American Hockey League

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

The Colorado Eagles will be without a significant piece on their blue line this season. A knee injury sustained in practice with the Eagles last Saturday will cost defenseman Sean Behrens his rookie season, the parent Colorado Avalanche announced. The 21-year-old Behrens came into training camp with an opportunity to build on a stellar 2023-24

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Springfield Thunderbirds president Nathan Costa had a goal coming into October – give his fans some much-welcome news and get the season off to a good start. On Friday, the Thunderbirds and St. Louis Blues announced a long-term extension of their affiliation, shooing away any concerns about the team’s long-term

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … As the National Hockey League opens its 2024-25 season, the American Hockey League is proud to have 594 graduates across the NHL’s 32 opening-day active rosters, making up more than 83 percent of the NHL’s initial player pool to begin its campaign. Many of last year’s notable AHL players have made the

The Syracuse Crunch have signed forward Logan Brown to an American Hockey League contract. Brown, who missed the 2023-24 season due to injury, attended training camp on a tryout with the Tampa Bay Lightning. He spent the previous two seasons with the St. Louis Blues organization. A first-round choice (11th overall) by Ottawa in the

The Milwaukee Admirals have signed forward Isaac Ratcliffe to an American Hockey League contract for the 2024-25 season. Ratcliffe spent last season with the AHL’s Chicago Wolves, recording seven goals and three assists in a career-high 66 appearances. The sixth-year pro returns to Milwaukee after finishing the 2022-23 season with the Admirals. He tallied 16

The Carolina Hurricanes have signed forward Skyler Brind’Amour to a one-year, two-way contract for the 2024-25 season. Brind’Amour made his professional debut with the AHL’s Charlotte Checkers in 2023-24, registering three goals and five assists in 54 appearances. He had been in training camp with the Hurricanes on a tryout. Brind’Amour skated in 145 games

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The Springfield Thunderbirds and St. Louis Blues have announced an extension of their affiliation agreement through the 2030-31 season. The deal further solidifies the long-term future of the American Hockey League in Springfield, one of the league’s charter cities. “We are thrilled to continue our richly rewarding long-term partnership with the St.

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Michael Mersch went home this summer to suburban Chicago with some hard thinking ahead of him. He had wrapped up another pro season. Certainly he could still play. Nobody doubted that, not after he supplied 38 points (15 goals, 23 assists) in 66 games for the Rochester Americans. A classic