The San Jose Sharks announced tonight that San Jose Barracuda head coach Roy Sommer is joining the Sharks’ staff as associate coach, joining assistant coach Mike Ricci and goaltending coach Evgeni Nabokov under new interim head coach Bob Boughner. Sommer, 62, was in his 22nd season coaching in the AHL, a tenure spent entirely in
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … American Hockey League President and Chief Executive Officer David Andrews announced today that Los Angeles Kings alumni and former AHL All-Stars Robb Stauber and Derek Armstrong have been selected to serve as the honorary captains for the 2020 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Ontario International Airport, to be held January 26-27 in
AHL On The Beat Au Coeur du Rocket is a new documentary web series that will take sports fans on a journey through the life of the Montreal Canadiens’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Laval Rocket. Through interviews and behind-the-scenes footage, the Rocket will bring you where all sports fans have dreamed of going. Hockey
Deep in all of the storylines about the Calgary Flames over the last few weeks, you’ll find Dillon Dube. He’s flown under the radar ever since the 21-year-old forward was recalled from the American Hockey League three weeks ago after Sam Bennett was injured and the team was in need of an extra body up
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Texas Stars forward Jason Robertson has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending December 8, 2019. Robertson scored three goals and totaled five points in three games last week for Texas, which improved to 6-0-1-0 in its last seven
Dec 7, 2019 by Kevin McGlue / ColoradoEagles.com Depth. The highly coveted asset of every organization in the NHL. The difference between wins and losses, championships and missed opportunities. Not every organization is forced to show what they have in the first 60 days of the season, but for the Colorado Avalanche and Colorado Eagles,
In a continuing look at the crop of new prospects coming into focus in the American Hockey League, the attention turns to forwards. Mastering the ups and downs that come with the transition to the top developmental league in the world is a must for those who hope to find success at this level and,
MONTREAL — Cayden Primeau wasn’t perfect. But no one expected the 20-year-old to be perfect in his NHL debut — against the third-highest scoring team in the league, behind a Montreal Canadiens team that had lost eight of its past nine and in front of 21,302 fans who packed the Bell Centre. This was going
AHL On The Beat The San Antonio Rampage have worked with the Rotary Club of San Antonio to become the presenting sponsors of the Rotary Ice Rink at Travis Park, the first ever outdoor skating rink in downtown San Antonio. To celebrate the efforts of the Rotary Club and the opening of the rink, the
The Springfield Thunderbirds have acquired defenseman Rob O’Gara from the San Antonio Rampage in exchange for future considerations. O’Gara has appeared in five games for San Antonio this season, his fourth pro campaign. The Massapequa, N.Y., native appeared in 47 AHL games last season and served as an alternate captain for the Hartford Wolf Pack, collecting
The Grand Rapids Griffins on Friday signed forward Eric Tangradi to a one-year contract. Tangradi began the 2019-20 season with Astana Barys of the Kontinental Hockey League, appearing in 22 games. Tangradi, an AHL All-Star in 2011, has appeared in 467 career AHL games over nine seasons between 2009 and 2019, totaling 160 goals and
TORONTO — Pontus Aberg’s three-year-old daughter Molly has been asking him to take her skating ever since the snow started flying. So when his call back to the NHL first rang through on Thursday night he didn’t hear the phone going in his pocket. A second attempt from Laurence Gilman, the Toronto Maple Leafs assistant
GRAND RAPIDS – A move down to the Grand Rapids Griffins, whether temporary or not, did not come as a surprise to Taro Hirose. Self-evaluation told him that. “I think when you’re not playing and not playing well, as I don’t think I was, there’s always the reality that you can get sent down,” he
by Ryan Smith | AHL On The Beat Second-year Springfield Thunderbirds defenseman Riley Stillman – son of two-time Stanley Cup champion and 17-year-pro forward Cory Stillman – is not the first son of a pro hockey player to follow in his dad’s footsteps, nor will he be the last. Like others, he has had his jersey number
by Stephen Meserve | AHL On The Beat Every spring, the NHL becomes frenzied with the anticipation of some team signing the next big college or major junior free agent who went undrafted but has caught fire and is ready to make an impact in the show. The draft is a huge source of talent for the NHL
The 2018-19 season was a special one for the Checkers, with the team tearing through the AHL to capture its first Calder Cup. That monumental season is now forever commemorated in the form of championship rings. “I wanted to everybody to have something for the rest of their lives to commemorate this achievement because it
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Brad Marchand of the Boston Bruins has been selected as the Ephesus/AHL Graduate of the Month for November. Marchand recorded 11 goals and 11 assists for 22 points in 14 games for Boston last month, helping the Bruins (19-3-5) move atop the National Hockey League