American Hockey League

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

The Seattle Kraken have re-signed goaltender Joey Daccord to a two-year contract. Daccord made 38 appearances in the regular season with the AHL’s Coachella Valley Firebirds in 2022-23, posting a record of 26-8-3 with three shutouts. He tied for third in the AHL in wins and ranked fifth in both goals-against average (2.38) and save

The Detroit Red Wings have hired Stephane Julien and Brian Lashoff as assistant coaches for the Grand Rapids Griffins. Julien, 49, was named the coach of the year and the general manager of the year in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in 2022-23, leading Sherbrooke to a division title with a record of 50-13-3-2.

📝 by Patrick Williams Fit. It had to be the right fit for Joel Bouchard. A friend of Benoit Groulx’s from their days in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Bouchard is well aware of who he is replacing as head coach of the Syracuse Crunch. But the chance to head up the Tampa Bay

📝 by Patrick Williams HERSHEY, Pa. … The 2022-23 Hershey Bears gathered for one last time at Giant Center on Saturday. And after winning the Calder Cup on the road, they were ready to celebrate with their fans. Mike Vecchione’s championship-winning goal was scored at 1:17 a.m. EDT on Thursday morning. After a cross-country flight

At the age of 41, Carbery is currently the youngest head coach in the NHL. Washington wasn’t the only team considering Carbery as its next head coach; there were a handful of bench boss vacancies around the League, and he reportedly interviewed for at least a couple of them. For each of the last two

Thirty-two National Hockey League teams are preparing to take part in this week’s 2023 NHL Draft, and their top affiliates are ready and waiting for the next wave of young American Hockey League stars to begin their professional careers. In 2022-23, a total of 238 former first- and second-round draft picks played in the American

The Anaheim Ducks have acquired center Andrew Agozzino from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for defenseman Andrej Sustr. Agozzino spent the 2022-23 season serving as captain of the AHL’s San Jose Barracuda, recording 26 goals and 35 assists for 61 points in 63 games to lead the team in all three categories. He also