American Hockey League

📝 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

When John Gruden was announced this week as the new head coach of the AHL Toronto Marlies, perhaps there were those who needed a quick clarifier. No, this wasn’t a case of Jon Gruden, the famous U.S. football coach, cribbing the Ted Lasso fish-out-of-water act and reinventing himself as a minor-league hockey coach. This was

The Iowa Wild have added Ben Simon and Patrick Dwyer as assistant coaches on new head coach Brett McLean’s staff. Simon, 45, spent the previous eight seasons with the Grand Rapids Griffins, including three as an assistant coach (2015-18) and five as head coach (2018-23). He helped the Griffins to a Calder Cup championship in

The odds were stacked against Mavrik Bourque last offseason, but he’s taking responsibility for what was an imperfect first season in professional hockey. Bourque dealt with injuries and challenging timing in the schedule, which forced a slow start in his debut with the Texas Stars. However, he picked up steam as the season went on

The Colorado Avalanche have named Aaron Schneekloth the new head coach of their American Hockey League affiliate, the Colorado Eagles. Schneekloth, 44, has been with the Eagles organization since 2006 in the Central Hockey League, the ECHL and now the AHL. He served as head coach of the Eagles’ back-to-back ECHL championship teams in 2016-17

The Abbotsford Canucks have signed forward Jermaine Loewen to a two-year American Hockey League contract. The 25-year-old Loewen played a career-high 51 games with the Henderson Silver Knights last season, collecting two goals and three assists while ranking second on the team with 84 penalty minutes. In 148 AHL games over four pro seasons with

The Henderson Silver Knights have signed forward Adam Cracknell to a one-year American Hockey League contract for 2023-24. Cracknell enters his 18th pro season after scoring 21 goals and adding 32 assists for 53 points — an AHL career high — in 64 games while serving as team captain for the Tucson Roadrunners in 2022-23.

The Rockford IceHogs have signed defenseman Josh Healey to a one-year AHL contract. Healey skated in 12 games and was an alternate captain for the AHL’s San Diego Gulls in 2022-23 before a shoulder injury sidelined him for the rest of the season. In 239 AHL games over six pro seasons, Healey has totaled four

Breadcrumb Trail Links Sports NHL Hockey Calgary Wranglers Calgary Flames ‘Washington, they checked a lot of boxes and they seemed to like my game and what I can bring’ Former Calgary Wranglers Matthew Phillips is headed to the Washington Capitals. Darren Makowichuk/Postmedia Article content During his minor-hockey days, Matthew Phillips always wanted to wear No.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have named John Gruden head coach of their American Hockey League affiliate, the Toronto Marlies. Gruden becomes the eighth head coach in the club’s history. He joins the organization after spending the 2022-23 season as an assistant coach with the President’s Trophy winning Boston Bruins. He was also an assistant with

The Ontario Reign have signed forward Charles Hudon to a two-year American Hockey League contract. Hudon skated in 61 games with the AHL’s Colorado Eagles in 2022-23, leading the team with 29 goals and 54 points. He also ranked first in the entire league with 17 power-play goals. Hudon also appeared in nine games with

The Milwaukee Admirals have signed forward Cal O’Reilly to an American Hockey League contract for the 2023-24 season. O’Reilly returns to Milwaukee, where he spent the first four years of his professional career after being drafted by the Nashville Predators in 2005. He is still the franchise’s second-leading scorer with 253 points in 262 games