American Hockey League

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League’s Player Safety Committee today announced that Hartford Wolf Pack defenseman Ben Harpur has been suspended for four (4) games as a consequence of a charging incident in a game at Rochester on Nov. 8. Harpur will miss Hartford’s games Sunday (Nov. 10) at Providence; Friday (Nov. 15) vs.

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer As training camp opened in September, both Joshua Roy and the Montreal Canadiens had plenty of reason for optimism that the 21-year-old forward could make a strong run for a full-time NHL roster spot. Roy had, after all, spent the final two months of the 2023-24 season in Montreal, playing

The Springfield Thunderbirds have signed forward Matt Luff to an AHL contract for the remainder of the 2024-25 season. Luff began the season with the Charlotte Checkers on a tryout contract, posting two goals and two assists in six games. In 229 career AHL contests with Charlotte, Grand Rapids, Milwaukee and Ontario, Luff has totaled

The Henderson Silver Knights have signed defenseman Lucas Johansen to an American Hockey League contract for the 2024-25 season. Johansen joins the Silver Knights after playing seven seasons with the Washington Capitals organization, which made him a first-round pick (28th overall) in the 2016 NHL Draft. Johansen recorded 20 goals and 72 assists in 257

by Mark Newman | AHL On The Beat Grand Rapids Griffins goaltender Sebastian Cossa grew up playing hockey in Fort McMurray, Alberta, because there wasn’t much else to do. Options were limited. “Dig a hole. Hit your head against the wall. Pick your nose,” laughs Cossa, who moved to the capital of Canada’s burgeoning tar

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Something feels different about the Charlotte Checkers. Maybe it was an aggressive offseason which saw the organization bring in some top-line veteran help. Could be the 6-1-0-1 start that head coach Geordie Kinnear’s club has put together. Perhaps it was going into Hershey last weekend and snatching three of four

The New Jersey Devils have relieved Kevin Dineen of his duties as head coach of their AHL affiliate, the Utica Comets, and named assistant coach Ryan Parent as the Comets’ interim head coach for the remainder of the season. Additionally, New Jersey has added Eric Weinrich as an interim assistant coach with the Comets, joining

Each week, FloHockey prospect analyst Chris Peters breaks down notable performances in the AHL that NHL fans should be paying attention to. Here’s a look at some of the players we were tracking this weekend including a first-round pick whose goal scoring is heating up. Jonathan Lekkerimäki Is Heating Up On The Power Play After

The Edmonton Oilers have acquired defenseman Ronnie Attard from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for defenseman Ben Gleason. Attard has appeared in seven games for the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms this season. The third-year pro has totaled 22 goals, 37 assists and a plus-11 rating in 123 career AHL games, and participated in the AHL

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Laval Rocket defenseman Logan Mailloux has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending November 3, 2024. Mailloux returned to the Rocket and posted a goal and four assists in two weekend contests, helping Laval extend its winning streak

“We want to make sure that no matter what situation he’s being put in here, those are the blueprints, those are the basis points, because those are going to help him when he gets to the next level. How do we check to get the puck back? Where do we go and how hard do

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Perhaps the 2024-25 AHL season ends with the Milwaukee Admirals lifting the Calder Cup. Or maybe a successful regular season quickly falls apart once the Calder Cup Playoffs begin, and the Admirals go home quietly. Or the Admirals miss the postseason altogether. Nothing is guaranteed, a point Admirals head coach

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League is pleased to announce the creation of the Bruce Landon Award, to be presented annually beginning this season to an outstanding hockey operations executive as selected by the League’s Board of Governors. This new award honors the man who was a mainstay in the American Hockey League for

by Stephen Meserve | AHL On The Beat On March 16, Justin Hryckowian’s collegiate career ended in the quarterfinals of the Hockey East conference tournament. Less than a week later, the Northeastern University forward was pulling on a Victory-green-and-white Texas Stars sweater to begin his professional career on the other side of the country, with

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League is proud again to be joining the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players’ Association for their Hockey Fights Cancer™ powered by the V Foundation presented by AstraZeneca celebration month, which begins today. The campaign, which has been uniting the hockey community in support of people

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Calgary Wranglers forward Rory Kerins, San Jose Barracuda forward Collin Graf and San Jose Barracuda goaltender Yaroslav Askarov have been selected as the league’s award winners for October. Kerins, the AHL Player of the Month, scored nine goals and totaled 11 points in 10 games

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer It’s the fall of 1969, and Bruce Landon is on his way to the city that would become his hockey home for most of the next half-century. Change had started to sweep across minor-league hockey, a challenging industry in the best of times. Plenty more of that would follow in

Each week, AHL writer Patrick Williams takes you around the AHL with notable news, notes, analysis and more. This week, Williams examines the early-season struggles for the Utica Comets and Ontario Reign, a veteran scorer joining the Rockford IceHogs and a potential continuation of the goalie carousel in Belleville. Utica Comets Still Searching For First