American Hockey League

The Charlotte Checkers have signed defenseman Will Reilly and forward Patrick Khodorenko to American Hockey League contracts for the 2023-24 season. Reilly skated in 30 games with the AHL’s Tucson Roadrunners last season, tallying one goal and four assists. The Toronto native has played 96 AHL games with Tucson and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton over three pro campaigns,

The Iowa Wild have signed forward Joel Teasdale to an American Hockey League contract for the 2023-24 season. Teasdale joins the Wild after three seasons with the Laval Rocket. He set career highs in 2022-23 with 23 goals, 15 assists and 38 points over 58 games with the Rocket. Teasdale also made his NHL debut

Veteran defenseman Tommy Cross has announced his retirement from pro hockey. Cross, 33, played 11 seasons in the AHL with Providence, Cleveland and Springfield, totaling 56 goals and 174 assists for 230 points. He captained the Bruins for three seasons (2015-18) and the Thunderbirds for the last two campaigns, including their run to the Calder

The Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks and Montreal Canadiens completed a three-team trade on Sunday that included several prospects from the American Hockey League. Pittsburgh has acquired defenseman Erik Karlsson, forward Rem Pitlick, forward Dillon Hamaliuk and the Sharks’ third-round draft pick in 2026. San Jose has acquired the Penguins’ first-round draft pick in 2024

The Ontario Reign have signed defenseman Wyatte Wylie to a one-year American Hockey League contract. Wylie, 23, spent the last three seasons with the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms. Last season, he notched three goals and seven assists for 10 points in 45 games. A fifth-round selection by Philadelphia in the 2018 NHL Draft, Wylie has

The Syracuse Crunch have signed forward Daniel Walcott to a one-year American Hockey League contract. The Crunch franchise leader in games played (378), Walcott enters his ninth season with Syracuse in 2023-24 after establishing career highs with 13 goals, 19 assists, 32 points and a plus-12 rating in 67 games last year. In 379 career

The Lehigh Valley Phantoms have signed left wing Evan Polei to an American Hockey League contract for the 2023-24 season. Polei appeared in 52 games with the AHL’s Manitoba Moose last season, posting eight goals and 12 assists for 20 points. Entering his seventh pro season, Polei has played 234 games in the AHL with

The Colorado Avalanche have hired Steve Konowalchuk as associate head coach of the organization’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Colorado Eagles. Konowalchuk joins Eagles head coach Aaron Schneekloth and assistant Tim Branham on the AHL coaching staff this season. Konowalchuk, 50, returns to the Avalanche organization following two seasons as head coach of Red Deer

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have signed defenseman Dmitri Samorukov to an American Hockey League contract for the 2023-24 season. Samorukov, 24, skated in 69 games with the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds in 2022-23, setting career highs with four goals, 16 assists and 20 points. He also appeared in two Calder Cup Playoff games, as well as two

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The Chicago Wolves have hired Dave Barr as an assistant coach. Barr will primarily handle the defense and penalty kill on the staff of new head coach Bob Nardella. Barr, 62, served as an assistant coach in the NHL for 12 seasons with the Colorado Avalanche (2008-09), Minnesota Wild (2009-11), New Jersey Devils (2011-15), Buffalo

The Calgary Wranglers have re-signed captain Brett Sutter to a one-year American Hockey League contract. A native of Viking, Alta., Sutter played 70 games for the Wranglers in 2022-23 and recorded 14 goals and 15 assists, helping the team capture the Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy as the AHL’s overall regular-season champions. He added one goal and

The Bakersfield Condors have added Nate DiCasmirro as an assistant coach with the AHL club. DiCasmirro returns to the Edmonton Oilers organization after two seasons as an assistant with the AHL’s Iowa Wild. The native of Burnsville, Minn., began his 17-year playing career with three seasons skating for Edmonton’s AHL affiliates in Hamilton (2002-03), Toronto

The Colorado Eagles have signed forward D.J. Busdeker to an American Hockey League contract for the 2023-24 season. Busdeker skated in 56 games with the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs last season, collecting four goals and nine assists for 13 points. A 23-year-old native of Dexter, Mich., Busdeker has played 142 AHL games over three pro seasons,

Mackie Samoskevich wrapped up a long stretch of hockey at Florida Panthers development camp earlier this month, after the 20-year-old forward was a part of three different postseasons. But after ending his University of Michigan career with an appearance in the NCAA Frozen Four and playing in the Calder Cup Playoffs for Charlotte of the

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League held its 2023 Awards Gala during the Board of Governors’ Annual Meeting at Hilton Head Island, S.C., on Thursday evening, presenting several awards for excellence and service: Bryan Helmer, vice president of hockey operations for the Hershey Bears, has been selected as the winner of the James C.

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have signed goaltender Garret Sparks to an American Hockey League contract for the 2023-24 season. Sparks owns a career record of 99-59-11 with a 2.34 goals-against average, a .921 save percentage and 18 shutouts in 178 AHL appearances with the Toronto Marlies, Chicago Wolves, Stockton Heat, Ontario Reign and Springfield Thunderbirds. Entering