Ontario Reign When his hometown Toronto Maple Leafs selected him 52nd overall in 2018, Sean Durzi likely couldn’t have been more excited to get to suit up for his favorite club. But they traded him to Los Angeles in 2019 as part of the deal that sent Jake Muzzin to the Leafs. Toronto addressed a
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📝 by Patrick Williams Syracuse Crunch head coach Ben Groulx never has been an easy man to please, no small reason why the Tampa Bay Lightning have back-to-back Stanley Cup championships. “You’re [playing well],” third-year forward Jimmy Huntington begins. “But there’s something you did bad. That’s where he will go. He wants to you to
📝 by Patrick Williams Hartford Wolf Pack forward P.C. Labrie has lived what it takes for an American Hockey League roster to grow early in the season, become a second-half force, and then make a Calder Cup run. Want proof? Labrie’s name engraved on the Calder Cup. That the veteran forward believes that the Wolf
📝 by Bob Rotruck | AHL On The Beat Morgan Frost did not make the Philadelphia Flyers out of training camp. And it is fair to say that Frosty was not exactly “a jolly, happy soul.” But a shoulder injury with the Flyers in the second game of the 2020-21 season and then the subsequent
EDMONTON — Having the best winning percentage in the West and a 13-4 record with a week left in November? That’s impressive. Doing it without your No. 1 goalie (Mike Smith), the player who killed more penalties last season than any other forward (Josh Archibald), and now minus top defenceman Darnell Nurse, third pairing vet
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Cleveland Monsters forward Brendan Gaunce has been selected as the AHL Player of the Week for the period ending November 21, 2021. Gaunce recorded three goals and three assists in three games last week as Cleveland continued to climb up the North Division standings. Gaunce
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced the following suspensions: Grand Rapids Griffins forward Chase Pearson has been suspended for one (1) game as a consequence of a butt-ending incident in a game vs. Manitoba on Nov. 12. Pearson will miss Grand Rapids’ game today (Nov. 17) vs. Chicago. Lehigh Valley Phantoms forward
DES MOINES, Iowa – With under five minutes to play in regulation in a Friday night AHL game, the Iowa Wild trailed the Grand Rapids Griffins 5-3. In need of a spark on the power play, top prospect Marco Rossi was ready to light the fuse. In a play that incapsulated many of his best
📝 by Brandon Weiss | AHL On The Beat A handful of times, Richmond, B.C., native Glenn Gawdin has scaled Grouse Mountain. To reach the peak that overlooks Vancouver, climbers and hikers have to withstand the ‘Grouse Grind,’ a climb just shy of two miles and a hair north of 4,000 feet in elevation gain.
The Utica Comets set an American Hockey League record on Friday, picking up their 12th consecutive victory to begin the 2021-22 season. Utica defeated Charlotte, 4-1, at the Adirondack Bank Center to improve to 12-0-0-0 and surpass the standard set by the 1984-85 Rochester Americans, who won their first 11 games that year. Nate Schnarr
📝 by Patrick Williams It seems that the St. Louis Blues have found their American Hockey League home with the Springfield Thunderbirds. A variety of circumstances had cycled the Blues through a mix of AHL arrangements for several seasons before they teamed up with the Thunderbirds in March 2020 as part of a new five-year
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that the games between the Bakersfield Condors and Abbotsford Canucks scheduled for Friday, Nov. 19 (AHL Game #192) and Sunday, Nov. 21 (AHL Game #214) have been rescheduled due to the ongoing state of local emergency in the City of Abbotsford. “Our first priority is the
📝 by Joel Vanderlaan | AHL On The Beat After a pre-season trade brought Jake Lucchini to the Friendly City, he has become a mainstay in a Belleville Senators lineup that has been in constant flux since opening night. The team has completed no less than 52 transactions due to a rash of injuries and
The American Hockey League is saddened to learn of the passing of Tom Colley today following a lengthy illness. He was 68. Known as “Mr. Nighthawk,” Colley spent seven of his eight AHL seasons with the New Haven Nighthawks, where his 534 games played, 204 goals, 281 assists and 485 points all stand as franchise
📝 by Patrick Williams The American Hockey League schedule serves up an interesting wrinkle tonight. When the 10-0-0-0 Utica Comets head west to visit the Rochester Americans, they will attempt to match a league mark set by those Amerks nearly four decades ago. Rochester’s 1984-85 club owns the AHL record for longest winning streak to
📝 by Brian McCormack | AHL On The Beat “Hey guys, Paul scored!” “Boys, Cotter got one!!” As the Henderson Silver Knights sat in Stockton last Thursday night waiting for their weekend set against the Heat, most players had their phone and computer screens streaming the Vegas Golden Knights and Minnesota Wild, and watched their
The Rockford IceHogs today announced that former team captain Jared Nightingale has joined the coaching staff as an assistant coach. Nightingale, 39, played 67 games with the IceHogs and served as captain during the 2013-14 season. Overall, the native of Jackson, Mich., appeared in 472 AHL games over parts of 12 seasons with Springfield, Iowa,
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