Kurtis Gabriel has an internal policy. He won’t ever advise anyone to come out of the closet. That decision, he says, is always going to be their own. But what Gabriel has done, a number of times now through Instagram, is provide a sounding board for people who are struggling with the ramifications of telling
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The Toronto Marlies have re-signed forward Hudson Elynuik to a one-year AHL contract. Elynuik, 22, recorded five goals and eight assists in 53 games with the Marlies in 2019-20, his first full season in the AHL. He scored twice, including his first career game-winner, in Toronto’s 5-2 victory over Syracuse on Mar. 6. A third-round
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … As part of the month-long 2020 AHL Team Business Spring Series, the American Hockey League today announced the winners of several awards recognizing the business successes of team staffs in the past year. The 2020 AHL Team Business Spring Series, running May 19 through June 19, is a program of online presentations
The Winnipeg Jets have signed forward Kristian Reichel to a two-year, entry-level contract. Reichel, 22, spent the last two seasons playing on an AHL contract with the Manitoba Moose. In 2019-20, he collected 12 goals and five assists for 17 points in 39 games. A native of Litvinov, Czech Republic, Reichel has totaled 14 goals
The Buffalo Sabres announced today that Rochester Americans general manager Randy Sexton, head coach Chris Taylor and assistant coaches Gord Dineen and Toby Petersen have all been relieved of their duties. Sexton had joined the Sabres organization as assistant general manager and GM of the Amerks on June 26, 2017. Taylor was hired as Rochester’s head coach four
The Calgary Flames have re-signed goaltender Artyom Zagidulin to a one-year, two-way contract. Zagidulin, 24, completed his first North American season in 2019-20, appearing in 30 games for the AHL’s Stockton Heat. He went 16-7-4 with a 3.07 goals-against average, an .898 save percentage and two shutouts. A native of Magnitogorsk, Russia, Zagidulin won his
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today the formation of a Return to Play task force, established for the purpose of providing expert leadership and strategic direction to the AHL in planning for the league’s return to play in the 2020-21 season. The members of the Return to Play task force have exhibited
By: Manitoba Moose Staff | Published: June 11th 2020 [embedded content] As part of the Manitoba Moose 2019-20 Player Awards Show, the Moose revealed the club’s 20th Season All-Time Team. The squad features three forwards, two defencemen and a goaltender. Forward – Jason Jaffray Jason Jaffray recorded 96 goals and 235 points in 269 games
The Vegas Golden Knights have re-signed goaltender Oscar Dansk to a one-year contract extension. Dansk, 26, was 18-12-4 in 35 appearances for the AHL’s Chicago Wolves in 2019-20, posting a 2.57 goals-against average, a .908 save percentage and three shutouts. He also appeared in one NHL contest with Vegas. Dansk, who helped Chicago reach the
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. … Dave Andrews (Longmeadow, Mass.), longtime president and chief executive officer of the American Hockey League, has been named the recipient of USA Hockey’s 2020 Distinguished Achievement Award it was announced today. Created in 1991, the award is presented annually to a United States citizen who has made hockey his or her
It was five years ago — the summer of 2015 — when Cooper Marody’s father, Patrick, came home with a guitar. “He was playing simple chords,” Marody said by phone Wednesday. “The next day, I went to a small shop in Sheboygan, Wisc., and picked up a cheap guitar of my own. It went from
The Manitoba Moose announced today that defenseman and team captain Peter Stoykewych is retiring from professional hockey following five seasons with the Moose. Stoykewych, a 27-year-old Winnipeg native, played all 267 of his professional games in the Winnipeg Jets organization with the Moose and the St. John’s IceCaps. Stoykewych totaled 19 goals and 53 assists for
The most stunning part of being on the ice when a team is celebrating a Stanley Cup is the discovery. To be there three times and witness the same during each party makes it no less emotional for those with a vested interest.
The road to the NHL for a goalie is hardly hearts and flowers. OK, for Carter Hart it has been. The 21-year-old Sherwood Park goaltender was a second-round pick of Philadelphia in 2016, went back to his WHL team in Everett for two seasons where he stood on his head, played just 18 AHL games
The question is hard for Kenny Agostino to answer. Why did he not get called up to the Toronto Maple Leafs this season? Agostino has played left wing at the pro level for six-plus seasons now, and the Leafs’ left side sustained long-term injuries to both Andreas Johnsson and Ilya Mikheyev. Fellow Toronto Marlie Pontus
The beginning of Mike Eaves story as head coach of the Cleveland Monsters doesn’t begin with the 2019-20 season. It begins in the summer of 2016. Eaves had just been relieved of his duty as head coach for the University of Wisconsin’s Men’s hockey team when, at the time, Assistant General Manager of the Columbus
Every draft produces selections and storylines that, given time, become generational talking points or fade from view. Our writers are throwing it back a decade to tell some tales about the classes of 2010. The series begins with the NHL. It’s invitingly easy to contrast Dalton Smith’s NHL career, all 86 seconds of it, with
Former Greyhounds star Zach Senyshyn is seeking a regular spot with the NHL’s Boston Bruins. Provided jpg, SM Mention the name Zach Senyshyn to a Soo Greyhounds fan, and the image of a bona-fide speedster going wide and beating a defender to the net is sure to appear. But the offence-first sniper, who scored 87