SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Spencer Carbery of the Hershey Bears is the winner of the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award as the AHL’s outstanding coach for the 2020-21 season. The award is voted on by fellow coaches and members of the media in each of the league’s 28 active
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Facing elimination on Thursday evening, the Henderson Silver Knights scored four times in the first period en route to a 6-3 win over Bakersfield in Game 2 of the teams’ Pacific Division finals in Las Vegas. The decisive Game 3 — the final game of the 2020-21 AHL season — will be Saturday night at
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Cal O’Reilly of the Lehigh Valley Phantoms is the 2020-21 winner of the Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award as the AHL player who best exemplifies the qualities of sportsmanship, determination and dedication to hockey. The award is voted on by coaches, players and members of the
Adam Cracknell scored his second goal of the night with 11:21 gone in overtime, giving the Bakersfield Condors a 3-2 win over the Henderson Silver Knights in the opener of their best-of-three Pacific Division finals series. Game 2 is set for Thursday night at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (10:00 ET, AHLTV). It was the
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today the 2020-21 AHL All-Star Teams, as voted by AHL coaches, players and media in each of the league’s 28 active member cities. This season, an All-Star Team was selected for each of the league’s five divisions. 2020-21 AHL Atlantic Division All-Star TeamG – Jeremy Swayman, Providence
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The Henderson Silver Knights will host the Bakersfield Condors in a best-of-three series to determine the champion of the American Hockey League’s Pacific Division for 2020-21. The Silver Knights, top development affiliate of the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights, defeated the San Jose Barracuda, two games to none, in the semifinals. The Condors,
The Colorado Avalanche have signed forward Jean-Luc Foudy to a three-year, entry-level contract. Foudy, 19, skated in 34 games with the AHL’s Colorado Eagles in 2020-21, collecting three goals and 11 assists for 14 points and finishing fourth on the club in scoring. He added one assist in two postseason games. A native of Scarborough,
Captain Brad Malone buried a rebound 7:36 into overtime to send the Bakersfield Condors into the Pacific Division Finals with a 2-1 win over San Diego on Monday evening. Following back-to-back come-from-behind OT wins to eliminate the Gulls, the Condors will take on the Henderson Silver Knights in a best-of-three series for the division championship.
Robert Esche was 12 years old when he first played hockey in 1990. Though he had to wait a year until he could play the position that would lead to a six-year NHL career and 13-year pro career in the sport. “My coach would not let me go into the net until I learned how
The Bakersfield Condors rallied for a 3-2 overtime win over San Diego on Sunday evening, sending their Pacific Division semifinal series to a decisive Game 3 on Monday. Seth Griffith scored off a feed from Adam Cracknell just 49 seconds into the extra period to complete the comeback from a late third-period deficit and tie
Danny O’Regan notched two goals and an assist to lead Henderson to a 4-2 win over San Jose on Sunday afternoon, sending the Silver Knights into the Pacific Division Finals on the strength of a two-game sweep of the Barracuda. Henderson will host the winner of the other semifinal series between San Diego and Bakersfield
Bringing Max Fortunus back as an assistant coach with the Texas Stars just made sense, general manager Scott White said Thursday. After all, the recently retired Fortunus was like a coach during his playing days and, at age 37, carries a ton of experience. “Timing is everything in our game, and the timing is right,”
Sam Carrick scored two of San Diego’s three power-play goals, Trevor Zegras notched four points in his playoff debut and the Gulls withstood a furious Condors rally to hold on for a 5-3 win in Game 1 of their Pacific Division semifinal series in Bakersfield. The teams meet in Game 2 of the best-of-three series
Jack Dugan and Pavel Dorofeyev provided the offense and fellow rookie Logan Thompson stopped 22 shots as Henderson defeated San Jose, 4-1, in Game 1 of their Pacific Division semifinal series in Las Vegas on Friday night. The Silver Knights take a 1-0 lead into Game 2 of the best-of-three series on Sunday afternoon (4:00
The Seattle Kraken have hired Troy Bodie as Director of Hockey and Business Operations for their AHL franchise in Palm Springs, California, that is scheduled to begin play in 2022-23. “Troy brings hockey experience to our organization as both a former player and having spent the last six seasons as both an NHL pro scout
The Dallas Stars have appointed Maxime Fortunus as assistant coach of the Texas Stars, their top development affiliate in the American Hockey League. Fortunus joins assistant coach Travis Morin and video coach Patrick Dolan on head coach Neil Graham’s staff. “We are thrilled to bring Max back to the Texas Stars as an assistant coach,”
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … San Diego Gulls forward Andrew Poturalski and Bakersfield Condors forward Cooper Marody have won the American Hockey League’s two prestigious offensive awards for the 2020-21 season. Poturalski has won the the John B. Sollenberger Trophy as the leading point-getter in the AHL, while Marody has captured the Willie Marshall Award as the
The San Jose Barracuda got 32 saves from Josef Korenar and defeated the Colorado Eagles, 5-1, at FivePoint Arena at Great Park Ice in Irvine, Calif., on Wednesday night. With its second win in as many days during the play-in portion of the Pacific Division playoffs, San Jose advances to the best-of-three semifinals where they