American Hockey League

📝 by Patrick Williams The Rochester Americans could feel this one building. On a three-game losing streak and with six days to prepare for the Hartford Wolf Pack, Rochester unloaded with six straight goals in a little more than 17 minutes on the way to an 8-4 victory on Friday night. The Amerks, who beat

The Calgary Wranglers became the first team to clinch a berth in the 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs on Friday night with a 2-0 victory over the Ontario Reign. Dustin Wolf made 34 saves in Friday’s win for Calgary. The second-year pro leads the AHL in wins (34), shutouts (five) and save percentage (.929). This marks

📝 by Patrick Williams Another day, another deadline. The last of them arrives today at 3 p.m. ET with the AHL’s trade/loan deadline. One week after the National Hockey League trade deadline passed, the AHL’s own roster deadline is set for this afternoon. It will be one last opportunity for an NHL organization to tinker

📝 by Patrick Williams Help is on the way for the Tucson Roadrunners. Locked in a Pacific Division playoff chase, the Roadrunners got an assist Thursday when the parent Arizona Coyotes acquired veteran defenseman Steven Kampfer from the Detroit Red Wings for future considerations. Kampfer, who recorded 22 points in 44 games for the Grand

📝 by Jason Karnosky | AHL On The Beat Talented Russian prospect Yaroslav Askarov and the California cool Devin Cooley have provided the Milwaukee Admirals with the perfect odd couple in goal this season. The unlikely pair have quickly become fast friends — especially off the ice — but are always challenging each other to

📝 by Patrick Williams Keith Gretzky checked off a major item on his to-do list last month. With the Bakersfield Condors’ lease at Mechanics Bank Arena set to expire at the end of this season, the Edmonton Oilers had decisions to make. When the Oilers first relocated their AHL affiliate from Oklahoma City to Bakersfield

The Nashville Predators have acquired forward Anthony Angello from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for future considerations. Angello has tallied six goals and five assists in 45 games with the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds this season, his fifth pro campaign. He signed as a free agent with the Blues on July 14, 2022. In 216

📝 by Laura Kirk | AHL On The Beat It’s no surprise that the transition from European hockey to North American hockey is a hard one. Trying to adjust to the smaller rink and faster game play is challenging enough without trying to navigate an entirely different landscape at the same time. Abbotsford Canucks forward

As Luke Evangelista stepped out of the tunnel and under the lights of Bridgestone Arena last Tuesday, an outburst of cheers erupted from section 118. The source of the commotion: Luke’s mother Margaret, father Andrew, sisters Maria and Sophia and a surplus of family and friends. “We’re pretty intense,” Andrew Evangelista said with a laugh.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Springfield Thunderbirds goaltender Joel Hofer has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending March 5, 2023. Hofer stopped 57 of 58 shots over two starts last week, good for a 0.49 goals-against average and a .983 save percentage.

📝 by Patrick Williams The Boston Bruins think they might have something with Shane Bowers. Boston acquired the 23-year-old forward, who was a 2017 first-round pick, from the Colorado Avalanche on Feb. 25 for goaltender Keith Kinkaid. The move also relieved a logjam in net for the organization in Providence, where prospects Brandon Bussi, an

Matchups if the 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs started today: 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs Qualification Rules: In 2022-23, the AHL will have 23 teams participating in the postseason. The playoff field will include the top six finishers in the eight-team Atlantic Division, the top five finishers each in the seven-team North and Central Divisions, and the

📝 by Patrick Williams Riley Nash just wanted some stability and a job last summer. Last season the veteran forward played 49 National Hockey League games, going from Winnipeg to Tampa Bay to Arizona and then back to Tampa Bay. He was claimed on waivers twice. Then came a trade to the Lightning, along with

📝 by Patrick Williams After an up-and-down February, not to mention the fretting that can come with the National Hockey League trade deadline, perhaps the Hershey Bears needed to see the Toronto Marlies and Providence Bruins show up on their schedule this week. Certainly it looked like it Friday night against the Eastern Conference-leading Marlies

CLEVELAND, Ohio … Marcus Bjork scored his second goal of the game with 31 seconds gone in overtime as Cleveland rallied for a 3-2 win over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in the Cleveland Monsters Outdoor Classic, the 11th outdoor game in American Hockey League history. After the original start was delayed by ice conditions caused by increased sunshine

Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 39 shots and also became the 20th goaltender in AHL history to score a goal as the Chicago Wolves defeated the Manitoba Moose, 4-1, in Winnipeg on Friday night. Kochetkov corralled a dump-in behind his own net and sent a bouncing puck all the way into an open Moose cage for a

📝 by Patrick Williams The Rockford IceHogs are making their move. Several, in fact. With today’s 3 p.m ET National Hockey League trade deadline rapidly approaching, the team acquired sniper Rocco Grimaldi, whose 27 goals tie him for the AHL lead, from the San Diego Gulls, while the parent Chicago Blackhawks sent IceHogs forward Dylan

The Arizona Coyotes have acquired defenseman Michael Kesselring and a third-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for forward Nick Bjugstad and defenseman Cam Dineen. Kesselring, 23, is tied for second among AHL defensemen with 13 goals and has totaled 22 points in 49 games for the Bakersfield Condors