American Hockey League

The Cleveland Monsters advanced to the North Division finals on Friday night with a 3-1 victory over Belleville in Game 4 of their best-of-five series. Cleveland will face Syracuse in the next round, with Game 1 set for next Thursday. Owen Sillinger, the overtime hero for the Monsters in Game 3, scored his second consecutive

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League’s Player Safety Committee today announced that Milwaukee Admirals forward Reid Schaefer has been suspended for one (1) game as a consequence of a charging incident in a Calder Cup Playoff game vs. Texas on May 8. Schaefer will miss Game 4 of the Central Division semifinals vs. Texas

Watson on Grand Rapid’s first playoff win on home ice in seven years “It was great. The crowd was electric (on May 3). I know I was excited after the win and the goals. It was really loud. I know the guys appreciate it, but that’s sort of what we expect. That’s what we want

Devin Shore and Max McCormick scored back-to-back power-play goals midway through the third period to send Coachella Valley to a 7-5 win over Calgary at Acrisure Arena on Wednesday night. The Firebirds lead the best-of-five Pacific Division semifinal series, two games to one, and will host Game 4 on Friday. With Wranglers leading scorer Adam

The Lehigh Valley Phantoms staved off elimination on Wednesday night with a season-saving 2-0 victory over the Hershey Bears at PPL Center. Hershey still leads the best-of-five series, two games to one, with Game 4 set for Saturday evening in Allentown. Cal Petersen made 22 saves for his first career playoff shutout, and Emil Andrae

The Hershey Bears took a commanding 2-0 series lead with a 5-1 win over the Lehigh Valley Phantoms at Giant Center on Saturday night. The best-of-five Atlantic Division semifinal shifts to Allentown for Game 3 on Wednesday, with the Phantoms looking to stave off elimination. Ethen Frank scored twice within the first 8:18 to give

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Optimism for the next chapter of the Laval Rocket is high, and head coach J.F. Houle wants to be a part of that future. Houle, who concluded his third season behind the Laval bench, expressed interest in returning next season when he met with reporters at the club’s break-up day

Brett Murray cleaned up a rebound with 11:46 gone in overtime to give Rochester a 4-3 win over Syracuse on Saturday night, completing a season-saving rally and sending the teams’ North Division semifinal series to a winner-take-all Game 5. Facing elimination and a three-goal deficit at the start of the third period, the Amerks got

Erik Portillo made 29 saves to backstop Ontario to a 4-0 win over Abbotsford in Game 2 of their Pacific Division semifinal on Sunday afternoon. The Reign lead the best-of-five series, two games to none, heading into Game 3 in British Columbia on Wednesday night. Portillo (4-0) has stopped 103 of 106 shots over his

Devin Shore scored on a wraparound 7:54 into overtime to give Coachella Valley a 4-3 win over Calgary in a back-and-forth Game 2 of their Pacific Division semifinal on Sunday afternoon. The best-of-three series is tied at one game apiece heading back to Palm Desert, where the Firebirds will host Game 3 on Wednesday. Shore’s

The Grand Rapids Griffins punched their ticket to the Central Division Finals on Sunday afternoon with a 4-2 win over the Rockford IceHogs. The Griffins eliminated the IceHogs, three games to one, and now await the winner of the Milwaukee-Texas series. Grand Rapids got a goal and an assist from Austin Czarnik in Game 4,

Remi Poirier made 32 saves as the Texas Stars took a 2-0 series lead over the division champion Milwaukee Admirals with a 4-1 victory in Game 2 of their Central Division semifinal on Saturday. Milwaukee hosts Game 3 on Wednesday needing three straight wins back home to take the best-of-five series. Matej Blümel recorded his

Cole Clayton scored 4:06 into overtime to give Cleveland its first win of the 2024 postseason, a 4-3 decision at Belleville in Game 2 of their North Division semifinal series on Friday night. The best-of-five series now shifts to Cleveland, where the Monsters will host the final three games. Cleveland got the winning goal moments

Coachella Valley stumbled in its first outing of the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs, dropping a 4-1 decision to Calgary in Game 1 of their Pacific Division semifinal series at the Scotiabank Saddledome on Friday night. Game 2 of the best-of-five series is set for Sunday. In action for the first time since closing out their

The Texas Stars spotted Milwaukee a 2-0 lead before scoring six of the game’s final seven goals and taking a 6-3 decision in Game 1 of the teams’ Central Division semifinal series on Thursday night. Game 2 is scheduled for Saturday in Cedar Park. Emilio Pettersen scored twice for the Stars and Matej Blümel broke

Waltteri Merelä scored on a breakaway 10:18 into the second overtime period as the Syracuse Crunch took a 2-1 decision over Rochester in the pivotal Game 3 of their North Division semifinal series on Thursday night. With a 2-1 series lead thanks to back-to-back OT wins, the Crunch can eliminate the Amerks with another victory

The Chicago Wolves and Carolina Hurricanes have agreed to a three-year affiliation agreement that will see the Wolves serve as the top development affiliate of the Hurricanes beginning in 2024-25. As part of the agreement, the Hurricanes will oversee the Wolves’ hockey operations decisions. “We’re excited to reestablish our AHL affiliation with Chicago, and thankful

The Ontario Reign opened their Pacific Division semifinal series with a 3-1 win over Abbotsford at Toyota Arena on Wednesday night. The Reign lead the best-of-five series, one game to none, and will host Game 2 on Sunday. Rookie Erik Portillo made 23 saves for his third consecutive win to open the postseason. T.J. Tynan