The Los Angeles Kings have re-signed forward Lias Andersson to a one-year, two-way contract. Andersson recorded six goals and 11 assists for 17 points in 15 games with the AHL’s Ontario Reign in 2020-21. He also netted a goal in Ontario’s lone postseason contest. In addition, Andersson skated in 23 NHL games with the Kings,
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The Carolina Hurricanes have signed defenseman Jalen Chatfield and forward Sam Miletic to one-year, two-way contracts. Chatfield made his NHL debut in 2020-21, collecting one assist in 18 games with the Vancouver Canucks. In three prior seasons with the AHL’s Utica Comets, Chatfield skated in 142 games and totaled two goals and 15 assists for
The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed forward Alex Barre-Boulet to a three-year contract. The first year of the contract is a two-way deal, and the second and third years are one-way. Barre-Boulet, 24, made his NHL debut on Feb. 22, 2021, and skated in 15 games with the Lightning last season, tallying three goals. He
The Arizona Coyotes have signed forward Michael Carcone to a two-year, two-way contract. Carcone spent the 2020-21 season on loan to the Tucson Roadrunners from the Nashville Predators, and recorded a team-high 15 goals along with 10 assists for 25 points in 35 games, finishing second on the club in scoring. He had a four-goal
The San Jose Sharks have signed defenseman Jaycob Megna and forward Nick Merkley to one-year contracts. Megna spent the 2020-21 season on an AHL contract with the San Jose Barracuda, serving as team captain. He tallied two goals and six assists with a plus-8 rating in 36 games. Over seven AHL seasons with San Jose,
The Philadelphia Flyers have signed forwards Gerry Mayhew and Ryan Fitzgerald and defensemen Adam Clendening, Nick Seeler and Cooper Zech to one-year, two-way contracts. Mayhew was the AHL’s MVP in 2019-20 when he tallied 39 goals and 22 assists for 61 points in just 49 games with the Iowa Wild. Last season, Mayhew notched nine
The Detroit Red Wings have re-signed defenseman Gustav Lindstrom and forward Kyle Criscuolo to two-year contract extensions. Lindstrom, 22, notched three assists in 13 games for the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins in 2020-21, along with three assists in 13 NHL games with the Red Wings. He also skated in 20 games with Almtuna in Sweden’s
by Patrick Williams | for TheAHL.comFollow @pwilliamsAHL Whatever your favorite AHL team’s roster needs might be this summer, a deep field of familiar – and available – names can satisfy them. NHL free agency opens Wednesday at noon ET/9 a.m. PT, and some of the busiest action annually involves filling organizational depth charts with proven
The Arizona Coyotes have acquired defenseman Vladislav Kolyachonok from the Florida Panthers as part of a trade that will also send defenseman Anton Stralman to the Coyotes. Arizona gets Stralman, Kolyachonok and a second-round choice in the 2024 NHL Draft from Florida in exchange for a 2023 seventh-round draft choice. Kolyachonok skated in 10 games
The Minnesota Wild have re-signed goaltender Andrew Hammond to a one-year, two-way contract. Hammond did not see any action in 2020-21, spending the season on Minnesota’s taxi squad. He has made 165 appearances in the AHL with Rochester, Iowa, Belleville, San Antonio and Binghamton, showing a record of 78-67-12 with a 2.93 goals-against average, a
The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-signed forward Kasper Bjorkqvist to a one-year, two-way contract. Bjorkqvist spent most of the 2020-21 season in his native Finland, recording 11 goals and 15 assists in 44 games with KooKoo and earning the SM-liiga’s Rookie of the Year honor. He finished the season with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, notching one goal
The Carolina Hurricanes have re-signed forward Spencer Smallman to a one-year, two-way contract. Smallman, a fifth-round pick by the Hurricanes in the 2015 NHL Draft, notched two assists in six games with the AHL’s Chicago Wolves last season. He added six goals and six assists in eight ECHL games with Fort Wayne. A native of
The Los Angeles Kings have acquired forwards Brayden Burke and Tyler Steenbergen from the Arizona Coyotes in exchange for forward Bokondji Imama and defenseman Cole Hults. Burke, an AHL All-Star in 2020, has tallied 35 goals and 64 assists for 99 points in 146 games with the AHL’s Tucson Roadrunners over three pro seasons. He
The St. Louis Blues have re-signed forward Nolan Stevens to a one-year, two-way contract. Stevens, 25, posted six goals and 12 assists for 18 points in 27 games with the AHL’s Utica Comets in 2020-21. A fifth-round pick by the Blues in the 2016 NHL Draft, Stevens has played 136 games in the AHL with
The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed forward Gemel Smith to a two-year, two-way contract. Smith skated in five games with the Lightning during the 2020-21 regular season, posting three assists and a plus-3 rating. He also appeared in three games with the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch, notching three goals and six points. He posted a hat
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today released the complete schedule of games for the 2021-22 regular season, the league’s 86th year of operation. The season, with 31 teams playing a total of 1,118 games, begins on Friday, October 15 and concludes on Sunday, April 24. “After two seasons shortened by the COVID-19 pandemic,
Thirty-two National Hockey League teams are preparing to take part in this weekend’s 2021 NHL Draft, and their top affiliates are ready and waiting for the next wave of young American Hockey League stars to begin their professional careers. In 2020-21, a total of 193 former first- and second-round draft picks played in the American
The Colorado Avalanche have re-signed forward Kiefer Sherwood to a one-year contract for the 2021-22 season. Sherwood, 26, appeared in just 10 games with the AHL’s Colorado Eagles in 2020-21 but led the team with 10 goals and tied for second on the club with 16 points. He also played 16 games with the Avalanche,