American Hockey League

📝 With files from Patrick Williams Here is a look at Saturday’s action around the AHL: SYRACUSE 8, UTICA 5Rookie Lucas Edmonds, who came into the night with three goals in 27 games this season, recorded his first career hat trick to help the Crunch end a five-game losing streak. Simon Ryfors scored twice, Trevor

📝 by Patrick Williams Calvin Pickard missed the fight. But his return from an early-season injury has the Bakersfield Condors rolling as they move through the stretch drive. Pickard took another turn in net Tuesday night — his 13th start in Bakersfield’s last 16 games — and handled 21 shots in a 3-1 win over

📝 by Patrick Williams Good health for the Pittsburgh Penguins means a healthy boost in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. With Tristan Jarry’s return to the Pittsburgh crease on Monday following a month-long injury absence, the NHL club returned two-time Calder Cup-winning goaltender Dustin Tokarski to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. Tokarski has played just two games for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton since New Year’s Day,

📝 by Chris Kuc | AHL On The Beat A key element in Jack Drury’s preparation before a Chicago Wolves home game is to secure enough tickets for family and friends. Since joining the Wolves during the 2021-22 season and helping lead the team to the 2022 Calder Cup championship, Drury has relished the opportunity

📝 With files from Patrick Williams Here is a look at Sunday’s action around the AHL: BAKERSFIELD 8, SAN DIEGO 4Raphael Lavoie had the first four-goal game in the AHL this season while Ty Tullio recorded a hat trick of his own and an assist as the Condors handled the Gulls. Seth Griffith’s four assists

📝 by Patrick Williams First in the Atlantic Division with 70 points, the Providence Bruins have something more akin to a goaltending rotation than the usual one-two or 1A-1B set-up that teams typically employ. Think of it like a baseball club’s pitching staff. Leading the way is the veteran, Keith Kinkaid. With 168 NHL games

📝 by Patrick Williams After nearly three years of turbulence created by the COVID-19 pandemic, growth is now on the horizon for AHL President and CEO Scott Howson. Since the league’s shutdown in March 2020, much of the past 36 months has been about assessing, responding to, and then rebuilding for the league and its

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League’s Player Safety Committee today announced that San Diego Gulls forward Hunter Drew has been suspended for two (2) games as a consequence of an illegal check to the head of an opponent in a game vs. Ontario on Feb. 18. Drew will miss San Diego’s games today (Feb.

📝 by Patrick Williams Rockford IceHogs forward David Gust broke out in a big way on Friday night. Gust, who helped represent the IceHogs at the AHL All-Star Classic with Lukas Reichel and Brett Seney earlier this month, dished out a goal and an assist as the IceHogs defeated Texas in overtime, 3-2, improving to

The Chicago Wolves have acquired forward Zach Senyshyn from the Utica Comets for future considerations. Senyshyn has recorded six goals and three assists in 37 games with Utica in 2022-23, his sixth pro season. He signed an AHL deal with Utica on Oct. 3, 2022. Last season, Senyshyn skated in 67 AHL games between Providence

The American Hockey League joins the hockey world in mourning the passing of Paul Jerrard following a battle with cancer. Jerrard was 57. A Winnipeg native, Jerrard played 10 pro seasons as a defenseman, including 153 games with the Hershey Bears. He finished his career by winning a Calder Cup championship in 1997. Jerrard went

📝 by Patrick Williams The fourth enactment of the emerging Coachella Valley-Ontario rivalry is set for tonight when the teams meet at Toyota Arena in Ontario in the AHLTV Free Game of the Week (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT). All three previous match-ups between the clubs, separated by just 80 miles of Interstate 10 in

📝 by Nick Niedzielski | AHL On The Beat Much has been made about the leap from juniors to the pro ranks of hockey. It can produce challenges across the board as young players aim to navigate the transitional process. So when this season began and a rookie netminder was entrusted with the tall task

📝 by Patrick Williams It’s nice to walk out of the rink with two points when the lunch hour has barely even ended. The Toronto Marlies did just that on Wednesday, scratching out a 2-1 decision over the Utica Comets in a school-day game at Coca-Cola Coliseum. Playing to a crowd of 7,376 mostly youthful

📝 by Patrick Williams Who, me? That was Jesper Wallstedt’s reaction when Iowa Wild head coach Tim Army told the rookie goaltender that he was going to the 2023 AHL All-Star Classic in Laval. “I actually spoke with my dad [earlier],” Wallstedt recalled, “and he asked me, ‘Do you think you’re going to get to

📝 by Anthony Fusco | AHL On The Beat After two postponements due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the American Hockey League was finally able to hold its annual AHL All-Star Classic last week in Laval, Que. The event is a chance for the league to come together, showcase an incredible amount of talent and honor

📝 by Patrick Williams Hartford Wolf Pack captain Jonny Brodzinski has heard about last season’s stretch drive for the club. At 23-13-4-2 last season, the Wolf Pack had a grip on second place in the Atlantic Division and looked well on their way to going to the Calder Cup Playoffs for the first time since

📝 by Patrick Williams The play happened in roughly nine seconds, but it was 11 pro seasons in the making for Alex Belzile. The Laval Rocket captain will now always be in the National Hockey League record book as someone who scored a goal at the game’s highest level. On recall to the Montreal Canadiens