SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced the following suspensions: Grand Rapids Griffins defenseman Luke Witkowski has been suspended for two (2) games as a consequence of a cross-checking incident in a game vs. Milwaukee on Oct. 30. Witkowski will miss Grand Rapids’ games Friday (Nov. 5) at Iowa and Saturday (Nov. 6)
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CHICAGO (CBS) — Breaking the glass ceiling – on ice. Neither the NHL nor the American Hockey League has female officials; that has now changed for the AHL. They have hired 10 women this season. CBS 2’s Jackie Kostek introduces us to the local referee and first responder making the calls. READ MORE: Heather Mack
📝 by Patrick Williams They make an interesting net tandem for the Cleveland Monsters, J.F. Berube and Daniil Tarasov do. Different ages. Different career stages. But the pair have plenty to teach each other. What can an established goaltender like Berube with a Calder Cup to his name learn from a 22-year-old? “I think he’s
📝 by Nick Nollenberger | AHL On The Beat On Oct. 30, the San Jose Sharks placed seven players on the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol list and recalled five skaters from the San Jose Barracuda. Among the recallees was second-year defenseman Ryan Merkley. That night, Merkley would skate in his first NHL game, logging just over
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Chicago Wolves forward Andrew Poturalski, Rochester Americans forward Jack Quinn and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins goaltender Filip Lindberg have been selected as the league’s award winners for October. Poturalski, the AHL Player of the Month, totaled five goals and nine assists for 14 points in six games
Thomas Harley‘s first NHL game was a bit of a strange experience. The defenseman was still a couple of weeks shy of his 19th birthday in August 2020, but he was coming off a junior season in which he had 57 points in 59 games and had survived the training camp headed into the Edmonton
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League is proud to be joining the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players’ Association for their Hockey Fights Cancer™ initiative, which begins today. The campaign, which has been uniting the hockey community in support of people with cancer and their families since 1998, will feature special
When the Wild decided to send Adam Beckman and Calen Addison to Iowa of the American Hockey League at the end of training camp, it wasn’t with the expectation that either would be down there the entire year. Both players had strong camps and pushed for roster spots in Minnesota, missing out – in the
📝 by Nicole Del Villano | AHL On The Beat Just a short drive from his hometown of Burlington, Ontario, Justin Scott took the ice on Oct. 24 in Toronto for a monumental moment of his career and Cleveland Monsters history. Scott skated into the record books by appearing in his 265th game for Cleveland,
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced the following suspensions: Toronto Marlies defenseman Alex Biega has been suspended for two (2) games as a consequence of an illegal check to the head of an opponent in a game at Laval on Oct. 27. Biega will miss Toronto’s games tonight (Oct. 29) at Belleville
📝 by Patrick Williams Henderson Silver Knights goaltender Logan Thompson and encores go together. The 24-year-old goaltender earned his first National Hockey League game last March. Now his play in the American Hockey League once again continues to make a compelling case to Vegas Golden Knights management for more NHL time. “Our team is built
📝 by Stephen Meserve | AHL On The Beat In a year filled with slipping back into familiar routines, Texas Stars captain Curtis McKenzie is reviving old routines in more ways than one. After three years away from the organization, the former AHL Rookie of the Year has returned to the Stars and is ready
Manny Viveiros has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, the Silver Knights coach revealed Thursday during the “HSK Today” radio show. Viveiros took a non-COVID medical leave of absence from the American Hockey League team on Oct. 15. Assistant Jamie Heward has served as the interim coach with assistants Joel Ward, Fred Brathwaite and Andrew Doty.
📝 by Patrick Williams Sometimes the American Hockey League serves as a finishing school for top prospects, a step to get them over the hump and whisk them on their way to a long National Hockey League career. Think Dylan Larkin’s six Calder Cup Playoff games with the Grand Rapids Griffins as a prelude to
Oct 27, 2021 By AJ Manderichio/SanDiegoGulls.com The San Diego Gulls week of practice is summed up in one word – details. “We’re pretty disappointed in being 0-3, but getting a good week of practice in here, working hard,” defenseman Brogan Rafferty explained. “Kind of chiming in and focusing on our details and just our work
📝 by Matt Trust | AHL On The Beat The development of one’s work ethic is always unique. In the case of Hershey Bears head coach Scott Allen, it organically nurtured from early childhood. From indulging in backyard sports with older brother Gary in a Massachusetts neighborhood, to observing tireless working parents and grandparents. This
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced the four people selected for induction into the American Hockey League Hall of Fame as the Class of 2022. Honored by the AHL Hall of Fame Selection Committee as the 17th group of enshrinees are Keith Aucoin, Nolan Baumgartner, Dave Creighton and Bill Torrey. “For more than
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Springfield Thunderbirds defenseman Scott Perunovich has been selected as the AHL Player of the Week for the period ending October 24, 2021. Perunovich notched one goal and five assists in three weekend games for Springfield as the Thunderbirds moved to the top of the Atlantic Division.