The Florida Panthers have acquired forward Aleksi Saarela from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for defenseman Ian McCoshen. Saarela, 22, has one assist in five games with the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs this season. Last year, Saarela scored a team-leading 30 goals and added 24 assists for 54 points in 69 regular-season games with the Charlotte
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The American Hockey League’s development model extends beyond players. Twenty-three of the NHL’s 31 teams have a coach on staff who spent time in the AHL. Anaheim Ducks coach Dallas Eakins rejoined that group after four seasons with San Diego, the team’s AHL affiliate. Coaches for each of the past four Stanley Cup champion teams
by Scott MacDonald | AHL On The Beat Erik Condra is no stranger to being a leader in the locker room. A veteran of over 350 games in the NHL and nearly 300 more in the American Hockey League, Condra has been doing it for quite some time now. It’s one of the reasons he
The Charlotte Checkers have signed veteran forward Jamie McGinn to a professional tryout contract. McGinn, 31, has skated in 617 National Hockey League games over an 11-year pro career with San Jose, Colorado, Buffalo, Anaheim, Arizona and Florida, recording 117 goals and 103 assists for 220 points. McGinn has also skated in 120 games in
“I don’t think Charles is far, but he has work to do,” Laval head coach Joël Bouchard says. “That’s why he’s here with us.” After the season of his discontent, Charles Hudon understandably doesn’t want to dwell on the past and is seeking a fresh start. Whether that chapter will unfold with the Canadiens organization
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Utica Comets forward Nikolay Goldobin has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending October 20, 2019. Goldobin totaled seven assists, eight points and a plus-7 rating in three games last week as the Comets remained unbeaten for the season.
The Texas Stars honored the face of their franchise on Saturday night as Travis Morin‘s number 23 was raised to the rafters at H-E-B Center in Cedar Park. Morin announced his retirement on July 31 after 12 professional seasons, including 10 with the Stars. He joined the organization before Texas’s inaugural season in 2009 and
Top selections from several different NHL Drafts populate the rosters of American Hockey League teams, but the talent runs much deeper than those blue-chip prospects. Here is a look at five AHL affiliates of NHL Western Conference teams that have deep prospect pools: Chicago (Vegas Golden Knights) For an NHL team with three draft classes,
by Suzie Cool | AHL On The Beat One look across the ice and there they are. It’s a familiar face you’ve seen time and time again and you know almost everything about them. From their favorite food to their most embarrassing moments, you know this human all too well and now they’re standing on
Jeremy Colliton runs intense practices. Heavy breathing and sweat-dripping brows are common sights in the Blackhawks’ locker room. But for new Hawks defenseman Calvin de Haan, who played alongside Colliton in the AHL eight years ago, many of the strenuous parts seem oddly familiar. “It’s funny because there’s a couple drills that we’ve done throughout
Rockford, Il. – When Kirby Dach envisioned himself making his professional debut, he had no idea it would be as a member of the Rockford IceHogs. Still, his first stride onto the ice at the BMO Harris Bank Center on Oct. 12 brought goosebumps all the same. “I was only in Rockford three or four
ROCHESTER – Forget about Rasmus Asplund’s late-season scoring binge or that he centered one of the American Hockey League’s top lines as a rookie. Asplund’s maturity has impressed Americans general manager Randy Sexton more than anything else. “He’s still very young but he’s extremely mature,” Sexton said of the Sabres prospect. “He’s very focused, he’s
The 6-foot-6, 231-pound forward is eager to show Canadiens brass he deserves a promotion after surgery on his left shoulder in February. It’s been six years — going on a lifetime — since the Canadiens made Michael McCarron a first-round draft choice. And the 6-foot-6, 231-pound forward has been supplanted by other forwards in the
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League and NHL Network today announced a schedule of 20 live AHL broadcasts on NHL Network during the 2019-20 season, marking the most live AHL regular-season game telecasts ever in a single season on NHL Network. NHL Network’s coverage of the American Hockey League begins on Sunday, Oct. 20,
BELLEVILLE — Logan Brown stayed on the ice Wednesday morning at the CAA Arena to do a little extra work at the end of the Belleville Senators’ skate. Someday soon, the 21-year-old centre, one of the top prospects in the organization’s rebuild to get back to respectability, is hopeful the hard work will pay off.
Brennan played in 700th pro game on October 11 in a place he truly loves By: Mike Ianniello For any kid growing up as a die-hard Flyers fan in Moorestown, New Jersey, playing one game of professional hockey might seem like an impossible dream. For T.J. Brennan, he is living just that, his dream. Last Friday
by Nicholas Niedzielski | AHL On The Beat Chase Priskie’s career at Quinnipiac University was full of highlights, from conference All-Star selections to NCAA tournament berths to a Hobey Baker nomination. When those four years came to an end, though, a big decision loomed. The blueliner’s rights belonged to Washington, who selected him late in
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Hershey Bears forward Travis Boyd has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending October 13, 2019. Boyd recorded back-to-back three-point efforts over the weekend, scoring four goals and assisting on two others in a pair of Hershey victories. Assigned