American Hockey League

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

DETROIT – Going from juniors to pros was a big step for Sebastian Cossa. Going from ECHL Toledo to AHL Grand Rapids this season would be another level of progression for the prized Detroit Red Wings goaltending prospect. Cossa did well with the Walleye. Now he’ll face faster players whose passing is quicker and crisper

The Hershey Bears have signed forward Jimmy Huntington to an American Hockey League contract for the 2023-24 season. Huntington played 51 games for the Milwaukee Admirals in 2022-23 and tallied nine goals and 19 assists for 28 points. He added two goals and four assists in 15 postseason games as the Admirals reached the Western

The Chicago Wolves have signed forward Isaac Ratcliffe; defensemen Owen Headrick, Austin Strand and Mitchell Vande Sompel; and goaltender Keith Kinkaid to American Hockey League contracts for the 2023-24 season. Ratcliffe played in 47 AHL games between Lehigh Valley and Milwaukee in 2022-23, totaling six goals and 14 assists for 20 points. He added three

The Colorado Eagles have signed forward Tanner Kero to an AHL contract for the 2023-24 season. Kero spent the last four seasons in the Dallas Stars organization and put up 17 goals and 33 assists for 50 points in 69 games with the AHL’s Texas Stars in 2022-23, good for third on the team in

The Tucson Roadrunners have signed forward Hunter Drew to a one-year American Hockey League contract. Drew, 24, skated in 60 AHL games between the San Diego Gulls and Rockford IceHogs in 2022-23, totaling five goals and six assists for 11 points. He also tied for fourth in the league with 149 penalty minutes. A sixth-round

The Calgary Flames have named Trent Cull as the new head coach of their American Hockey League affiliate, the Calgary Wranglers. Cull takes over for Mitch Love, who was hired as an assistant coach with the Washington Capitals last month. Cull, 49, served as head coach of the Vancouver Canucks’ AHL affiliates for five seasons,

It still stings for Dan Bylsma. And even a salmon fishing trip in a rural portion of his native Michigan won’t provide sufficient salve. But then again, it’s only been a few weeks and time heals all wounds. In the last professional contest of the 2022-23 hockey season, the Coachella Valley Firebirds, coached by Bylsma,

The Manitoba Moose have signed forward C.J. Suess to a two-year American Hockey League contract through the 2024-25 season. Suess returns to Manitoba after spending the 2022-23 campaign with the San Jose Barracuda, where he recorded 10 goals and 12 assists for 22 points in 46 games. He also skated in one NHL game with

TAMPA — The Lightning do an exemplary job of not rushing their prospects to the NHL before they’re ready. As an organization, they realize that development takes time. Still, their message to prospects at AHL Syracuse consistently is that the opportunity exists for players to make the jump when they are ready. Last season, two

The New York Islanders announced today that Rick Kowalsky has been named head coach of their American Hockey League affiliate, the Bridgeport Islanders. Kowalsky succeeds Brent Thompson, who was named an assistant coach with the Anaheim Ducks earlier this week. Kowalsky had served as an assistant under Thompson in Bridgeport the last two seasons. Prior

The Vegas Golden Knights have named Joel Ward an assistant coach under Bruce Cassidy. Ward heads to Vegas after spending the last three seasons as an assistant coach with the Golden Knights’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Henderson Silver Knights. He helped Henderson to a combined record of 89-79-4-7 and a first-place finish in the