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Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Opening night is here as the AHL’s 88th season gets underway with a 12-game slate. Here is a team-by-team look at storylines to watch across the AHL: The Abbotsford Canucks finished fourth in the Pacific Division before giving powerhouse Calgary a good fight in the playoffs. They have reigning Eddie

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League opens its 88th season of play tonight, with 12 games on the schedule to kick things off. All 32 clubs will play 72 games during a 2023-24 regular season that will run through April 21. From there, 23 teams will qualify for postseason play, with five rounds of

The San Jose Barracuda have signed forwards Justin Bailey and Tanner Kaspick to American Hockey League contracts for the 2023-24 season. Bailey enters his ninth pro season after collecting 19 goals and 13 assists in 58 games with the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors a year ago. In 354 career AHL games with Bakersfield, Abbotsford, Utica, Lehigh

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Hockey leagues across the United States and Canada have come together to form the Respect Hockey Culture Center – a centralized platform which provides access for players, coaches and employees to confidentially receive mental health support services and to report on incidents of bullying, abuse, harassment and discrimination. This unprecedented alliance includes

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Change is constant in the American Hockey League. Here is some of the change you might have missed as the AHL gets set for opening night on Friday. Lots of talented AHL players secured National Hockey League jobs coming out of training camp, including four members of the 2022-23 First

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Each summer brings a parade of moves across the hockey world as National Hockey League front offices go about reconstructing their rosters and depth charts. At the AHL level, prospects also need the help that veterans can provide, and that experience is at a premium once the offseason arrives. NHL

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … As the National Hockey League opens its 2023-24 season, the American Hockey League is proud to have 583 graduates across the NHL’s 32 opening-day active rosters, making up more than 82 percent of the NHL’s initial player pool to begin its campaign. Many of last year’s notable AHL players have made the

The Pittsburgh Penguins have claimed defenseman John Ludvig off waivers from the Florida Panthers. Ludvig, 23, has skated in 70 AHL games over three pro seasons with the Charlotte Checkers and Syracuse Crunch, totaling five goals and 20 assists along with a plus-21 rating. He also has two assists in 10 Calder Cup Playoff contests.

Josh Doan may be the only 6-year-old in the history of humanity who wanted to get up at 5 a.m. That same determination helped the Coyotes’ now-21-year-old prospect take a quantum leap forward in his development this summer. Doan led all Coyotes at the Rookie Faceoff in Las Vegas last month with four goals and

How much are you looking forward to getting the season started Thursday? “We’re very, very excited. When you look at last year, it was a long season for all of us and there was quite a bit of a turnover in the summer for the Blue Jackets. So, we turned the page and we’re excited.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League’s Player Safety Committee today announced that Hershey Bears forward Mike Vecchione has been suspended for one (1) game as a consequence of a slashing incident in a preseason game vs. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on Oct. 6. Vecchione will miss Hershey’s preseason game today (Oct. 8) at Lehigh Valley.

The Vegas Golden Knights have claimed forward Grigori Denisenko off waivers from the Florida Panthers. Denisenko, 23, was a first-round pick (15th overall) by Florida in the 2018 NHL Draft and spent the last three seasons in the Panthers organization. In 2022-23, Denisenko skated in 56 games with the AHL’s Charlotte Checkers, recording 12 goals

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Change is all around the Anaheim Ducks, and that transition continues at the AHL level for the San Diego Gulls as well. After the Ducks and Gulls finished last overall in their respective leagues last season, the shift started behind the bench. After five seasons leading the Colorado Eagles, Greg

Breadcrumb Trail Links Sports Laval Rocket Hockey Inside Out Hockey Harvard graduate has already shown terrific hockey sense and intelligence, but needs to bulk up and work on making better plays with the puck. Canadiens’ Sean Farrell celebrates his first career NHL goal with teammates on the bench during a game against the Florida Panthers

Vancouver Canucks Head Athletic Therapist Roman Kaszczij is excitedly anticipating his first regular-season NHL game. Kaszczij has been part of human performance teams at NHL development camps, training camps, and preseason games. He’s been with Abbotsford for four seasons and enters his first season with Vancouver. “To be able to go to Utica and Abbotsford

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Mitch Love had a major decision to make this summer. Love went into the offseason fresh off winning the Louis A.R. Pieri Award as the AHL’s outstanding coach for the second consecutive season. He led the Calgary Wranglers to a league-best 51-17-3-1 mark last season and his second consecutive Pacific Division

The Nashville Predators have claimed forward Samuel Fagemo off waivers from the Los Angeles Kings. Fagemo, 23, collected 23 goals and nine assists for 32 points in 56 games for the AHL’s Ontario Reign last season, while adding two goals and an assist in nine NHL games with the Kings. He notched his first career

The Iowa Wild have signed forward Mason Shaw to a one-year American Hockey League contract. Shaw, 24, enters his seventh pro season in 2023-24, spent entirely with the Wild organization. Last year, he was named captain of the Iowa club and played in two games before being recalled to Minnesota, where he recorded seven goals