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Brett McLean has been named the new head coach of the Iowa Wild. McLean, 44, spent the last three seasons as an assistant with the NHL’s Minnesota Wild, helping the club to three consecutive Stanley Cup Playoff berths. Prior to that, he served three seasons as an assistant in Iowa (2017-20), including the team’s first-ever

📝 by Patrick Williams The Calder Cup Playoffs keep chugging along, but work for the 2023-24 season is well underway at AHL headquarters. Much of the heavy lifting is done by Melissa Caruso, the AHL’s vice president of hockey operations/governance. Caruso has worked her way from intern to a full-time role in 2009, fresh out

Down two with 10 minutes to go, the Hershey Bears stormed back to take a commanding 3-1 series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals with a 4-2 victory in Rochester on Monday evening. The Bears are one victory away from advancing to the Calder Cup Finals, and will host Game 5 of the best-of-seven series

Joakim Kemell scored the go-ahead goal late in the second period and Devin Cooley made 28 saves in his first appearance this postseason, helping Milwaukee to a 3-1 win over Coachella Valley in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena on Monday evening. The Firebirds still hold a 2-1 lead in

Hunter Shepard made 31 saves and the Hershey Bears took back home-ice advantage in the Eastern Conference Finals with a 4-2 win over the Rochester Americans in Game 3 on Saturday night. The Bears will take a 2-1 series lead into Game 4 on Monday evening. Logan Day and Sam Anas notched a goal and

Coachella Valley opened up a 2-0 series lead in the Western Conference Finals with a 5-3 win over Milwaukee in front of 10,087 fans at a sold-out Acrisure Arena on Saturday night. The teams head to Milwaukee for Game 3 of the best-of-seven series on Monday evening. The Firebirds are up two games to none

📝 by Patrick Williams The Hershey Bears had been warned coming into the Eastern Conference Finals. Be fully aware of the Rochester Americans’ speed and ability to create excellent scoring chances seemingly out of nothing. Even a 5-1 defeat in Game 1 did not seem to completely drive home that point, at least not right

A pair of goals late in the second period propelled the Hershey Bears to a 2-0 victory over the Rochester Americans in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Thursday night at Giant Center. With the best-of-seven series even at a game apiece, the teams head north to Rochester for Game 3 on Saturday.

📝 by Patrick Williams The Nashville Predators made it a priority to supply the Milwaukee Admirals with everything needed for a long Calder Cup Playoff run. With the Predators missing out on the Stanley Cup Playoffs, they restocked their roster in Milwaukee with several Admirals players who had been helping Nashville make a late push

Max McCormick notched a third-period hat trick as the Coachella Valley Firebirds pulled away for a 6-4 victory over the Milwaukee Admirals in Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals at Acrisure Arena on Thursday night. Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is set for Saturday evening. The Admirals were holding a 3-2 lead when

📝 by Patrick Williams Brad Hunt was not ready to call it a season. Neither was T.J. Tynan. The two captains are among a deep group of AHL names past and present in roles as players, coaches and management at the men’s IIHF World Championship, taking place in Tampere, Finland, and Riga, Latvia. Tynan, the

Rochester struck early and often on Tuesday night, claiming Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals with a 5-1 victory over the Hershey Bears at Giant Center. Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is set for Thursday evening. The Amerks, who entered the game on a six-game winning streak, needed just 14 seconds to pot

📝 by Patrick Williams Malcolm Subban reached the AHL’s Eastern Conference Finals with the Providence Bruins six years ago. It has been a long journey back. Since then, there have been plenty of stops and starts, twists and turns. Surgery for an upper-body injury in January 2022, ending his campaign with the Buffalo Sabres. After

A four-goal first period was enough to send the Milwaukee Admirals into the Western Conference Finals with a 5-2 win over the Texas Stars at H-E-B Center in Cedar Park on Sunday evening. The Admirals won the best-of-five Central Division finals, three games to two, to advance to the conference finals for the first time

📝 by Patrick Williams Hours and hours in the gym. The rehab. Hyperbaric chamber work. Cryotherapy. Whatever it took. It all has paid off for Andrew Poturalski. Poturalski was in the middle of another standout season, his first in the Seattle Kraken organization after he captained the Chicago Wolves to a Calder Cup championship in

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has released the schedules for the Eastern and Western Conference Finals of the 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs. The Eastern Conference Finals will feature the two oldest franchises in the American Hockey League, as the Hershey Bears (top affiliate of the NHL’s Washington Capitals) take on the Rochester Americans (top

The Rochester Americans are heading to the conference finals for the first time in 19 years after completing a sweep of the Toronto Marlies with an 8-4 victory on Wednesday night. The Amerks will meet the Hershey Bears in an Eastern Conference Finals series between the two most storied franchises in the American Hockey League.

Oskar Back scored 15:10 into the second overtime period to give the Texas Stars a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Admirals in Game 4 of the Central Division finals in Cedar Park on Friday night. With the win, the Stars evened the best-of-five series at two games apiece and set up a winner-take-all finale on