Nellany and Rauscher Exchange Words VS. The bad blood between the Deer Park Chiefs and Vancouver Heroes intensified Tuesday, as Mike Nellany, coach of the Deer Park Chiefs got into a verbal spat with Ben Rauscher, coach of the Vancouver Heroes. An AFHL spokesperson said he did not know all of the details of the encounter between the coaches except for […]

The AFHL Draft – Full Results
ROUND 1 R1P1: Boston Giants >> Evgeni Malkin (C) R1P2: Oshawa City Leafs >> Alexander Ovechkin (RW) R1P3: Buffalo Phantoms >> Sidney Crosby (C) R1P4: Deer Park Chiefs >> Henrik Lundqvist (G) R1P5: St. John’s Red Wings >> Pavel Datsyuk (C) R1P6: Manhattan Supermen >> Roberto Luongo (G) R1P7: Washington Power >> Patrick Kane (RW) […]

Talking AFHL hockey with Gary Thorne
Anything is possible as we head into the final quarter of the 09-10 AFHL Regular Season. Comment from Gary Thorne: Hello all. Thanks for the time and lets go. Steve from Miami, FL: Which AFHL team has the best goalie? What do you think about Chiefs Henrik Lundqvist? Gary Thorne: I take Brodeur or Miller […]

Playoff race for 8th spot too close to call
The AFHL’s last week of regular season action is highlighted by the very tight race for the final spot in the playoffs. Rank Team W-L-T Pct Pts Buffalo Phantoms 153-59-28 .696 334 *2. Vancouver Heroes 141-58-41 .673 323 *3. Hollywood Stars 140-71-29 .644 309 *4. Oshawa City Leafs 134-74-32 .625 300 *5. London Mustangs […]

Finals Preview; Who will take home the Cup?
Head-to-Head Who will win the AFHL Stanley Cup? Read both sides, then read Users Reactions. Vancouver Heroes (2) REGULAR SEASON STATS Record: 148-61-43 (2nd) Goals: 264 (4th) Assists: 460 (4th) Points: 724 (4th) +/- : +16 (10th) PP Points: 241 (5th) SH Points: 8 (15th) GWG: 40 (6th) Wins: 53 (3rd) GAA: 2.18 (1st) SV: 2502 (2nd) SV%: .927 […]

Stanley Cup Finals Coverage – Mustangs win the Stanley Cup
FINALS: Vancouver Heroes (2) vs. London Mustangs (5) Mustangs win Stanley Cup, defeat Heroes 7-4 The Mustangs’ players mobbed Rick Nash after time expired on Sunday to begin their Stanley Cup celebration. As the final seconds ticked away, the magnitude of the moment began to overwhelm Mustangs’ forward Rick Nash. He bent over on the ice […]

Live Play-by-Play Coverage of the 2010 AFHL Awards Show
September 6th, 2010 Pre-show: Red Carpet Arrivals The red carpet is a go, the fans turned out in full force and we’re now about 10 minutes from the start of the 2010 AFHL Awards ceremony at Hotel Le St. James in Montreal, Quebec. Hello everyone. This is Harry Beaver speaking to you from the gondola […]

New rivalry formed between Heroes and Phantoms
Rauscher and Beckman exchange words New rivalry is formed between Vancouver and Buffalo September 16th, 2010 The GMs of the Vancouver Heroes and Buffalo Phantoms are already jawing back and forth. In analyzing the Buffalo Phantoms team roster, Ben Rauscher (Vancouver Heroes GM) remarked, “When Anderson (Phantoms goalie) falls back down to earth like space […]

Chiefs-Killers ready to add another chapter to rivalry
February 28th, 2011 Almost everyone has read it, witnessed it, and knows about it: the vicious, heated rivalry between the Deer Park Chiefs and the Fort Drum Killers. The players hate each other, and so do the GMs. Another chapter of this storied rivalry will be written this week — the teams’ first meeting since […]

Chiefs vs. Killers matchup gets ugly
March 7th, 2011 It didn’t take long for the matchup between the Fort Drum Killers and Deer Park Chiefs to turn ugly. When the dust settled it was the Killers taking a 5-4 win in a fight-filled, trash-talking affair in their final matchup of the regular season. It was the stuff the 15,592 in attendance had in mind when […]