The Texas Stars have signed forwards Nick Baptiste, Cole Schneider, Nick Moutrey, Derek Barach, Nikita Scherbak and Josh Melnick to American Hockey League contracts for the 2020-21 season. Baptiste skated in 35 AHL games between the Toronto Marlies and the Belleville Senators last season, totaling four goals and seven assists for 11 points. In 265
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today released the schedule of games for the 2020-21 regular season, the league’s 85th year of operation. The season begins on Friday, February 5 and concludes on Sunday, May 16. Schedules for teams in the Atlantic, North, Central and Pacific Divisions were released today; schedules for the Canadian
The Arizona Coyotes have named Steve Potvin as the head coach of the Tucson Roadrunners. John Slaney will continue to serve as an assistant coach for the Roadrunners. Former Roadrunners head coach Jay Varady joined the Coyotes coaching staff on January 14, 2021. Potvin had served as an assistant coach for the Roadrunners since 2017.
The Cleveland Monsters have signed forward Nick Lappin to an American Hockey League contract for the 2020-21 season. Lappin appeared in 42 games for the AHL’s San Antonio Rampage last season, recording five goals and six assists for 11 points. Entering his fifth pro season, Lappin has totaled 72 goals and 62 assists for 134
Categories: -The Daily Gazette, Sports His players have always been kids. Now his players have kids. After 11 seasons as the men’s hockey head coach at RPI and four years coaching teenagers in USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program, Seth Appert will soon embark on his first regular season in the American Hockey League as
Jan 19, 2021 The San Diego Gulls earned a 5-1 victory over the divisional rival San Jose Barracuda in their first action of the 2020-21 preseason tonight at FivePoint Arena. San Diego wasted no time getting on the scoreboard. Just over five minutes into the action, with the Gulls already on the game’s first power
The Rochester Americans have signed defenseman Dylan Blujus to a one-year American Hockey League contract for the 2020-21 season. Blujus played 35 games with the AHL’s Utica Comets in 2019-20, recording four goals and five assists for nine points. The Buffalo, N.Y., native has spent six seasons in the AHL skating for Utica and Syracuse,
The Lehigh Valley Phantoms have signed goaltenders Zane McIntyre and Eamon McAdam and forwards Ryan Fitzgerald and Tanner MacMaster to AHL contracts for the 2020-21 season. McIntyre made 28 AHL appearances between Utica and Binghamton last season, going 15-10-2 with a 2.80 goals-against average, a .908 save percentage and two shutouts. A Second Team AHL
EDMONTON – Jake Evans could easily have attempted to pass to Paul Byron on their short-handed 2-on-1 midway through the second period on Saturday night, but he didn’t. After evaluating the situation, the 24-year-old centerman elected instead to take full advantage of the open lane in front of him and shoot on Oilers goaltender Mikko
The Calgary Flames have signed forward Brett Ritchie to a one-year, two-way contract. Ritchie collected two goals and four assists in 27 games with the Boston Bruins last season. He also skated in 12 games with the AHL’s Providence Bruins, tallying two goals and two assists. A second-round choice by Dallas in the 2011 NHL
The Edmonton Oilers have claimed goaltender Troy Grosenick off waivers from the Los Angeles Kings. A two-time AHL All-Star, Grosenick had joined the Kings as a free agent on Oct. 10, 2020, after spending the previous two seasons with his hometown Milwaukee Admirals. In 2019-20, he appeared in 33 games and posted a record of
The Ontario Reign have announced that Craig Johnson has been named as an assistant coach. Johnson joins fellow assistant coach Chris Hajt on head coach John Wroblewski’s staff. Johnson, 48, joined the Los Angeles Kings organization in 2018 as a member of the player development staff, with a focus on skating. Johnson’s 14-year playing career
The Tampa Bay Lightning have signed forward Boo Nieves to a one-year, two-way contract. Nieves has split the last four seasons between the New York Rangers and their AHL affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack. In 2019-20, Nieves notched five goals and 22 assists for a career-high 27 points in 43 games with Hartford, while also
The Arizona Coyotes have promoted Tucson Roadrunners head coach Jay Varady to an assistant coaching position with the NHL club. “We are thrilled to add Jay to our coaching staff this season,” said Coyotes general manager Bill Armstrong. “Jay is a talented coach with a great work ethic. He will help take our coaching staff
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that AHLTV streaming subscriptions for the 2020-21 season are now available for purchase. AHLTV features live streaming of every AHL game in high definition on desktop, laptop, tablet and mobile devices at AHLTV.com, as well as on over-the-top (OTT) platforms such as Roku, Apple TV, Amazon
The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Devin Shore to a one-year, two-way contract. Shore, who has been participating in Oilers training camp on a tryout, played 45 games in the NHL between the Anaheim Ducks and the Columbus Blue Jackets last season, recording five goals and seven assists for 12 points. He also made his
Jan 13, 2021 The San Diego Gulls opened their annual Training Camp on Monday, Jan. 11 at Great Park Ice & FivePoint Arena in Irvine, Calif. SanDiegoGulls.com will provide an in-depth look as the team spends the next 25 days preparing for the condensed 2020-21 season. By AJ Manderichio/SanDiegoGulls.com Keegan Lowe chuckled when asked if
The Ottawa Senators have acquired forward Clark Bishop from the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for defenseman Max Lajoie. Bishop, 24, notched six goals and 13 assists for 19 points in 53 games with the AHL’s Charlotte Checkers last season. He added one assist in five NHL games with the Hurricanes. A native of St. John’s,