American Hockey League

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

📝 by Patrick Williams Maybe you remember sketching hockey logos in the back of a notebook as a kid. Bringing a pro hockey club’s new logo to life is something like that, at least at the start. However, any old logo would not do for the Cleveland Monsters’ makeover, and the project soon stretched far

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today released the complete schedule of games for the 2023-24 regular season, the league’s 88th year of operation. The season, with 32 teams playing 72 games apiece – a total of 1,152 games – begins on Friday, October 13 and concludes on Sunday, April 21. Of note on

The Anaheim Ducks have named Brent Thompson an assistant coach. Thompson, 52, joins the Ducks following 12 seasons with the New York Islanders, including 10 years as head coach of their AHL affiliate in Bridgeport. He guided the club to a record of 328-286-49-24 (.531), posting four 40-win seasons and earning a division title in

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have signed forward Austin Rueschhoff to an American Hockey League contract for the 2023-24 season. Rueschhoff played 52 regular-season games between Hartford and Milwaukee in 2022-23, totaling six goals and 14 assists for 20 points. He added three goals and two assists in 15 postseason games, helping the Admirals reach the Western

The Henderson Silver Knights have signed forward Tyler Benson to a one-year American Hockey League contract. Selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the second round of the 2016 NHL Draft, Benson spent five seasons playing in the Oilers organization and ranks among the Bakersfield Condors’ franchise leaders in AHL games played (217, fourth), assists (133,

Nathan Paetsch and Vaclav Prospal have been named assistant coaches for the Rochester Americans, joining the staff of Amerks head coach Seth Appert. Paetsch moves behind the bench after spending the last two seasons as a development coach for the Buffalo Sabres. In that role, he worked closely with the organization’s top defensive prospects, both

The Toronto Marlies have signed forward Josiah Slavin to a one-year American Hockey League contract. Slavin, 24, played 67 games in the AHL in 2022-23 between Rockford and San Diego, totaling seven goals and 11 assists for 18 points. As a rookie in 2021-22, Slavin tallied 18 goals and 14 assists in 49 games with