Lehigh Valley Phantoms head coach Scott Gordon has become the sixth person in American Hockey League history with 400 career regular-season victories, reaching the milestone in the Phantoms’ 4-1 victory over the Hershey Bears in Allentown on Wednesday night. Gordon, 58, joins San Jose Barracuda coach Roy Sommer (780) and AHL Hall of Famers Bun
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that due to league COVID-19 protocols affecting the Utica Comets, their games scheduled for Wednesday, March 31 vs. the Syracuse Crunch (AHL Game #210), Saturday, April 3 vs. the Providence Bruins (AHL Game #226) and Monday, April 5 vs. Syracuse (AHL Game #133) have been postponed.
by Brandon Weiss | AHL On The Beat Forward movement, always. According to Stockton Heat head coach Cail MacLean, that’s the name of the game. “The guys that make it in the next level, they’re always working at improving their game. For those guys, complacency is slow to creep in. That’s what lets them continue
Jake Oettinger said this season with the Dallas Stars has been “a dream come true.” The rookie goalie is 5-3-6 with a 2.34 goals-against average and .909 save percentage in 17 games, including 14 starts. Despite allowing three goals in a 4-1 loss to the Florida Panthers on Sunday, he has helped the Stars stay
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Hershey Bears forward Philippe Maillet has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending March 28, 2021. Maillet made his Bears season debut last week and recorded eight points and a plus-8 rating in three games, all Hershey victories. Assigned to the Bears
SPRINGFIELD, Mass./WATERLOO, Ont. … The American Hockey League and HockeyTech announced an extension of their multi-year technology partnership to provide the league with digital tools to enhance operations and fan engagement. The technology partnership extends the utilization of HockeyTech’s LeagueStat live scoring and stats system, the operation of the AHL league website and mobile app,
The Rocket are currently on one of the best streaks of its young history. Not only is the team winning a lot of games but it’s doing so with the help of the young prospects of the organization. During the last few days, the strong play of Joël Teasdale, Ryan Poehling and Jesse Ylönen have
by Mark Newman | AHL On The Beat “Take nothing on looks; take everything on evidence. There’s no better rule.” — Charles Dickens in Great Expectations As a first-round draft pick of the Detroit Red Wings, defenseman Dennis Cholowski has learned what it means to live with expectations. Three years into his professional career, he
The smile that greeted Beck Warm when he went on the ice for the first time as a member of the Carolina Hurricanes was comfortingly familiar. Starting goalie James Reimer was there to greet him, smiling broadly, just as he had about six years earlier when he met Warm for the first time at an
The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired forward Antoine Morand and a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for forward Alex Volkov. Morand, 22, has collected one goal and five assists in 21 games with the AHL’s San Diego Gulls in 2020-21. He scored his first goal of
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced the addition of two games to the 2020-21 schedule, featuring the Cleveland Monsters and the Grand Rapids Griffins. The teams will meet on Friday, April 9, in Cleveland, and on Tuesday, April 20, in Grand Rapids. Game time for both contests will be 7 p.m. ET.
As Filip Gustavsson bows his head in the goal crease the giant, silver No. 30 on the top of his goalie mask fills the camera lens. There’s only one problem. Gustavsson wears No. 32 for the Ottawa Senators. Matt Murray is No. 30. Gustavsson’s numerical mismatch tells a story. He is supposed to be with
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen may not appear in a game during his current stint with the Buffalo Sabres, an assignment necessitated by injuries to both Linus Ullmark and Carter Hutton. Sabres interim coach Don Granato still expects it to be an invaluable experience for the 22-year-old goaltender. “Every moment you’re with the NHL team is big,” Granato
Mar 22, 2021 By Matt Weller/SanDiegoGulls.com In a season full of change and moving parts, San Diego Gulls right wing Andrew Poturalski’s hot start offered a steady, effective presence in the lineup. The second-year Gull ranks among the league leaders in points and assists this season, returning to his high-level play after a disappointing first
LAVAL — Momentum is a funny thing. Sometimes, it appears out of nowhere in dire situations to propel a team to victory. Other times, it vanishes in thin air as a lead slowly, yet surely evaporates. And in some rare instances, it’s carried through the most unusual summer in sports history, which is the case
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Colorado Eagles forward T.J. Tynan has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending March 21, 2021. Tynan collected two goals and four assists in two games last week, helping the Eagles to a pair of overtime victories. Tynan recorded three assists
The Colorado Avalanche have acquired goaltender Jonas Johansson from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for a sixth-round selection in the 2021 NHL Draft. Johansson, 25, has appeared in seven games so far this season for Buffalo and has played in 13 career NHL contests since making his NHL debut against the Avalanche on Feb. 4,
Mar 19, 2021 By AJ Manderichio/SanDiegoGulls.com The future of the Anaheim Ducks shone brightly against the Arizona Coyotes on Thursday night at Honda Center. Jamie Drysdale – the sixth overall selection at the 2020 NHL Draft – scored a goal and added an assist in his National Hockey League debut, becoming just the third defenseman