American Hockey League

The San Diego Gulls have signed center Ryan Carpenter and defenseman Roland McKeown to two-year American Hockey League contracts, as well as defensemen Dillon Heatherington and Anthony Costantini to one-year contracts. Carpenter joins the Gulls after skating in 62 games with the NHL’s San Jose Sharks in 2023-24, notching five goals and seven assists. He

The Laval Rocket have agreed to terms on one-year American Hockey League contracts with forwards Vincent Arseneau and Laurent Dauphin; defensemen Josh Jacobs, Vincent Sévigny and Tyler Wotherspoon; and goaltender Hunter Jones. Arseneau appeared in 44 games for the Providence Bruins in 2023-24, collecting six goals and three assists. The Quebec native has skated in

The Calgary Flames have signed forward Martin Frk to a one-year, two-way contract. Frk returns to North America after playing in Switzerland in 2023-24, combining for seven goals and nine assists in 33 games with Bern SC and SC Rapperswil-Jona. Frk is a five-time 20-goal scorer in the AHL, including a 40-goal effort with Ontario

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Here is a look at some of the familiar names around the AHL who may be available as free agency begins in the National Hockey League and American Hockey League today: GOALTENDERSCoachella Valley’s Chris Driedger had a strong bounce-back performance in 2023-24 following knee surgery that sidelined him for much

The Tampa Bay Lightning acquired forward Conor Geekie along with defenseman J.J. Moser, a seventh-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft and a second-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft from the Utah Hockey Club in exchange for defenseman Mikhail Sergachev. Geekie, 20, made his pro debut with the AHL’s Tucson Roadrunners in 2023-24, appearing

2,946 pictures.  Between home games and creative content for the Vegas Golden Knights and Henderson Silver Knights, that’s an average week for photographer Zak Krill. Krill serves as the main – and usually sole – photographer for all HSK home games, as well as part of the VGK photography team at The Fortress.  So, how

The Dallas Stars have acquired forward restricted free-agent forward Max Ellis, along with a seventh-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, from the Toronto Maple Leafs in exchange for the rights to defenseman Chris Tanev. Ellis, 24, recorded four goals and 10 assists for 14 points in 36 games with the AHL’s Toronto Marlies in

Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets won the Vezina Trophy as the National Hockey League’s outstanding goaltender for the 2023-24 season, one of several honors garnered by American Hockey League alumni at Thursday’s NHL Awards ceremony in Las Vegas. It was the second career Vezina Trophy win for Hellebuyck, who spent his first two pro

Thirty-two National Hockey League teams are preparing to take part in this weekend’s 2024 NHL Draft, and their top affiliates are ready and waiting for the next wave of young American Hockey League stars to begin their professional careers. In 2023-24, a total of 251 former first- and second-round draft picks played in the American

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer The Hershey Bears wore a target all season. They felt it both mentally and physically. Not only were they the defending Calder Cup champion, they also proceeded to assemble one of the finest seasons in AHL history, finishing with the second-best regular-season record ever and winning 53 wins, the most

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League honored Megan Cahill, vice president of communications and digital media for the Syracuse Crunch, and Bo Molina, ticket sales manager for the Texas Stars, with league awards at the 2024 AHL Team Business Meetings in Rosemont, Ill., today. Cahill has been named the winner of the league’s Ken

The New York Rangers have named Grant Potulny the new head coach of their American Hockey League affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack. Potulny, 44, joins the Rangers organization after spending seven seasons as the head coach of the men’s hockey team at Northern Michigan University. The Huskies reached the WCHA/CCHA championship game in 2018, 2021

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Dan Bylsma sighed heavily before speaking, fighting to make it through his post-game press conference. “It hurts a ton,” Bylsma said after Monday’s overtime loss to Hershey in Game 6 ended the Coachella Valley Firebirds’ season just short of a Calder Cup championship for the second year in a row.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League is holding the 2024 AHL Team Business Meetings presented by Victory Live this week, with more than 300 representatives from the league and its member clubs gathering at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Chicago in Rosemont, Ill. Front-office personnel from throughout the American Hockey League are gathering to discuss

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Matt Strome was with the Hershey Bears last season, a fill-in player who appeared in 34 regular-season games and none in the Calder Cup Playoffs. This year, he was a scratch for the team’s first nine games, not making his season debut until Nov. 3. He was in and out

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Kole Lind passed along a quick story following Game 5 of the Calder Cup Finals on Saturday night. A 3-2 loss at Acrisure Arena had put Lind and the Coachella Valley Firebirds on the brink of elimination for the first time this postseason. The Firebirds must win two games in

HERSHEY, Pa. (theahl.com) … For the second year in a row and the 13th time in their storied franchise history, the Hershey Bears are Calder Cup champions. The Bears completed their repeat performance with a 5-4 overtime victory over the Coachella Valley Firebirds tonight at Giant Center, winning the 2024 Calder Cup Finals series four

The San Jose Sharks have acquired forward Egor Afanasyev from the Nashville Predators in exchange for forward Ozzy Wiesblatt. Afanasyev, 23, led the AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals with of the American Hockey League (AHL) with 27 goals and 54 points in 56 games during the 2023-24 regular season. He added five goals and four assists in