📝 by Anthony Fusco | AHL On The Beat Manitoba Moose and Winnipeg Jets fans had plenty to be excited about coming into the 2021-22 AHL campaign. The Moose blue line shows enormous potential, with seven of its eight members selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the NHL Draft. That youthful exuberance, balanced by some
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📝 by Patrick Williams The Laval Rocket can rest later. For now, though, they have Cayden Primeau. In battling another hectic week on the American Hockey League schedule along with plenty of highway time, the goaltender’s efforts Sunday night made a nine-hour bus ride home much easier for the Rocket with two points packed away.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Chicago Wolves forward Andrew Poturalski has been selected as the AHL Player of the Week for the period ending December 12, 2021. Poturalski totaled 10 points in three contests last week, scoring three goals and adding seven assists as Chicago ran its winning streak to nine
📝 by Patrick Williams “We’re the minor-league team in the major-league market,” Milwaukee Admirals president Jon Greenberg says. “Our thing here is to just provide as much entertainment around this game that we can in our major-league market and differentiate ourselves from our major-league friends here, and I think that’s how we’re recognized.” What is
📝 by Alex Thomas | AHL On The Beat Tanner Fritz has been a staple of professional hockey in the state of Connecticut since his arrival during the 2015-16 season. The thing is, Fritz had been a staple of the Bridgeport Islanders organization, not the Hartford Wolf Pack. That changed in September, when Fritz joined
SAN JOSE, Calif. — After more than a year trying to return from knee surgery, Stars goaltender Ben Bishop’s career is over, general manager Jim Nill said Saturday morning. Bishop, who had surgery last year to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee, spent the last 14 months rehabilitating his knee. He joined the
Christian Bonin/TSGphoto.com Let’s just do a recap of the past 18 months for Cole Perfetti. His OHL season was delayed, preventing him from playing his Draft+1 year. Then, he made Canada’s World Junior Selection Camp roster, and that too had a two-week delay due to positive COVID-19 cases within the team. He made the team,
📝 by Patrick Williams The Rockford IceHogs have done some growing up this season. For the IceHogs’ next learning experience, here come the Henderson Silver Knights in tonight’s AHLTV Free Game of the Week (8 ET/5 PT). A team that has already used 17 AHL rookies this season, the IceHogs spent their first six games
The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired defenseman Chad Krys from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for forward Kurtis Gabriel. Krys, 23, has recorded one assist in eight games with the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs this season. A second-round choice by the Blackhawks in the 2016 NHL Draft, Krys has played 64 career AHL games with Rockford,
📝 by Jared Shafran | AHL On The Beat Offense has been coming from everywhere this season for the Ontario Reign. The Los Angeles Kings’ affiliate has scored an average of four goals per game, helping lead to their best start in team history with wins in nine of their first 10 games. Now through
📝 by Patrick Williams What Chicago Wolves goaltender Eetu Makiniemi faces in his battle to earn a job with the Carolina Hurricanes goes well beyond the many talented American Hockey League shooters he will see this season. Start by breaking down Carolina’s organizational depth chart in net. Right now the Hurricanes have the highly capable
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that due to league COVID-19 protocols affecting the Hartford Wolf Pack, their game scheduled for Friday, Dec. 10, vs. Lehigh Valley (AHL Game #314) has been rescheduled for Saturday, Feb. 5, at 5 p.m. ET. The Wolf Pack organization continues to follow enhanced protocols at the
The Columbus Blue Jackets and Cleveland Monsters announced today that the organizations have reached a multi-year agreement for the Monsters to remain as the Blue Jackets’ American Hockey League affiliate, extending a relationship that began in 2015. “The relationship between the Blue Jackets and Monsters has been very successful on many levels, including winning a
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that due to league COVID-19 protocols affecting the Bakersfield Condors, their game scheduled for tonight vs. Ontario (AHL Game #304) has been postponed. A make-up date has yet to be determined. The Condors organization continues to follow enhanced protocols at the direction of team medical staff
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Stockton Heat defenseman Connor Mackey has been selected as the AHL Player of the Week for the period ending December 5, 2021. In two games last week, Mackey recorded three goals – two of them shorthanded – and two assists to help the Pacific Division-leading
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that due to league COVID-19 protocols affecting the Hartford Wolf Pack, their game scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 8, vs. Belleville (AHL Game #305) has been postponed. A make-up date has yet to be determined. Due to league COVID-19 protocols affecting the Hershey Bears and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins,
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that due to league COVID-19 protocols affecting the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, their games scheduled for tonight at Syracuse (AHL Game #281) and Saturday, Dec. 4, vs. Charlotte (AHL Game #295) have been postponed. The Penguins organization will be following enhanced protocols at the direction of team medical
📝 by Patrick Williams To speak with American Hockey League legend Willie Marshall on the rink floor of Hersheypark Arena is to take a trip back to a much different time. The AHL of the 1950’s and 1960’s when Marshall dominated was one of arena orchestras. Of chicken wire surrounding the rink. Of the likes