American Hockey League

When last the Coachella Valley Firebirds had taken the ice in Hershey back on June 24, they possessed a roster brimming with pro experience, playoff-tested, and with a core that had been through the Calder Cup Finals twice. Even before the Firebirds had reached the Calder Cup Finals for their rematch with the Bears, they

Picking a Calder Cup champion in October has long been a fool’s errand. This is the AHL, after all. Aside from injuries, slumps, and accelerated player progression that can happen in any league at any level of hockey, little ever stays the same in this league. Rosters are in flux from the end of NHL

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer AHL rosters continue to take shape, and opening weekend is in the books. Eight teams across the league have new head coaches, and every team has a new-look roster to one degree or another. The first several weeks of the AHL season are for building familiarity among new personnel, getting

Longtime Newfoundland and Labrador sports journalist and broadcaster Brendan McCarthy passed away at Saturday following a years long battle with cancer. He was 66. Long-time Newfoundland and Labrador sports journalist and broadcaster Brendan McCarthy passed away on Saturday following a years-long battle with cancer. He was 66. (Submitted by Richard Taylor) Brendan McCarthy, the St.

Retired NHL forward Anthony Stewart was one of the first coalition members to send a video. He said he’ll always remember what meeting O’Ree meant to him after he was selected by the Florida Panthers with the No. 25 pick in the 2003 NHL Draft. “I was very, very nervous, ‘Gosh, do I belong in

The Hershey Bears have signed forward Dalton Smith to an American Hockey League contract for the remainder of the 2024-25 season. Smith skated in 49 games for the AHL’s Colorado Eagles last season, recording one goal and four assists. In 490 career AHL contests with Colorado, Rochester, Lehigh Valley, Providence, Syracuse and Springfield, Smith has

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer AHL rosters continue to take shape, and opening weekend is in the books. Eight teams across the league have new head coaches, and every team has a new-look roster to one degree or another. The first several weeks of the AHL season are for building familiarity among new personnel, getting

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Charlotte Checkers forward Aidan McDonough has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending October 13, 2024. McDonough scored four goals in two games, including a pair of game-winning tallies, to help the Checkers open the 2024-25 season

Yaroslav Askarov had no shortage of critics this past summer when word came out that he desired a trade out of the Nashville Predators organization. Nashville had selected Askarov 11th overall in the 2021 NHL Draft before stationing him for two seasons with the Milwaukee Admirals. The Milwaukee-to-Nashville pipeline has pumped out prospect after prospect

The NHL is always just one quick phone call away. Get the call, pack a bag, hop in the car, or catch a flight. That call-up may be just for a day. Or it may be for the next 10 to 15 years. Top prospects just need one spot to open on the NHL parent

The 2024-25 AHL season begins Friday night with eight games on the schedule. With the new season comes new faces, with plenty currently on track to become impactful players at the NHL level in the not so distant future. This season’s rookie class will have a number of exciting players including high draft picks that

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Here is what you need to know as the American Hockey League gets set for opening night. GOING FOR THREEThe Hershey Bears have a chance to make even more history this season. Coming off back-to-back championships, the Bears can become the first team to win the Calder Cup three consecutive

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Summer celebrations have wrapped up. Training camp has finished. Preseason games are done. Championship rings have been handed out. All that’s left for the Hershey Bears to do now is to raise their 13th Calder Cup championship banner. That happens tonight at Giant Center. Then comes a long trek, one

With all the excitement for the forthcoming opening weekend in the AHL, it can’t possibly get better, can it? Oh, you bet it can. As part of the expanded partnership between the AHL and FloSports, every Saturday throughout the regular season will feature a FREE AHL Game of the Week distributed live across FloHockey’s social

The NHL salary cap can be cruel. So can a long, winding injury history. Or a downturn in performance. As much as the AHL’s reputation is built around preparing and then sending young prospects off to the NHL, it can also be a path back for familiar NHL names. Often top prospects themselves previously, those

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League opens its 89th season of play tonight, with eight games on the schedule to kick things off. All 32 clubs will play 72 games during a 2024-25 regular season that will run through April 20. From there, 23 teams will qualify for postseason play, with five rounds of

DENVER (AP) — At first, the protective undershirt resembling a mock turtleneck was hot and uncomfortable. It even caused Jayson Megna’s visor to fog up. But the journeyman hockey player stuck with wearing the long-sleeved base layer designed to protect his neck from a razor-sharp skate blade. Since the death of Adam Johnson in October

The Stars’ season finale in Edmonton last spring marked a changing of the guard for the franchise. Many players were teary-eyed as they said their goodbyes to NHL vet Joe Pavelski, who played his final game in the Western Conference finals. Meanwhile, across the locker room, others like Mavrik Bourque were bright-eyed and saw the