American Hockey League

The Florida Panthers have named Bobby Sanguinetti and Jared Staal as assistant coaches with their American Hockey League affiliate, the Charlotte Checkers. Sanguinetti and Staal both played for current Checkers head coach Geordie Kinnear when Kinnear was an assistant with the club. Sanguinetti, an AHL All-Star in 2010 and 2015, played 406 games in the

The Cleveland Monsters have signed forward Justin Richards to a one-year American Hockey League contract. Richards joins the Monsters after recording six goals and eight assists for 14 points in 67 games with the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack last season. As a rookie in 2020-21, Richards recorded four goals and seven assists in 20 games

NEWARK, N.J. — Alexander Holtz realizes the importance of perfecting everyday rituals in his attempt to become the everyday player he yearns to be with the New Jersey Devils.  The 20-year-old forward (6-foot, 205 pounds) gained a better understanding of that while skating with Devils forward Jesper Bratt and skills coaches in Sweden in early

The Philadelphia Flyers have re-signed forward Hayden Hodgson to a two-year contract, two-way in 2022-23 and one-way in 2023-24. Hodgson skated in 46 games with the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms last season, recording 19 goals and 12 assists for 31 points. He also made his NHL debut with the Flyers, tallying one goal and two

The New York Rangers have named Jamie Tardif as an assistant coach with the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack. Tardif, 37, spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds in the Ontario Hockey League. As a player, Tardif skated in 489 AHL games over a 12-year pro career, collecting

The Philadelphia Flyers have re-signed forward Wade Allison to a two-year contract (two-way in 2022-23 and one-way in 2023-24), and defenseman Linus Hogberg to a one-year, two-way contract. Allison played 28 games with the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms in 2021-22, posting 10 goals and seven assists for 17 points. He also appeared in one NHL

Jesper Wallstedt Steven Ellis/The Hockey News Heading into the bronze-medal game of last week’s World Junior Championship in Edmonton, my all-star ballot was down to two netminders: Czechia’s Tomas Suchanek and Sweden’s Jesper Wallstedt. Suchanek had withstood barrages for his team and came up big in the quarterfinal win over the United States. If the

The Hershey Bears have signed forward Shane Gersich to an American Hockey League contract for the 2022-23 season. Gersich enters his fifth season with the Bears after playing the last four years on an NHL contract with Washington. In 2021-22, Gersich set career highs with 14 goals, 20 assists, 34 points and 71 games played

The Hershey Bears have signed forwards Alexandre Fortin and Ryan Scarfo to American Hockey League contracts for the 2022-23 season. Fortin skated in 34 games with the AHL’s Laval Rocket last season, recording four goals and five assists for nine points. He added seven goals and six assists in 12 games with Trois-Rivieres (ECHL). In

Cross Hanas took a significant step during his fourth season in juniors and hopes to show the Detroit Red Wings he is ready for the AHL. “I’m going to work toward playing in the AHL,” Hanas said. “If they end up not wanting me there then I’ll get sent back to Portland for my 20-year-old

The Carolina Hurricanes have named Brock Sheahan the new head coach of their American Hockey League affiliate, the Chicago Wolves. Sheahan, 38, joins the Wolves after four seasons with the Chicago Steel of the United States Hockey League, including the last two-plus years as head coach. He led the Steel to a league championship in

Aug 22, 2022 By AJ Manderichio/SanDiegoGulls.com Years before Glenn Gawdin thought about signing with the Anaheim Ducks organization, the incredibly popular Mighty Ducks movies made him a fan. “I’m sure the movies back in the day had a lot of reasons for people being Ducks fans, including myself,” he said in a recent phone interview. “I

The New York Islanders have signed defensemen Dennis Cholowski and Paul LaDue and forward Arnaud Durandeau to two-year, two-way contracts, and forward Hudson Fasching to a one-year, two-way contract. Cholowski played 31 games with the AHL’s Charlotte Checkers last season, recording three goals and 15 assists for 18 points along with a plus-8 rating. He

The Lehigh Valley Phantoms have signed center Jordy Bellerive to an American Hockey League contract for the 2022-23 season. Bellerive, 23, recorded career highs with 21 assists and 29 points in 72 games for the AHL’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins last season. He also led the Penguins with 112 penalty minutes, and served as an alternate captain.

DENVER — Jean-Luc Foudy has been busy this summer preparing to make a good impression on the Colorado Avalanche. “Still being a young guy, I’m just working on getting faster, stronger,” Foudy said. “Some of that stuff comes with your body maturing, and then just working on all these little things and especially working on

Steve Potvin has been named head coach of the Tucson Roadrunners. Again. Potvin, who led Arizona’s AHL affiliate during the 2020-21 season when then-coach Jay Varady spent a season in the NHL with the Coyotes, was re-introduced on Thursday after being named the club’s head coach earlier in the week. Varady left the Roadrunners to

Aug 17, 2022 By AJ Manderichio/SanDiegoGulls.com Austin Strand admits it’s a little strange to wear the Anaheim Ducks logo. The defenseman joined the organization this summer following a four-year stint with Los Angeles, playing for both the National Hockey League’s Kings and the Ontario Reign. It’s the only professional organization he knew, joining them during

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Scott Leber, sports director at WTVO-TV in Rockford, Ill., has been selected as the recipient of the James H. Ellery Memorial Award for the 2021-22 season. The James H. Ellery Memorial Award is presented annually in recognition of outstanding media coverage of the American Hockey