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Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer It’s been a long journey just to get this far for Cleveland Monsters goaltender Jet Greaves. It usually is for an undrafted player. First, the Cambridge, Ont., native played two seasons with Barrie of the Ontario Hockey League before his third year was canceled because of the pandemic. He got

The Coachella Valley Firebirds completed a three-game sweep of the Ontario Reign with a 3-2 victory at Toyota Arena on Sunday evening. With the win, the Firebirds advance to the Western Conference Finals for the second year in a row, to face the winner of the Central Division Finals between Milwaukee and Grand Rapids. Kole

Hunter McKown tallied a goal and an assist, Jet Greaves made 17 saves, and Cleveland grabbed a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five North Division Finals with a 4-1 win over Syracuse on Saturday afternoon. The Crunch return home facing elimination in Game 3 on Wednesday. Devante Stephens scored on a power play 8:07 into the

Ivan Miroshnichenko scored two more goals and Hunter Shepard stopped 22 shots as the Hershey Bears followed up their Game 1 romp with a 4-2 win over Hartford in Game 2 of the Atlantic Division Finals at Giant Center on Saturday night. Down two games to none in the best-of-five series, Hartford returns home to

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer The Hartford Wolf Pack will openly admit it. Things got very dicey. It was unpleasant. It forced some difficult conversations. One win in 14 games, including four shutout losses. A 1-10-1-2 slide from Mar. 9 to Apr. 7 threatened to derail what had been a promising season, one which had

Coachella Valley posted its second straight win over Ontario on Friday night, taking a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five Pacific Division Finals with a 5-3 victory at Acrisure Arena. Game 3 is Sunday evening in Ontario. Shane Wright led the way with a goal and two assists and Cale Fleury scored twice in Game 2

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Brandt Clarke has never been one to be afraid to take chances, to push the pace. The test of any full-time NHL defenseman, of course, is to know when to push and when to pull back. Every young blueliner – particularly a top-tier prospect like Clarke – must go through

Justin Pearson scored a shorthanded goal 4:46 into the third period and Jet Greaves made 28 saves for his first playoff shutout as Cleveland edged Syracuse, 1-0, in the opener of the North Division Finals on Thursday night. The best-of-five series resumes Saturday afternoon in Cleveland. Game 1 was scoreless until Pearson, forechecking on a

He was quick to credit a number of individuals in his life, beginning with Vickie Woosley, the team psychologist for the Nashville Predators. Ingram also said the love and support from his parents, fiancée Sarah Mitchell, current goaltending coach Corey Schwab, and former goaltending coach Ben Vanderklok have been instrumental in his journey. He and

Coachella Valley opened the Pacific Division finals by handing Ontario its first loss of the postseason, a 3-2 decision at Acrisure Arena on Wednesday evening. The Firebirds host Game 2 of the best-of-five series on Friday. Max McCormick and Devin Shore, Coachella Valley’s leading scorers with four points each in their division semifinal series win

The Minnesota Wild have named Matt Hendricks general manager of their American Hockey League affiliate, the Iowa Wild. Hendricks succeeds Michael Murray, who along with Mat Sells and Chris Kelleher has been named an assistant GM for the NHL club. Hendricks, 42, is entering his sixth season with the Wild organization, serving as assistant director

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Life for the Coachella Valley Firebirds feels quite familiar these days. It’s the middle of May, and they’re still playing hockey in the southern California desert. They just survived a challenge from the stubborn Calgary Wranglers. Their faithful fans are packing Acrisure Arena. And captain Max McCormick is helping to

Two early goals from rookie Zach L’Heureux held up as Milwaukee extended their Central Division semifinal series to the limit with a 4-1 win over Texas in Game 4 on Friday night. The best-of-five series will be decided on Sunday at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena (6 ET, AHLTV). L’Heureux one-timed home a back-door pass from Juuso

The Buffalo Sabres have promoted Rochester Americans head coach Seth Appert to assistant coach of the National Hockey League club, joining the staff of new Sabres head coach Lindy Ruff. Appert, 49, has served as head coach of the Amerks since the 2020-21 season, compiling a record of 123-94-22-10 and leading the team to three

Zack L’Heureux scored on each of Milwaukee’s first two shots in the opening minute of the game and the Admirals completed their series comeback with a 5-3 victory over Texas in Game 5 of their Central Division semifinal series on Sunday evening. Milwaukee, the 13th team in AHL history to win a best-of-five series after

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer The wounds were still fresh when the Abbotsford Canucks met with reporters after their season-ending loss to the Ontario Reign on Wednesday night. “I don’t think we reached our potential, and that’s what stings right now,” captain Chase Wouters said. The disappointment was evident. The Canucks’ offense, which had averaged

Ivan Miroshnichenko scored his first two playoff goals as a pro to send the Hershey Bears into the Atlantic Division finals with a 5-3 win over Lehigh Valley on Saturday night. The Bears eliminated the Phantoms, three games to one, and will next take on the Hartford Wolf Pack beginning Thursday evening in Hershey. Miroshnichenko’s

The Coachella Valley Firebirds are on to the division finals thanks to a 3-0 win over Calgary in Game 4 of their best-of-five series on Friday night. The Firebirds won three in a row after dropping the series opener, and will now face the Ontario Reign beginning Wednesday. Chris Driedger made 31 saves to earn