The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed forward Daniel Walcott to a two-year, two-way contract. Walcott has skated in three games for the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch this season, notching one assist. Last year, Walcott set career highs with seven goals, 12 assists and 19 points, and was also named Syracuse’s IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the
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by Jason Shaya | AHL On The Beat Utica Comets rookie Will Lockwood talked about following his dad to the University of Michigan and into pro hockey, where the 22-year-old is forging his path in the Vancouver Canucks organization: Always great to go in depth with one of our guys. Meet @umichhockey alum @lockwood_will in
William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog for the past nine years. Douglas joined NHL.com in March 2019 and writes about people of color in the game. Today, he profiles Los Angeles Kings Spanish language broadcaster Francisco X. Rivera, who will call his first pro game in English on Saturday for the
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Bakersfield Condors forward Cooper Marody has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending March 7, 2021. Marody notched five goals and three assists in three games last week, moving to the top of the AHL scoring leaderboard. Marody picked up an
Scott Linesburgh | The Record STOCKTON – Kim Rede could not come up with a better way to celebrate her 50th birthday than putting on her team sweatshirt and watching a Stockton heat hockey game. But in the era of COVID-19, “going to the game” no longer means heading to Stockton Arena and settling into
by Nick Nollenberger | AHL On The Beat When John McCarthy abruptly called it a career midway through last season due to health reasons, the San Jose Barracuda would play their final 34 games of the season without a captain. For one of the AHL’s youngest rosters, McCarthy’s absence was felt immensely. Although he wasn’t
Almost 90 percent of players to appear in the NHL go through the American Hockey League at some point in their careers. The starting points for those journeys, however, can vary wildly. The AHL is playing a condensed, intra-divisional schedule this season, which began Feb. 5, due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus. A month into
Mar 4, 2021 By Patrick Sumner After Shane Bowers took to the ice on February 24th to an empty arena striding, stick-handling, and preparing in his normal warmup routine, he took center ice for the opening faceoff and saw a familiar face across from him. This was not the first time Bowers and Cameron Crotty,
Jacob Perreault. Photo courtesy the San Diego Gulls. With the OHL still on hiatus and much of the WHL waiting for opening night, the AHL has been injected with a ton of talent so far this season. And while it’s not going to last all year, the NHL is benefitting from seeing its youngest drafted
Mar 2, 2021 By AJ Manderichio/SanDiegoGulls.com During a recent American Hockey League game at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Jordan Samuels-Thomas noticed the new look of hockey. Two of the Ontario Reign’s top prospects, Quinton Byfield and Akil Thomas, faced off against Henderson’s Jermaine Lowen. The three Black players represented significant milestones – Lowen as the
by Bob Rotruck | AHL On The Beat “I wasn’t even supposed to be here today.” — Dante Hicks, Clerks. That famous line from the 1994 film from Kevin Smith could also apply to Lehigh Valley Phantoms rookie Zayde Wisdom even though he was born eight years after the movie. The 18-year-old rookie, who was
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Lehigh Valley Phantoms forward Max Willman has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending February 28, 2021. Willman scored five goals in three games last week, surpassing his output from his previous 28 career AHL contests. Willman notched the first
Beginning his pro career out of Ohio State, Nick Schilkey appreciated Mike Vellucci’s honesty. Schilkey, now 26, played under the former Penguins head coach in Charlotte from 2017-19, going from a rookie trying to earn his stripes in the AHL to key contributor for the still-defending Calder Cup champions. “It took me some time to
Three-time AHL All-Star forward Colin McDonald announced his retirement on Sunday. McDonald played 13 pro seasons, skating in 757 regular-season games in the AHL with the Springfield Falcons, Oklahoma City Barons, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Bridgeport Sound Tigers and Lehigh Valley Phantoms. He won the Willie Marshall Award in 2010-11 after leading the league with 42 goals,
Four games were enough for Nick Robertson, who is one of the NHL’s few players of Filipino descent, to believe he belongs in the big leagues. The Maple Leafs rookie scored a goal while averaging 12:05 in ice time during Toronto’s qualifying-round loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets in August. In the months after the
WINNIPEG – The significance of the moment was not lost on Cole Perfetti, even if he didn’t grasp the enormity to its full extent in the immediate aftermath. To the untrained eye, it looks like a simple inter-change during a four-on-three power play, yet the subtleties located just below the surface is what makes the
by Kevin McGlue | AHL On The Beat The Colorado Eagles were saddened to announce the loss of team founder Ralph Backstrom, who passed away on Feb. 7 at the age of 83. Backstrom founded the Eagles in 2002 and served as team president from 2003 to 2007. Backstrom played on six Stanley Cup winning
Marc Roberts has spent over 20 years performing in silence. Well, silence in voice, at least. One can’t call being a member of the Blue Man Group silent, per se. Since moving to Las Vegas from the midwest in 2003, Roberts has been one of many to don the blue body paint and bald cap.