto Marlies 5-2 in American HockeyLeague action Saturday. Jesse Schultz, Jannik Hansen and ...