Quest for the Calder Cup 2008

The AHL season for 2008 has ended. Let the second season begin.

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MLN FAB50 Hockey 2008 Farm of the Year
ATLANTA THRASHERS

The three p's of player development are yielding big dividends for Atlanta. [Article]

MLN Ones2Watch™ Hockey 2008

The companion guide to the MLN FAB50 Hockey 2008. Twenty-five players trying to make the fast-track to the NHL, not quite ready yet for FAB50 fame.

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MLN FAB50™ Hockey 2008

The annual Best of the Best in minor league hockey to mid-season features fresh faces on the fast track to the NHL, and an NHL club with the hottest AHL bench in professional hockey in 55 pages with more big photos, and more of the best writing in sports!

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I'm Not Dead Yet

The Austin Ice Bats are alive and well, thank you, in spite of many in the area sounding their death knell if an AHL club arrives in nearby Cedar Park. Why the club, and their fans, are fighting back.

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Eye on the Prize

AHL president Dave Andrews has positioned the American Hockey League to be the lynch-pin of pro hockey. Why the NHL can't do without the AHL and Andrews.

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BIG MAC

Providence Left Wing Steve MacIntyre fought his way through five leagues in six years. Will the big man make a big difference in Beantown?

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Al Montoya Honored with First MLN Sports Hockey Illustration

Hartford Wolf Pack goaltender Al Montoya has been honored as the first player selected to be featured in the new series of classic-styled sports illustrations by Tom's River, New Jersey artist Ken Jones. [Illustrations]

Putting your sports on the web
In Gear

Sports social search engines rev up your enjoyment of sports on the web. MLN takes you for a test drive of the better SSEs with an eye towards the ones that give minor league sports fans their props.

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AHL Hockey Preview 2007-2008

Join us in October as we continue to roll out the American Hockey League season preview. New teams, new schedules, and a lot of fresh faces as last year's class advances to the NHL. (Updates Ongoing)

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The Best Damn Minor League Sports Movie (of all time)
Did Paul Newman's band of misfits from the 1997 Universal Pictures film "Slap Shot" send Kevin Costner and "Bull Durham" to the showers? Find out in the first-ever fan vote for the best minor league or alternative pro sports movie of all time. [Article]

This Price is Right

Carey Price enters the pro ranks from junior hockey at the 11th hour, powering up the Hamilton Bulldogs to a 2007 Calder Cup Trophy. [Article]