He played in a record-tying six AHL All-Star Classics, and was voted a First Team (2009, 2010, 2012) and Second Team (2006, 2007, 2011) AHL All-Star three times each. Aucoin won the Calder Cup with Hershey in 20 and was the AHL’s MVP and scoring champion for the 2009-10 season after tallying 106 points in 70 games. He went on to record 857 points in 769 games over parts of 13 AHL seasons with Lowell, the Providence Bruins, Cincinnati Mighty Ducks, Albany River Rats, Hershey Bears, Toronto Marlies and Chicago Wolves, retiring as the seventh-leading scorer in league history. One of the most decorated players ever to skate in the American Hockey League, Keith Aucoin was undrafted out of NCAA Division III Norwich University in Vermont, and broke into the AHL with his hometown Lowell Lock Monsters in 2001-02. Nearly 90 percent of NHL players each year are American Hockey League graduates, and more than 100 honored members of the Hockey Hall of Fame spent time in the AHL in their careers. In operation since 1936, the American Hockey League serves as the top development league for the players, coaches, managers, executives, broadcasters and staff of all 32 National Hockey League teams. The American Hockey League Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Ceremony is scheduled for February 7 in Laval, Que., as part of the festivities at the 2022 AHL All-Star Classic.įormed in 2006 to recognize, honor and celebrate individuals for their outstanding achievements and contributions in the American Hockey League, the AHL Hall of Fame is housed online at and is accessible to fans worldwide with the click of a mouse as part of the AHL Internet Network. In addition to the Class of 2022, this season’s induction ceremony will include long-time AHL President and CEO David Andrews, who was previously selected as the lone member of the Class of 2021. “Each of these four distinguished individuals exemplified those principles at the highest levels throughout their careers, and the AHL Board of Governors unanimously endorses the Selection Committee’s recommendation for their induction into the American Hockey League Hall of Fame as the Class of 2022.” “For more than eight decades, the American Hockey League has been built on principles of excellence both on and off the ice,” said Scott Howson, AHL President and Chief Executive Officer. Honored by the AHL Hall of Fame Selection Committee as the 17th group of enshrinees are Keith Aucoin, Nolan Baumgartner, Dave Creighton and Bill Torrey. When Dan Wheeler retired Chipper Jones to end it in the ninth, there was joy and relief.SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced the four people selected for induction into the American Hockey League Hall of Fame as the Class of 2022.
But this time was different, as Houston got two homers from Carlos Beltran - who was authoring an incredible October hot streak - and pulled away late to win, 12-3. The Astros had a shot to clinch in Game 4 at Minute Maid Park, leading 5-2 after five innings, but the Braves rallied to win. Would it ever happen? Naturally, Houston would have to get past its top tormentor, Atlanta. In other words, the franchise had never won a playoff series, and now its two longtime cornerstones, Bagwell and Biggio, were 36 and 38 years old, respectively.
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Entering 2004, the Astros were 8-22 in postseason games, 0-7 in elimination games and 0-5 in potential series clinchers (all in 1980-81). It feels distant now, given the Astros’ recent postseason success, but for a long time, October was a haunted month in Houston - and not because of Halloween.
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