American Hockey League

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Providence Bruins forward Georgii Merkulov has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending February 12, 2023. Merkulov tallied three goals and two assists for five points in two games last week as the Bruins took over first

📝 With files from Patrick Williams Here is a look at Friday’s action around the AHL: CHICAGO 5, IOWA 0Pyotr Kochetkov recorded his first regular-season AHL shutout, making 28 saves as the Wolves blanked the Wild to snap Iowa’s 13-game point streak (9-0-3-2). Kochetkov, who had two shutouts during the 2022 Calder Cup Playoffs, has

📝 With files from Patrick Williams Here is a look at Saturday’s action around the AHL: LAVAL 6, UTICA 2The Rocket scored three times shorthanded — two of them eight seconds apart in the second period — and twice more on the power play to roll past the Comets. Laval was the first AHL team

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League’s Player Safety Committee today announced that Tucson Roadrunners forward Travis Barron has been suspended for one (1) game as a consequence of his actions in a game at Abbotsford on Feb. 10. Barron received an automatic one-game suspension under the provisions of AHL Rule 23.3 for accumulating his

📝 by Jared Shafran | AHL On The Beat Ontario Reign captain T.J. Tynan has had quite the month. When 2023 began, the reigning back-to-back AHL most valuable player was leading his team in scoring, as expected, but he hadn’t produced the eye-popping numbers Reign fans saw last season when he put up 98 points,

The Oilers Entertainment Group and the City of Bakersfield announced today that the Bakersfield Condors have renewed their lease at Mechanics Bank Arena and will remain in Bakersfield, Calif., for at least the next five years. The lease was ratified by Bakersfield City Council on Wednesday. “We would like to thank the City and the

📝 by Patrick Williams Players, coaches, and staffs returned to the ice Thursday following the AHL All-Star break. Practice, pack the bus, and hit the road. The unofficial “second half” of the 2022-23 season starts with a 15-game slate tonight. The stretch drive is on, and so is everything that accompanies it. Trades, speculation, playoff

One’s a kid from an area where opportunities to play are spread far apart who beat long odds to play in the National Hockey League. One overcame a debilitating disorder that caused him to lose 40 pounds just as he should have been at his strongest, battling for a spot in the game. One’s a

📝 by Patrick Williams LAVAL, Que. … Families, friends and AHL staff milled about on the stage at Théâtre Marcellin-Champagnat in Laval on Monday. A jazz band played off to the side, one of many new touches the Rocket organization brought to All-Star this year. The 2023 AHL Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Ceremony

LAVAL, Quebec — Team Pacific edged Team Atlantic, 1-0, in the finale of the 2023 AHL All-Star Challenge to close out a resoundingly successful AHL All-Star Classic weekend.  Calgary Wranglers goalie Dustin Wolf and San Diego Gulls netminder Lukas Dostal shared the shutout and MVP honors for the event which featured seven 3-on-3 games among

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Springfield Thunderbirds forward Matthew Peca has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending February 5, 2023. Peca notched two goals and five assists for seven points in three games last week to help the Thunderbirds establish a franchise

📝 by Patrick Williams Nolan Baumgartner reconnected with his playing roots when he signed on as an assistant coach with the Manitoba Moose last July. Now the 46-year-old Baumgartner’s AHL accomplishments will be made permanent when he enters the league’s Hall of Fame. His enshrinement follows 16 seasons of pro hockey in which he put

📝 by Patrick Williams LAVAL, Que. … “Five?” Ontario Reign offensive dynamo T.J. Tynan half-asked, half-yelled from his locker room stall when he overheard that next-door neighbor Seth Griffith had put up five goals at the Mise-o-jeu AHL All-Star Challenge on Monday night. Griffith has worked magic with the puck in the AHL for parts

LAVAL, Que. … Goaltenders Dustin Wolf of the Calgary Wranglers and Lukas Dostal of the San Diego Gulls shared Most Valuable Player honors, backstopping the Pacific Division to victory in the 2023 Mise-o-jeu AHL All-Star Challenge on Monday night. Wolf and Dostal combined to stop 42 of 49 shots over 46 minutes of work during

📝 by Patrick Williams LAVAL, Que. … Laval Rocket forward Anthony Richard’s evening stayed busy even long after he had left the ice following the 2023 Rona AHL All-Star Skills Competition on Sunday night. With 40 or 50 members of his extended family inside of Place Bell, Richard had registered a time of 13.322 seconds

LAVAL, Que. … Ethen Frank set an AHL record in the CCM Fastest Skater event, helping the Eastern Conference to a 16-10 win in the 2023 Rona AHL All-Star Skills Competition on Sunday night at Place Bell. Frank, the Hershey Bears forward who is tied for the AHL rookie lead with 21 goals this season,

InglascoPuck Control Relay CCMFastest Skater AHLTVRapid Fire CCMHardest Shot RONAAccuracy Shooting RONAPass and Score Upper DeckBreakaway Relay Total – – – – – – – 0 – – – – – – – 0 Event 1 – Inglasco Puck Control Relay Race #1 Christian Wolanin Zac Jones Thomas Bordeleau Matthew Highmore Luke Evangelista Mike Vecchione Winning

📝 by Patrick Williams For 26 years Dave Andrews operated as the AHL’s conscience, as well as its sounding board for a parade of teams, owners, general managers, and other constituents. But the long-time AHL President and CEO had his own panel of advisors, too. First there was Marleen, of course, the woman he married