American Hockey League

The Ontario Reign have re-signed defenseman Cameron Gaunce to a one-year American Hockey League contract for the 2022-23 season. Gaunce skated in 61 games with the Reign in 2021-22, recording seven goals and 20 assists for 27 points along with a plus-12 rating. He also played five Calder Cup Playoff games. Gaunce was selected as

The Milwaukee Admirals have signed defenseman Keaton Thompson to an American Hockey League contract for the 2022-23 season. Thompson spent the last three seasons with the AHL’s Iowa Wild, skating in 28 games in 2021-22 and recording one goal and three assists. In 275 career AHL games over six seasons with Iowa and San Diego,

The Tucson Roadrunners have signed forward Adam Cracknell to a one-year American Hockey League contract for the 2022-2023 season. Cracknell enters his 17th pro season after scoring 21 goals and adding 26 assists for 47 points in 58 games with the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors in 2021-22. The Prince Albert, Sask., native also skated for Canada

The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Jayce Hawryluk to a one-year, two-way contract. Hawryluk spent the 2021-22 season with Skelleftea AIK in the Swedish Hockey League, recording eight goals and 11 assists in 39 games. Hawryluk previously played five seasons in North America, including 148 games in the AHL with the Springfield Thunderbirds where he

The Syracuse Crunch have signed goaltender Jack LaFontaine to a one-year American Hockey League contract. LaFontaine began the 2021-22 season at the University of Minnesota before signing with the Carolina Hurricanes and turning pro in January. He made 13 appearances with the AHL’s Chicago Wolves, going 4-3-4 with a 2.89 goals-against average, an .885 save

The Calgary Flames have signed forward Ben Jones to a one-year, two-way contract. Jones, 23, skated in 66 games with the AHL’s Henderson Silver Knights in 2021-22, ranking second on the team in goals (25) and points (41). He also notched three power-play goals and two shorthanded tallies. Jones made his NHL debut with Vegas

The Winnipeg Jets have agreed to terms with defenseman Johnathan Kovacevic on a three-year contract. The deal is two-way deal in 2022-23 and 2023-24 and one-way in 2024-25. Kovacevic made his NHL debut with the Jets in 2021-22, appearing in four games. He posted career highs with 11 goals, 19 assists, 30 points and a

The Colorado Avalanche have named Kevin McDonald as assistant general manager. McDonald joins the Avalanche after 21 seasons with the St. Louis Blues, including the last 17 overseeing the team’s AHL affiliates. This past season, he served as general manager of the Eastern Conference champion Springfield Thunderbirds, and was the recipient of the 2021-22 Thomas

The Calgary Flames have acquired forward Cole Schwindt from the Florida Panthers, along with Jonathan Huberdeau, former AHL All-Star Mackenzie Weegar and a conditional 2025 first-round draft pick, in exchange for Matthew Tkachuk and a conditional 2025 fourth-round pick. In his first full pro season in 2021-22, Schwindt skated in all 72 regular-season games for

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League held its 2022 Awards Gala during the Board of Governors’ Annual Meeting at Hilton Head Island, S.C., on Thursday evening, presenting several awards for excellence and service. The gala, part of the first in-person Annual Meeting in three years, also featured a celebration of the career of David

The Rockford IceHogs have signed forward David Gust to an American Hockey League contract for the 2022-23 season. Gust, a native of Orland Park, Ill., is coming off a championship season with the Chicago Wolves in 2021-22. He notched 16 goals and 20 assists for a career-high 36 points in 64 regular-season contests, and added

The Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose announced that Moose assistant coach Marty Johnston has been named an assistant coach with the Jets on Rick Bowness’s staff, and that Nolan Baumgartner will join the Moose as an assistant under Mark Morrison. Baumgartner, 46, had been an assistant coach for the Vancouver Canucks from 2017 to 2022,

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today released the complete schedule of games for the 2022-23 regular season, the league’s 87th year of operation. The season, with an all-time high of 32 teams playing 72 games apiece – a total of 1,152 games – begins on Friday, October 14 and concludes on Sunday, April

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced the dates and opponents for all 32 teams’ home openers for the 2022-23 season: Fri., Oct. 28 vs. San Diego Sat., Oct. 15 vs. Abbotsford Sat., Oct. 15 vs. Laval Sat., Oct. 22 vs. Laval Sun., Oct. 16 vs. Coachella Valley Fri., Oct. 14 vs. Hartford

The Washington Capitals have signed defenseman Gabriel Carlsson to a one-year, two-way contract. Carlsson, a first-round pick by Columbus in the 2015 NHL Draft, has split the last five seasons between the Blue Jackets and the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters. In 2021-22, he tallied two goals and seven assists in 38 NHL contests, while adding two

The Detroit Red Wings have hired Jay Varady as an assistant coach. Varady, 44, has spent the last four seasons as a coach in the Arizona Coyotes organization, including three seasons as head coach of the American Hockey League’s Tucson Roadrunners from 2018-20 and 2021-22. In Tucson, Varady guided his team to a record of

Tom Timmermann Blues prospect Matt Kessel got two seasons for the price of one this year. The young defenseman was able to get in a third season at Massachusetts, the school for which he won the NCAA championship in 2021, and turn pro and still play what effectively was his rookie season as a professional,

The New York Rangers have agreed to terms with free-agent forward Turner Elson and defenseman Andy Welinski on one-year contracts. Elson joins the Rangers organization after spending the last five seasons with the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins. In 2021-22, he established career highs with 21 golas, 24 assists and 45 points in 73 games with