UPDATE - How Are Former Allen Americans Doing?

While we await game six tonight at the AEC I thought I would give a quick update on how some of our former players are doing. Many are already home and enjoying the off season. At one end of the spectrum you have Bruce Graham who won everything in Nottingham, England and has made it home (New Brunswick) and at the other end of the spectrum is Dave Bonk who has been home a while (working on his house) as his team never made the playoffs in the Asia League.

ECHL:
- Former coach Dwight Mullins and the Elmira Jackals made it to the playoffs but lost in the first round to the Florida Everblades four games to two.

- Nino Musitelli and the Toledo Walleye also lost in the first round of the playoffs. Nino only played in two games and did not score as the Walleye were defeated by the Cincinnati Cyclones four games to two.

- Cincinnati is playing Gwinnett in the second round and the series in tied 1-1. Playing for Gwinnett is Justin Bowers who has a goal and two assists in six games in the playoffs.

- Scott Langdon & Dylan King were the last seed in the playoffs with the San Francisco Bulls and played the top seed Alaska Aces and lost the series 4-1.

- The Ontario Reign, where Colton Yellow Horn played until he was called up to the AHL in early February and where Matt Register has played since the end of February, has made it to the second round of the playoffs. They are playing the Idaho Steelheads and the series is tied 1-1.

- Judd Blackwater and his Las Vegas Wranglers lost in the first round to the Stockton Thunder in a seven game series where the home team won all seven games. Judd had three goals and 2 assists in the seven games.

- The battle for the ECHL championship (Kelly Cup) is in the semifinal round and all four series are tied 1-1. In the Eastern Conference Florida is playing Reading and Gwinnett is playing Cincinnati. In the Western Conference Alaska is playing Stockton and Idaho is playing Ontario. The top seeds are Reading in the Eastern Conference and Alaska in the Western Conference.

AHL:
The AHL has just announced the schedule for the first round of their Calder Cup playoffs. The most fascinating thing about the playoffs is our former players are matched up against one another in the first round. Scott Howes and his Springfield Falcons will play Colton Yellow Horn and his Manchester Monarchs. Brett Skinner and his Grand Rapid Griffins will play Ryley Grantham and his Houston Aeros. Scott Howes has not played since March 15 so I assume he will not play in the playoffs. The complete bracket is below where you can see all of the match ups. Note the Texas Stars are the number one seed in the Western Conference.

First-round playoff schedules announced

April 21, 2013

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has released the following schedules for the conference quarterfinal round of the 2013 Calder Cup Playoffs. The best-of-five first-round series are in either a 2-2-1 format or a 2-3 format; in the 2-3 format, the higher seed has the option of playing the first two games or the last three games at home.

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals – Series “A” (best-of-5)
1-Providence Bruins vs. 8-Hershey Bears
Game 1 – Fri., Apr. 26 – Hershey at Providence, 7:05
Game 2 – Sun., Apr. 28 – Hershey at Providence, 3:05
Game 3 – Sat., May 4 – Providence at Hershey, 7:00
*Game 4 – Sun., May 5 – Providence at Hershey, 5:00
*Game 5 – Wed., May 8 – Hershey at Providence, 7:05

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals – Series “B” (best-of-5)
2-Springfield Falcons vs. 7-Manchester Monarchs
Game 1 – Sat., Apr. 27 – Manchester at Springfield, 7:00
Game 2 – Sun., Apr. 28 – Manchester at Springfield, 4:00
Game 3 – Thurs., May 2 – Springfield at Manchester, 7:00
*Game 4 – Sat., May 4 – Springfield at Manchester, 7:00
*Game 5 – Sun., May 5 – Manchester at Springfield, 4:00

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals – Series “C” (best-of-5)
3-Syracuse Crunch vs. 6-Portland Pirates
Game 1 – Sat., Apr. 27 – Portland at Syracuse, 7:30
Game 2 – Sun., Apr. 28 – Portland at Syracuse, 7:30
Game 3 – Thurs., May 2 – Syracuse at Portland, 7:00
*Game 4 – Fri., May 3 – Syracuse at Portland, 7:00
*Game 5 – Sun., May 5 – Portland at Syracuse, 7:30

Eastern Conference Quarterfinals – Series “D” (best-of-5)
4-Binghamton Senators vs. 5-Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins
Game 1 – Sat., Apr. 27 – W-B/Scranton at Binghamton, 7:05
Game 2 – Sun., Apr. 28 – W-B/Scranton at Binghamton, 5:05
Game 3 – Thurs., May 2 – Binghamton at W-B/Scranton, 7:05
*Game 4 – Sat., May 4 – Binghamton at W-B/Scranton, 7:05
*Game 5 – Mon., May 6 – W-B/Scranton at Binghamton, 7:05

Western Conference Quarterfinals – Series “E” (best-of-5)
1-Texas Stars vs. 8-Milwaukee Admirals
Game 1 – Fri., Apr. 26 – Texas at Milwaukee, 8:00
Game 2 – Sat., Apr. 27 – Texas at Milwaukee, 8:00
Game 3 – Wed., May 1 – Milwaukee at Texas, 8:30
*Game 4 – Fri., May 3 – Milwaukee at Texas, 8:30
*Game 5 – Sat., May 4 – Milwaukee at Texas, 8:00

Western Conference Quarterfinals – Series “F” (best-of-5)
2-Toronto Marlies vs. 7-Rochester Americans
Game 1 – Sat., Apr. 27 – Rochester at Toronto, 3:00
Game 2 – Sun., Apr. 28 – Rochester at Toronto, 3:00
Game 3 – Wed., May 1 – Toronto at Rochester, 7:00
*Game 4 – Thurs., May 2 – Toronto at Rochester, 7:00
*Game 5 – Sat., May 4 – Rochester at Toronto, 3:00

Western Conference Quarterfinals – Series “G” (best-of-5)
3-Grand Rapids Griffins vs. 6-Houston Aeros
Game 1 – Fri., Apr. 26 – Grand Rapids at Houston, 8:05
Game 2 – Sun., Apr. 28 – Grand Rapids at Houston, 6:05
Game 3 – Wed., May 1 – Houston at Grand Rapids, 7:00
*Game 4 – Fri., May 3 – Houston at Grand Rapids, 7:00
*Game 5 – Sat., May 4 – Houston at Grand Rapids, 7:00

Western Conference Quarterfinals – Series “H” (best-of-5)
4-Charlotte Checkers vs. 5-Oklahoma City Barons
Game 1 – Fri., Apr. 26 – Charlotte at Oklahoma City, 8:00
Game 2 – Sat., Apr. 27 – Charlotte at Oklahoma City, 8:00
Game 3 – Wed., May 1 – Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 7:00
*Game 4 – Fri., May 3 – Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 7:00
*Game 5 – Sat., May 4 – Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 7:00