American Hockey League

Matchups if the 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs started today: 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs Qualification Rules: In 2022-23, the AHL will have 23 teams participating in the postseason. The playoff field will include the top six finishers in the eight-team Atlantic Division, the top five finishers each in the seven-team North and Central Divisions, and the

📝 by Patrick Williams Riley Nash just wanted some stability and a job last summer. Last season the veteran forward played 49 National Hockey League games, going from Winnipeg to Tampa Bay to Arizona and then back to Tampa Bay. He was claimed on waivers twice. Then came a trade to the Lightning, along with

📝 by Patrick Williams After an up-and-down February, not to mention the fretting that can come with the National Hockey League trade deadline, perhaps the Hershey Bears needed to see the Toronto Marlies and Providence Bruins show up on their schedule this week. Certainly it looked like it Friday night against the Eastern Conference-leading Marlies

CLEVELAND, Ohio … Marcus Bjork scored his second goal of the game with 31 seconds gone in overtime as Cleveland rallied for a 3-2 win over Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in the Cleveland Monsters Outdoor Classic, the 11th outdoor game in American Hockey League history. After the original start was delayed by ice conditions caused by increased sunshine

Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 39 shots and also became the 20th goaltender in AHL history to score a goal as the Chicago Wolves defeated the Manitoba Moose, 4-1, in Winnipeg on Friday night. Kochetkov corralled a dump-in behind his own net and sent a bouncing puck all the way into an open Moose cage for a

📝 by Patrick Williams The Rockford IceHogs are making their move. Several, in fact. With today’s 3 p.m ET National Hockey League trade deadline rapidly approaching, the team acquired sniper Rocco Grimaldi, whose 27 goals tie him for the AHL lead, from the San Diego Gulls, while the parent Chicago Blackhawks sent IceHogs forward Dylan

The Arizona Coyotes have acquired defenseman Michael Kesselring and a third-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft from the Edmonton Oilers in exchange for forward Nick Bjugstad and defenseman Cam Dineen. Kesselring, 23, is tied for second among AHL defensemen with 13 goals and has totaled 22 points in 49 games for the Bakersfield Condors

The Rockford IceHogs have acquired forwards Rocco Grimaldi and Logan Nijhoff from the San Diego Gulls for future consideration. In a related move, the Anaheim Ducks have acquired forward Dylan Sikura from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for forward Maxim Golod. Grimaldi is tied for the AHL lead with 27 goals and is tied for

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Chicago Wolves defenseman Max Lajoie, Lehigh Valley Phantoms forward Elliot Desnoyers and Abbotsford Canucks goaltender Arturs Silovs have been selected as the league’s award winners for February. Lajoie, the AHL Player of the Month, skated in 11 games for Chicago during February and totaled five

📝 by Patrick Williams The in-season makeover for the San Jose Barracuda started with a Calder Cup winner. Kyle Criscuolo came to the Barracuda via a Jan. 18 trade between the parent San Jose Sharks and the Detroit Red Wings for forward Jasper Weatherby. The swap helped to loosen a veteran logjam for the Grand

The Hartford Wolf Pack have acquired defenseman Adam Clendening from the Rockford IceHogs in exchange for forward Zach Jordan. In addition, Tuesday’s trade between the New York Rangers and Chicago Blackhawks included a swap of AHL defensemen in Cooper Zech and Andy Welinski. Clendening has recorded three goals and 21 assists in 48 games with

📝 by Suzie Cool | AHL On The Beat Depth. That’s what teams really start to rely on at this point in the hockey season, especially in the American Hockey League. At this time last year, the Rochester Americans were in a much different position depth-wise than they are currently. While last year’s Amerks faced

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Rochester Americans forward Jiri Kulich has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending February 26, 2023. Kulich tallied six points in three games to help spark the Rochester offense to a 20-goal weekend. On Friday evening, Kulich recorded

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Less than a year ago, career minor-leaguer David Gust considered quitting hockey and moving into the next stage of his life. On Saturday, the 29-year-old forward scored his first NHL goal on his first shot of his first shift of his first game. And he did it with his hometown team,

The Colorado Avalanche have acquired goaltender Keith Kinkaid from the Boston Bruins in exchange for forward Shane Bowers. Kinkaid has appeared in 20 games for the AHL’s Providence Bruins this season, going 8-7-4 with a 3.10 goals-against average and a .909 save percentage. He also made one start with Boston, a 30-save effort in a

📝 by Patrick Williams Even with a 938-game National Hockey League career and an extensive international track record, Marco Sturm’s hockey journey had never taken him to the AHL. That changed on June 17, 2022, when the Los Angeles Kings appointed him head coach of the Ontario Reign. Sturm took the post following four seasons

📝 by Ryan Holt | AHL On The Beat Bakersfield Condors head coach Colin Chaulk knows that to have success in the AHL, everyone “has to bring something to the party.” And so far, the second half of the season has been Ty Tullio’s coming-out party. Just 20 years old and drafted in the fifth

The New York Rangers have acquired forward Will Lockwood and a seventh-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for forward Vitali Kravtsov. Lockwood has skated in 26 games for the AHL’s Abbotsford Canucks this season, collecting 12 goals and six assists for 18 points. He also has one assist