American Hockey League

📝 by Patrick Williams HERSHEY, Pa. … Firebirds head coach Dan Bylsma has not budged from his script. “We set out in this seven-game series to play 420 minutes of hockey,” he said after Game 4, repeating the same sentiment he had after Game 3. “We didn’t expect it to be four games. We expected

📝 by Patrick Williams HERSHEY, Pa. … Jessica Campbell is checking off plenty of firsts this season. First assistant coach for the Coachella Valley Firebirds. First female assistant coach in the American Hockey League. First AHL season. Campbell, who turns 31 on June 24, has been doing a lot of trailblazing. Last season she became

HERSHEY, Pa. (theahl.com) … The Calder Cup Finals are all even after the Hershey Bears held on for a 3-2 victory over Coachella Valley in Game 4 at a sold-out Giant Center on Thursday night. The best-of-seven series is square at two games apiece as the Bears prepare to host Game 5 on Saturday. Mike

More than 10,000 fans filled the Hershey Bears’ home arena on Tuesday night to watch the oldest American Hockey League franchise take on the newest, the Coachella Valley Firebirds, in the Calder Cup Finals. It was the third consecutive game in the AHL championship series to be sold out and pushed total playoff attendance for

The Chicago Wolves have signed defenseman Matt Donovan and forwards Hank Crone and Timothy Doherty to AHL contracts for the 2023-24 season. Donovan returns to the American Hockey League after spending the 2022-23 season playing in Germany. The two-time AHL All-Star has appeared in 455 games in the AHL with Bridgeport, Rochester and Milwaukee, totaling

📝 by Patrick Williams HERSHEY, Pa. … Not perfect. But better. And enough for now. What the Hershey Bears’ 5-4 overtime win in Game 3 of the Calder Cup Finals last night lacked in polish, it made up for in execution. The Bears lost a two-goal third-period lead and withstood ferocious overtime pressure from the

HERSHEY, Pa. (theahl.com) … Riley Sutter scored 13:34 into overtime to give the Hershey Bears renewed life in the Calder Cup Finals with a 5-4 victory over the Coachella Valley Firebirds in Game 3 on Tuesday night. After being shut out twice to begin the series, the Bears cut the Firebirds’ lead in the best-of-seven

📝 by Patrick Williams Game 1 – COACHELLA VALLEY 5, Hershey 0Game 2 – COACHELLA VALLEY 4, Hershey 0Game 3 – Tonight at Hershey, 7:00Game 4 – Thursday at Hershey, 7:00*Game 5 – Saturday at Hershey, 7:00*Game 6 – Monday at Coachella Valley, 10:00*Game 7 – June 21 at Coachella Valley, 10:00*if necessary… All times

📝 by Patrick Williams HERSHEY, Pa. … It has already been a dream rookie season for Tye Kartye. Is a Calder Cup ring asking too much? Maybe not. Kartye and the Coachella Valley Firebirds are two wins away from a Calder Cup championship as they prepare for Game 3 against the Hershey Bears on Tuesday

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has established a new record for total postseason attendance this spring, with nearly 500,000 fans having already attended games during the 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs. Through 80 games, the league’s playoff participants have drawn a total of 498,828 fans, and will surpass half a million fans in a

📝 by Patrick Williams PALM DESERT, Calif. … Kole Lind chuckled. So did teammates Joey Daccord and Andrew Poturalski, seated next to their Coachella Valley Firebirds teammate at the media dais following Game 1 of the Calder Cup Finals. Lind had just picked up three assists, taking his Calder Cup Playoff-leading point total to 26

📝 by Patrick Williams Game 1 – COACHELLA VALLEY 5, Hershey 0Game 2 – COACHELLA VALLEY 4, Hershey 0Game 3 – Tuesday at Hershey, 7:00Game 4 – Thursday at Hershey, 7:00*Game 5 – Saturday at Hershey, 7:00*Game 6 – June 19 at Coachella Valley, 10:00*Game 7 – June 21 at Coachella Valley, 10:00*if necessary… All

PALM DESERT, Calif. (theahl.com) … The Coachella Valley Firebirds scored four times in the second period and Joey Daccord made a bit of Calder Cup history in a 4-0 win over the Hershey Bears in Game 2 of the Finals at a sold-out Acrisure Arena on Saturday night. The best-of-seven series heads east to Giant Center,

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that it has formed a new partnership with SponsorCX, whereby SponsorCX has been named the Official Sponsorship Management Software Provider of the AHL. The partnership will offer a world-class sponsorship management solution to all teams across the AHL at an affordable league-wide rate. SponsorCX provides an

📝 by Patrick Williams A Calder Cup championship is four wins away. And full-time NHL jobs may not be far behind. As is so often the adage in the AHL, especially as the Calder Cup Playoffs move along, National Hockey League teams are looking for winners. The Hershey Bears take on the Coachella Valley Firebirds

📝 by Patrick Williams Game 1 – COACHELLA VALLEY 5, Hershey 0Game 2 – Saturday at Coachella Valley, 10:00Game 3 – Tuesday at Hershey, 7:00Game 4 – Thursday at Hershey, 7:00*Game 5 – June 17 at Hershey, 7:00*Game 6 – June 19 at Coachella Valley, 10:00*Game 7 – June 21 at Coachella Valley, 10:00*if necessary…

PALM DESERT, Calif. (theahl.com) … Joey Daccord made 25 saves for his second shutout of the postseason and Coachella Valley got goals from five different players in a 5-0 victory over Hershey to open the 2023 Calder Cup Finals here on Thursday night. Game 2 of the best-of-seven series is set for Saturday evening (10 ET,

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has announced the inaugural AHL Top Prospects Team, determined by the league’s hockey operations department in conjunction with AHL general managers as the three forwards, two defensemen and one goaltender projected to be the best future NHL players. To qualify for the AHL Top Prospects Team, skaters must