American Hockey League

A heavyweight battle between the AHL’s top two clubs began with Coachella Valley grabbing a 6-3 victory over Calgary in Game 1 of their Pacific Division final series at Scotiabank Saddledome on Thursday night. Game 2 of the best-of-five battle goes Friday in Calgary. The Wranglers (first) and Firebirds (fourth) both had top-ranked defenses during

📝 by Patrick Williams Let’s make something clear. Hartford Wolf Pack goaltender Dylan Garand is a rookie, but high-pressure hockey is not new to him. After all, this is a 20-year-old who already has conquered one of hockey’s biggest stages. Representing Canada in net? At the IIHF World Junior Championship? And on Canadian ice? No

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League’s Board of Governors announced today that Scott Howson has agreed to terms on a multi-year contract extension that will see him continue to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Hockey League. “The last three years have presented many challenges, but I believe the AHL

Dylan Garand made 32 saves to backstop the Hartford Wolf Pack into the next round with a 4-0 win over Providence in Game 4 of their Atlantic Division semifinal series on Friday night. The Wolf Pack eliminated the regular-season division champion Bruins, three games to one, and will face Hershey in the division finals beginning

The Toronto Marlies finished off their North Division semifinal series with a 4-1 win in Utica on Friday night. The Marlies won the series, three games to one, and will take on either Syracuse or Rochester in the division finals beginning Thursday. Xavier Parent staked the Comets to a 1-0 lead after the first period

📝 by Patrick Williams Curtis McKenzie has represented many things to the Texas Stars through the years. But he has been a winner above all else. McKenzie won the Calder Cup with Texas in 2014, also capturing the Dudley (Red) Garrett Memorial Award as the American Hockey League’s outstanding rookie that season. Nine years later,

Max McCormick and Jeremy McKenna both scored twice, Joey Daccord made 32 saves and the Coachella Valley Firebirds won their second winner-take-all game of the postseason, eliminating Colorado with a 5-0 win at Acrisure Arena on Friday night. The Firebirds will take on Calgary in the Pacific Division finals. McKenna added an assist for a

A thrilling finish to a back-and-forth series has sent the Milwaukee Admirals into the Central Division finals. Spencer Stastney scored with 26.8 seconds left to give Milwaukee a 2-1 victory over Manitoba in their winner-take-all Game 5 on Saturday night at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. The Admirals won on back-to-back nights to overcome a 2-1 series

The Rochester Americans completed a series comeback and wrapped up their North Division semifinal with a 5-4 overtime win at Syracuse in Game 5 on Saturday night. The Amerks became just the 12th team in AHL history to win a best-of-five playoff series after losing the first two games. Rochester will meet Toronto in the

Adam Klapka scored the go-ahead goal with 7:19 to go in regulation to lift Calgary to a series-clinching 3-2 win over Abbotsford in Game 4 of their Pacific Division semifinal series on Friday night. The Wranglers won the series, three games to one, with all four games being decided by a single goal. Calgary moves

For the second year in a row, Milwaukee and Manitoba will go the distance in their Central Division semifinal series after the Admirals pulled out a 5-3 win in Game 4 on Friday night. The winner-take-all Game 5 is set for Saturday at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. Tied at 1-1, Game 4 turned with 1:15 left

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Manitoba Moose defenseman and captain Jimmy Oligny has been selected as the winner of the Yanick Dupré Memorial Award for 2022-23. This award has been presented annually since 1998 to an AHL player for his outstanding contributions to his local community and charitable organizations. The

Aliaksei Protas scored twice in the third period to lift the Hershey Bears into the next round of the Calder Cup Playoffs with a 6-2 victory over Charlotte on Thursday night. The Bears won the Atlantic Division semifinal series, three games to one. They will face the winner of the Providence-Hartford series in the division

It was a third straight one-goal game between Calgary and Abbotsford on Wednesday night, but this one swung the Canucks’ way and extended the teams’ best-of-five Pacific Division semifinal series for at least one more game. Abbotsford’s 3-2 victory cut the Wranglers’ series lead to 2-1, with Game 4 set for Friday. Kyle Rau scored

Jack Ahcan recorded a goal and an assist as Providence fought off elimination with a 6-3 win in Hartford on Wednesday evening. The Wolf Pack still lead the best-of-five Atlantic Division semifinal series, two games to one, and will host Game 4 on Friday. Justin Brazeau scored the first of his two goals on the

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today the individual team winners of the IOA/American Specialty AHL Man of the Year awards, selected by their respective clubs for their outstanding contributions to the local community and charitable organizations during the 2022-23 season. From this list of finalists, representatives from IOA/American Specialty and the AHL will

📝 by Patrick Williams National Hockey League general managers crave games like Sunday’s Rochester Americans-Syracuse Crunch playoff battle. So do players. “It’s so fun,” said Amerks forward Jiri Kulich, whose goal and assist in Game 4 on Sunday helped key a 4-0 Rochester win, setting up a series-deciding showdown this Saturday in Syracuse. When Kevyn

Rochester held serve for a second straight game, sending their North Division semifinal to the limit with a 4-0 win over Syracuse at Blue Cross Arena on Sunday afternoon. The home team has won each of the first four games of the series, which will conclude with a winner-take-all Game 5 in Syracuse next Saturday