It is with great sorrow that we report that Griffins video coach Bill LeRoy passed away earlier today in Winnipeg, Manitoba, where the team is preparing to play this weekend. Bill has been a valued member of the Griffins’ coaching staff since 2001 and a key contributor to the team’s success on the ice for
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by Matt Tidcombe | AHL On The Beat When you get the call for the first time, it doesn’t matter what hour it is, someone is getting a call immediately after. For Belleville Senators forward J.C. Beaudin, that call went to his dad after he received news that he had been called up to the
The New Jersey Devils have acquired goaltender Louis Domingue from the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for a conditional seventh-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft. Domingue has been assigned to the AHL’s Binghamton Devils. The 27-year-old Domingue has appeared in four games with the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch this season, posting a record of 2-1-1
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League is proud to be joining the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players’ Association for their Hockey Fights Cancer™ initiative, which begins today. The campaign, which has been uniting the hockey community in support of people with cancer and their families since 1998, will feature special
Sam Lafferty is an NHL player. That notion has been verified through a 10-game apprenticeship in which he has scored six points. But will he remain in the NHL? That is up for debate. With Evgeni Malkin on the verge of returning from injury, the Penguins will have to decide which of the 12 forwards
by Jason Karnosky | AHL On The Beat Yakov Trenin is off to a blazing start with the Milwaukee Admirals. One of the Nashville Predators’ top draft prospects developing in the American Hockey League, Trenin made headlines by racing out of the gates with five points in his first three games this season. “(Yakov) is
NASHVILLE — You couldn’t blame the guy if he figured he had it made. Alan Quine had just lived his childhood dream, logging his first appearance at the NHL level. In a blink, the rookie forward found himself skating on the New York Islanders’ top line … alongside a bonafide superstar and in the glare
The Rangers aren’t viewing this like a temporary stopgap. They hope that Filip Chytil makes it impossible for them to send him down again. Because when the club called up the 20-year-old center from AHL Hartford on Monday night, it was just as much an earned promotion as it was to help fill the huge
And it has been a long time since the 22-year-old defenceman, selected in the first-round (26th overall), by the Canadiens in 2015, has been able to state he’s healthy. When Noah Juulsen says he’s feeling good — invariably the first words that come out of his mouth with everyone he greets — he means it.
by Matt Trust | AHL On The Beat “We started carrying furniture together, and hopefully at the end we get to carry a Stanley Cup together.” In one sentence, the mission has been set by Hershey Bears defenseman Alex Alexeyev. In one sentence, perhaps the development off the ice for professional hockey players is poetically
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that San Antonio Rampage forward Nathan Walker has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending October 27, 2019. Walker notched three goals and three assists for six points in San Antonio’s two-game weekend visit to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. On Friday night, Walker
Leo Roth Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Published 9:09 AM EDT Oct 25, 2019 When Debbie Bardreau-Wood got the call while working out at the gym last Saturday, she really began to sweat. It was her son, Cole, a professional hockey player with a long history of injuries, setbacks and disappointments. “His picture comes up on my
by Jacob Born | AHL On The Beat Every hockey team is a family. For more than half of a calendar year, a hockey team spends nearly every day together. From workouts to games to travel, teammates see more of each other than they do their own families. When a player makes it to juniors,
The Florida Panthers have acquired forward Jack Rodewald from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for the rights to forward Chris Wilkie. Rodewald has been assigned to the Panthers’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds. Rodewald, 25, is scoreless in six games with the AHL’s Belleville Senators so far this season. He set career highs
Over the past five years, Kasimir Kaskisuo has often been left out of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ long-term goaltending conversation. He had a couple of impressive results early on in his pro career, but never did enough to earn a full-time role with the Toronto Marlies until last season. Even then, while he played 30
ROCHESTER – Sometimes Matt Moulson hears the words and tears fill his eyes. When the former Buffalo Sabres winger left his home in Connecticut last month to begin his 14th, and possibly final pro season, his wife and two children stayed home. After spending nearly two seasons living in Ontario, Calif., a city about 45
by Sam Fryman and Alan Fuehring | AHL On The Beat Simon Holmstrom takes the ice at Webster Bank Arena with the type of confidence that betrays his actual age. He’s only 18 -– and holds the distinction of being the youngest player to ever suit up for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers -– but he doesn’t
After missing 16 months of competitive hockey due to a pain-staking concussion recovery, no one expected Conor Timmins to play in the NHL straight out of his first training camp. It was believed he’d need some development time in the AHL to make up for those long months of lost time. That was the plan