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• Bonavista's Pardy recalled to Buffalo
  Bonavista’s Adam Pardy is back in the NHL. On Monday night, the Buffalo Sabres recalled 28-year-old defenceman from their AHL farm team, the ...
• IceCaps' playoff push underway
  It will be 11 weeks before the start of the American Hockey League’s Calder Cup playoffs, by which time we will officially be a month into spring ...
• Pasquale, O'Dell lead IceCaps to 1-0 win over...
  A power-play goal by Eric O'Dell provided the only scoring and the St. John's IceCaps got shutout goaltending from Eddie Pasquale as they blanked ...
• Staying upbeat about staying down
  —Providence, R.I.When long-time Boston Bruins defenceman Don Sweeney, honourary coach of the Eastern Conference All-Stars, spoke during the ...
• Inductee Peter White had short stay with Baby Leafs
  Providence, R.I.—There was no mention of the St. John’s Maple Leafs in the biographical information about Peter White in the commemorative ...
• IceCaps put up a fight in loss to Crunch
  Providence, R.I.—It’s no easy matter to gather players from all over the American Hockey League, then in the space of less than 24 hours, bring ...
• AHL in discussions to host 2014 All-Star game in St....
  Providence, R.I. — The St. John’s IceCaps haven’t promised the stars to anyone, but all indications are that if the IceCaps want to play host to ...
• IceCaps don’t have far to go to be in good standing
  The American Hockey League standings provided by the wire services daily show the league in its divisional format, but just over halfway though ...
• IceCaps take points quest to Pennsylvania
  The St. John's IceCaps say they aren't paying much attention to the long-term math, and are instead focusing on the immediate problem, hoping it ...
• Bingo! IceCaps get big win over Senators
  Heading into Monday’s American Hockey League matchup agains Binghamton Senators, St. John’s IceCaps head coach Keith McCambridge had a feeling it ...
• Jaffray signs NHL deal, remains in minors
  Jason Jaffray’s big concern Wednesday evening was about getting to Philadelphia. But making it to Winnipeg at some point in the future had to be ...
• Maybe not a turning point, but it's a start
  It would easy to tag Sunday afternoon’s American Hockey League game at Mile One Centre as a portent of better things for the St. John’s IceCaps, ...
• IceCaps end home-ice losing streak by beating Marlies
  Kevin Clark scored twice in the third period, delivering what would be the game-winner midway through the frame and an insurance empty-netter in ...
• IceCaps lose seventh straight home game
  The St. John's IceCaps are feeling anything but at home at Mile One Centre these days. The IceCaps (15-20-2) dropped a seventh straight decision ...
• You had the forecast, you don’t have to like the...
  This week’s post-lockout draft of St. John’s IceCaps by the Winnipeg Jets is kind of like the storm hitting us today. A bit ...
• IceCaps add Petiot to suddenly green blueline
  It didn’t require sips from a fountain of youth, just an end to the NHL lockout, to suddenly transform the St. John’s IceCaps’ defence into one ...
• The IceCaps’ ins and outs this week
  The exit sign over the St. John’s IceCaps’ dressing-room door will be flashing bright in the next day or so, but the American Hockey League team ...
• IceCaps will need A-game from young D-man
  Will O’Neill hasn’t had to look far to find what would be a pretty good template for his hockey career. He’s been there, just one number up from ...
• Going from locked out to locked in
  Saturday might have been Jan. 5, but for Detroit Red Wings forward Dan Cleary, it felt like Feb. 2 all over again. However, on Sunday, he and ...
• A stand-up guy in a slump
  If the St. John’s IceCaps had been a Broadway show Wednesday, they would have universally panned by the critics. But reviews would have probably ...
• IceCaps hit new low in shutout loss to Bears
  Things have been bad lately for the St. John’s IceCaps, who have found themselves in a state of hardship not entirely of their own making. That ...
• IceCaps lose for the fifth straight game
  In their last home game of 2012, th St. John's IceCaps didn't deliver any presents to their fans at Mile One Centre Wednesday night. But they did ...
• The Mayor of Chocolatetown
  It came, as nicknames on hockey clubs often do, from a teammate. From a teammate with ant vs rubber-tree plant stubbornness. “It was Jamie ...
• Bears hand IceCaps a fourth straight loss
  St. John's head coach Keith McCambridge has repeatedly said he likes the will his team has demonstrated in recent games, including Tuesday ...
• A minor distraction
  For all of those of you fed up with a National Hockey League in lockout limbo (more like lockout hell some might suggest), know that St. John’s ...
• Thinking his way out of a slump
  A week ago tonight, just after seeing his pointless streak stretched to 13 games, the longest of his hockey career at any level, St. John’s ...
• IceCaps, Pasquale win again
  There's no hotter goalie in the American Hockey League right now than Eddie Pasquale and the St. John's IceCaps are taking advantage of ...
• Sides becomes Icecaps’ first call-up this season
  Even without the National Hockey League in operation, it’s taken less than eight weeks for the St. John’s IceCaps to reach bottom of what was a ...
• One tough decision
  Because of injuries, St. John’s IceCaps head coach Keith McCambridge was left with just one lineup choice prior to the Icecaps’ American Hockey ...
• IceCaps off the schneid... whatever that is
  You can’t actually point to “the schneid.” It is not a solid entity, but a state of being, and the use of the word as part of ...