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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

Will Lockwood scored a shorthanded goal with 3:14 to go in regulation, breaking a tie and lifting the Charlotte Checkers to a 3-1 win over the Hartford Wolf Pack in Game 1 of their Atlantic Division first-round series on Thursday night. The best-of-three series continues Saturday afternoon in Charlotte. On the winning goal, Skyler Brind’Amour

Remi Poirier made 41 saves to backstop the Texas Stars to a 2-0 win over the Manitoba Moose at H-E-B Center on Thursday night, good for a sweep of the teams’ best-of-three first-round playoff series. The Stars advance to face the Milwaukee Admirals in the Central Division semifinals beginning next Thursday night. Fredrik Karlström scored

Tyler Madden scored twice, Erik Portillo made 30 saves and the Ontario Reign took a decisive 5-1 victory over the Bakersfield Condors in Game 1 of their best-of-three series at Toyota Arena on Wednesday evening. The Condors host Game 2 on Saturday looking to keep their season alive. The Reign scored four times in the

Dustin Wolf made 46 saves for his fifth career Calder Cup Playoff shutout, preserving the Calgary Wranglers’ 2-0 win over the Tucson Roadrunners in Game 1 of their Pacific Division first-round series. Game 2 of the best-of-three match-up is Friday evening in Tucson. Wolf, who spent much of the second half of the regular season

The playoffs can feel like a marathon. But the first round of the chase for the Calder Cup is a sprint. The Wranglers start their post-season campaign Wednesday night, road warriors in a best-of-three affair against the Tucson Roadrunners. Every minute of the series will be played amid the backdrop of Arizona sunsets and cacti;

Mavrik Bourque notched two goals and two assists to lead the Texas Stars to a 6-3 win over the Manitoba Moose in the opening game of the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs on Tuesday evening. The Stars lead the best-of-three series, one game to none, heading into Game 2 on Thursday. Bourque, who won the AHL

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Cleveland Monsters goaltender Jet Greaves has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending April 21, 2024. Starting three road games in a 48-hour span over the weekend, Greaves turned back 97 of 103 shots (3-0-0, 1.97, .942) and

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Todd Nelson of the Hershey Bears is the winner of the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award as the AHL’s outstanding coach for the 2023-24 season. The award is voted on by fellow coaches and members of the media in each of the league’s 32 cities. A