American Hockey League

The Hershey Bears have secured the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy as the AHL’s overall regular-season champions for the 2023-24 season. Hershey has won the Kilpatrick Trophy four times since becoming the top development affiliate of the Washington Capitals in 2005, and has finished first overall in the AHL nine times since joining the league in 1938.

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer It has been a trying road for the Hartford Wolf Pack lately, but they have a chance to hit a high note tonight. The Wolf Pack have just one win in their last 14 games (1-10-1-2) heading into a home date with the Springfield Thunderbirds this evening. But a regulation

The Cleveland Monsters clinched a berth in the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs on Thursday night by virtue of their 6-4 win over the Laval Rocket. The Monsters are heading to the postseason for the first time since 2019. It will be the fourth playoff appearance for the franchise, which won the Calder Cup in 2016.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today the individual team winners of the IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year awards, selected by their respective clubs for their outstanding contributions to the local community and charitable organizations during the 2023-24 season. From this list of finalists, representatives from IOA/American Specialty and the AHL will

He’s happy to be back. And Ilya Solovyov is in the right frame of mind to make an impact with the Flames. Solovyov was on the ice at practice Monday after being recalled from the AHL’s Calgary Wranglers, and after spending the weekend in Bakersfield, he’s headed right back to California for a three-game trip

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League’s Player Safety Committee today announced that Grand Rapids Griffins forward Taro Hirose has been suspended for two (2) games as a consequence of a slashing incident in a game at Rockford on Apr. 6. Hirose will miss Grand Rapids’ games Friday (Apr. 12) vs. Rockford and Saturday (Apr.

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Some nights it all looks just right, nights like March 26 when the Providence Bruins visited league-leading Hershey and assembled a 4-1 masterpiece of a win. The Bruins went ahead 1-0 in the first period, held on through a Hershey pushback, and then pulled away with three second-period goals. When

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Bakersfield Condors forward Seth Griffith has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending April 7, 2024. Griffith tallied two goals and five assists for seven points in three games last week as Bakersfield secured a berth in the

The Texas Stars clinched a berth in the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs on Sunday afternoon thanks to the Chicago Wolves’ 3-2 overtime loss at Manitoba. The Stars will be making the 10th trip to the postseason in franchise history. They have reached the Calder Cup Finals three times, winning the championship in 2014. Texas will

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer The math hardly looked too favorable a month ago. But fighting for a North Division title is right where the Rochester Americans expected to be. Rochester is a team, after all, that went to the Eastern Conference Finals last season, and had returned enough of that talent to be considered

The Syracuse Crunch are the first team from the North Division to clinch a berth in the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs. The Crunch secured their postseason spot thanks to the Utica Comets’ 5-1 loss at Toronto on Saturday afternoon. They will play in the Calder Cup Playoffs for the sixth consecutive tournament, and the eighth

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer A potential Calder Cup Playoff match-up will be on display tonight when the Grand Rapids Griffins host the Rockford IceHogs. The Griffins will take an 18-game home points streak (13-0-3-2) into the game, a run that has helped them climb to second place in the Central Division. It is the

The Charlotte Checkers and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have secured spots in the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs. Both teams clinched a playoff berth thanks to the Springfield Thunderbirds’ 3-0 loss to the Belleville Senators on Friday evening. The Checkers are in the Calder Cup field for the sixth consecutive postseason, including three years in a row as

The Abbotsford Canucks clinched a berth in the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs on Tuesday night with a 4-3 win over the Manitoba Moose. The Canucks are heading to the postseason for the third year in a row since joining the AHL in 2021-22. They lost to Calgary in the division semifinals last spring. Abbotsford will

by Nick Nollenberger | AHL On The Beat Jack Thompson didn’t give much thought to the NHL trade deadline this year. And why would he? After all, the defenseman was in the midst of a stellar sophomore season with the Syracuse Crunch, AHL affiliate of the Tampa Bay Lightning, already setting career highs in points

The Bakersfield Condors clinched a berth in the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs on Wednesday night with a 4-1 win over the Tucson Roadrunners. The Condors have qualified for each of the last four Calder Cup postseasons after missing out in each of their first three years as members of the AHL. Bakersfield is the seventh

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer The Lehigh Valley Phantoms’ goaltending picture has gotten a late-season makeover, thanks to the work of Philadelphia Flyers general manager Daniel Briere and his front office. After a series of moves, Felix Sandstrom is back in Lehigh Valley, manning the crease with Cal Petersen. And highly regarded prospect Alexei Kolosov

by Alex Thomas | AHL On The Beat On the morning of July 2, 2023, Mac Hollowell officially made the move. After parts of five seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs organization, Hollowell agreed to a one-year contract with the New York Rangers as an unrestricted free agent. The skilled defenseman from Niagara Falls, Ont.,