American Hockey League

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

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer The first day of truly warm springtime weather arrived in Hershey, Pennsylvania, this week. Sunny, clear skies above, Chocolatetown’s greenery is in full bloom, and the Hershey Bears are preparing to pursue another Calder Cup. First up is an old rival, the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Game 1 of the teams’

The Belleville Senators had never won a Calder Cup Playoff series. They had also never won a Calder Cup Playoff overtime game. Thanks to Garrett Pilon, they have now done both. Pilon buried a rebound past Dennis Hildeby 2:14 into OT on Sunday afternoon to give the Senators a 4-3 win over the Toronto Marlies

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer The Belleville Senators continue to tick off items on the franchise to-do list. Last Wednesday brought the team’s first-ever Calder Cup Playoff victory, a 3-1 win over Toronto in Game 1 of their first-round North Division clash. Now after a nail-biting Sunday afternoon at CAA Arena, the B-Sens have their

Gabriel Fortier deflected home a shot with 10:56 gone in overtime to give the Syracuse Crunch a 4-3 win over Rochester in Game 2 of their North Division semifinal series on Sunday afternoon. Fortier got a piece of Declan Carlile’s point shot off an offensive faceoff win to pick up his first career Calder Cup

Dylan Garand made 38 saves to lift the Hartford Wolf Pack into the division semifinals with a 3-1 win over the Charlotte Checkers on Sunday afternoon. The Wolf Pack, who were winless in five tries at Bojangles Coliseum this season after their Game 1 loss on Wednesday, grabbed back-to-back victories to set up a meeting

Chase Wouters scored 8:46 into overtime as the Abbotsford Canucks defeated the Colorado Eagles on Sunday, 2-1, in the winner-take-all Game 3 of their first-round playoff series. It was the Canucks’ first-ever playoff OT win (1-4), and the Eagles’ first-ever playoff OT loss (6-1). Abbotsford will take on Ontario in the Pacific Division semifinals. Game

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer The North Division champion Cleveland Monsters have been out of game action for a week. Meanwhile, the Belleville Senators and Toronto Marlies have been waging a best-of-three first-round playoff series. Today, one of those clubs will earn the right to face the Monsters in the division semifinals. Game 3 at

Tyler Madden scored with 3:06 left in regulation, breaking a 1-1 tie and propelling the Ontario Reign to a series-clinching 3-1 victory over the host Bakersfield Condors on Saturday night. The Reign will face the winner of Sunday’s Colorado-Abbotsford decisive Game 3 in the Pacific Division semifinals. Madden, who scored twice in Game 1 on

Chris Wagner deflected home a Brad Hunt shot 3:06 into overtime on Friday night as the Colorado Eagles staved off elimination with a 5-4 victory over the Abbotsford Canucks at Blue Arena. With the teams’ Pacific Division first-round series tied at a game apiece, the deciding Game 3 will take place on Sunday afternoon in

The Calgary Wranglers completed a two-game sweep of their first-round playoff series with a 4-3 victory over Tucson on Friday night. After finishing seventh in the Pacific Division during the regular season, the Wranglers have advanced to meet Coachella Valley in the next round. It will be a rematch of the teams’ division final clash