American Hockey League

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer U.S. Thanksgiving is always a key marker on the AHL schedule. With people returning home and families taking a break from holiday eating, the weekend is traditionally a strong attendance draw for U.S.-based teams. Getting a home date or two this week is always a nice coup for teams as

The Nashville Predators have acquired forward Ryder Rolston from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for future considerations. Rolston, 23, has skated in six games for the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs this season, collecting one goal. As a rookie in 2023-24, he notched 10 goals and nine assists in 62 AHL games with Rockford. Rolston was originally

Defenseman Luke Rowe is different from any other player who has ever put on an Ontario Reign sweater. He’s doing something only a handful of hockey players have ever done, play professionally after attending a United States Service Academy. Rowe attended the Air Force Academy from 2019-24, suiting up for the Falcons during four NCAA

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League’s Player Safety Committee today announced the following suspensions: Grand Rapids Griffins defenseman William Lagesson has been suspended for three (3) games as a consequence of a roughing incident in a game vs. Iowa on Nov. 24. Lagesson will miss Grand Rapids’ games Friday (Nov. 29) vs. Milwaukee, Saturday

by Carlynn Claypool | AHL On The Beat The captain has returned. Colorado Eagles forward Jayson Megna held such distinction that he earned the honor of team captain before putting blade to ice in his fifth season with the club and his 13th in the AHL. During the home opener against the Tucson Roadrunners on

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Utica Comets forward Mike Hardman has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending November 24, 2024. Hardman totaled four points and scored the winning goal in each of the Comets’ victories last week, a pair of road wins

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Throughout all of the ups and downs that have come with Matt Strome’s hockey career, his grandmother has been there through it all. Strome won an Ontario Hockey League championship with Hamilton in 2018 and had a chance to compete for the Memorial Cup. The following season, his last one

by Ryan Smith | AHL On The Beat A case can be made that goaltenders have the most unpredictable development path of any position in any professional sport. Take the vastly different cases of a pair of young netminders in the St. Louis Blues organization as an example. Joel Hofer arrived on the pro scene

Dustin Tokarski provides yet another example of why depth is so vital to an NHL organization. He has done that before. Everywhere, it seems. That importance extends well beyond the NHL roster as well. Five-and-a-half years ago, Tokarski helped a group of Carolina Hurricanes prospects find their way to a Calder Cup championship. Now he

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer It’s the maturity and composure that really jump out most with Cleveland Monsters rookie Denton Mateychuk. Certainly the on-ice components are there in the 20-year-old’s game. Mobile. Moves the puck quite well. He is 5-foot-11, 185 pounds, but strong hockey sense and instincts allow him to handle the game’s wear

At 0-10-1-2, the Utica Comets will have to become escape artists if they are to save their season. That is the first issue for these Comets. The second question is quite direct as well. Are more changes from the parent New Jersey Devils on the way? Going without a win in their first 13 games

Ivan Miroshnichenko has long been among the most fascinating prospects I’ve tracked over the years. On Thursday night, he is expected to make a season debut with the Washington Capitals after being called up amid the injury to captain Alex Ovechkin. While the injury to Ovechkin opened the door for a call-up perhaps a bit

Every two weeks throughout the regular season, FloHockey’s AHL expert Patrick Williams will deliver the FloHockey AHL Power Rankings listing all 32 teams.  This week features a new number-one team — the Laval Rocket, who have gone on an early-season tear led by some of the Montreal Canadiens’ to young prospects. Another prospect-laden club, the

by Chris Faber | AHL On The Beat It was a sunny afternoon last March 16 when Abbotsford Canucks forward Tristen Nielsen was handed a puppy and was told to walk in with it, as the team was helping promote the Heart and Soul Dog & Cat Rescue Society’s dogs who were up for adoption.

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Even before his American Hockey League Coachella Valley Firebirds swept a two-game series against the Abbotsford Canucks this past weekend, head coach Derek Laxdal smiled when asked if he is still having fun. For context, he is in his 20th year as a head coach with junior teams in the Western Hockey

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer NHL promotions for AHL MVP Mavrik Bourque, rookie of the year Logan Stankoven and excellent two-way forward Oskar Back were among the many changes that the Texas Stars found themselves facing coming into this season. But something that has not changed is the Stars’ station in the Central Division, a collection

The Colorado Eagles have signed forward Maros Jedlicka to an American Hockey League contract for the 2024-25 season. The 22-year-old Jedlicka began the season with HC Brno of the Czech Extraliga, where he recorded two assists in 12 games. A native of Trnava, Slovakia, Jedlicka previously played with HKM Zvolen in the Slovakian league, beginning

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Cleveland Monsters defenseman Denton Mateychuk has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending November 17, 2024. Mateychuk registered four goals and three assists in four games for the Monsters, capping the busy week with consecutive overtime game-winners. With