American Hockey League

by Judd Spicer | AHL On The Beat As the Coachella Valley Firebirds ready to pen the final chapters of the 2023-24 regular season, head coach Dan Bylsma is following the narrative word for word. Literally and, well, literarily. Long a voracious reader, Bylsma’s influence on the Firebirds is a pairing of words both spoken

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Colorado Eagles forward Tanner Kero has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending March 3, 2024. Kero recorded four goals, three assists and a plus-7 rating in four road games for Colorado last week. In Abbotsford on Tuesday

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer The Hershey Bears are on pace for the best record in AHL history. The Milwaukee Admirals just had a 19-game winning streak, the second-longest ever in the AHL. And then there are the Providence Bruins, who keep quietly banking wins and points. They don’t have a Calder Cup championship to

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer American Hockey League players should make sure their phones are charged this week. The National Hockey League trade deadline is set for Friday at 3 p.m. ET, and while much of the attention turns to who did what to better their chances for a Stanley Cup come June, the effects

by Andrew Mossbrooks | AHL On The Beat “I went 18 years thinking I was perfectly healthy until I wasn’t one day.” Those are the words of Rochester Americans forward Damien Giroux, a player that is all smiles despite challenges that few in or outside the hockey world have faced at his age. Giroux, 23,

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Belleville Senators forward Angus Crookshank, San Diego Gulls defenseman Olen Zellweger and Colorado Eagles goaltender Ivan Prosvetov have been selected as the league’s award winners for February. Crookshank, the AHL Player of the Month, tallied eight goals and six assists for 14 points in 12

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer The Grand Rapids Griffins are on the move. They will bring a 16-game points streak (12-0-2-2) into tonight’s date with the Iowa Wild at Van Andel Arena. Their work for the past month and a half has sent them up the Central Division standings into second place. Helping to lead

BRYAN WILSON – 02.29.2024 Jeremie Poirier was a welcome sight at Wranglers’ practice this week. The 21-year-old was on fire to start the season with seven points (1g,6a) in four games, but he suffered a forearm laceration against the Abbotsford Canucks on Oct. 21 that has kept him out of the lineup ever since. It’s

Sebastian Cossa made 37 saves to backstop the Grand Rapids Griffins to a 4-2 win over the Milwaukee Admirals at Van Andel Arena on Sunday evening in the first game in AHL history between two teams riding points streaks of 14 games or more. The Griffins improved to 11-0-2-2 in their last 15 contests while

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Grand Rapids Griffins goaltender Sebastian Cossa has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending February 25, 2024. Cossa stopped 65 of 67 shots over two starts last week, good for a 1.00 goals-against average and a .970

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Ivan Prosvetov’s big break came last October. After four seasons in the Arizona Coyotes organization – mostly spent in the AHL with the Tucson Roadrunners – Prosvetov headed off to the Colorado Avalanche after they claimed him off waivers on Oct. 9. And for a while that break held for

The moment was electric in the building. Not only did the Stars get the tying goal, but it was clear the fans knew what the point meant to Stankoven. The 47th overall pick in 2021, Stankoven is listed at 5-8, 171. That’s probably the reason he dropped so far in the draft. On the ice,

AHL On The Beat FOX43 sports director Todd Sadowski talked with former Hershey Bears captain Garrett Mitchell about his retirement from hockey and the transition away from the game he’s been playing since he was a kid. They discuss why Garrett was named a captain on his team so often and the characteristics that made

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League’s Player Safety Committee today announced that Springfield Thunderbirds forward Jakub Vrana has been suspended for two (2) games as a consequence of his actions during a game at Bridgeport on Feb. 25. Vrana was assessed a game misconduct under the provisions of AHL Rule 75.5(ii) for using an

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Fortunes swing quickly in the American Hockey League. Earlier today, rookie forward Ivan Miroshnichenko was recalled from Hershey by the Washington Capitals. The 20-year-old Miroshnichenko, a 2022 first-round pick, is having a solid season with the Bears with 25 points (nine goals, 16 assists) through 47 games. On Friday, hours

by Mark Newman | AHL On The Beat There’s more than a touch of truth to the old joke about the tourist who asks a New Yorker, “How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” The answer, of course, is practice, practice, practice. Detroit Red Wings prospect Amadeus Lombardi wishes he had learned to play guitar,

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer The New York Rangers had a need, and Hartford Wolf Pack captain Jonny Brodzinski has turned out to be the answer. Brodzinski’s reward came Wednesday with a brand-new two-year contract extension. If the 30-year-old forward seems like an overnight success story, he isn’t. And new contract or not, he carries

Cal O’Reilly scored twice late in the third period to lift the Milwaukee Admirals to their 19th consecutive victory, a 5-4 win over the Chicago Wolves on Saturday night. O’Reilly’s three-point night also gave him 277 career points in an Admirals sweater, surpassing Darren Haydar (276) as the franchise’s all-time leading AHL scorer. Zach L’Heureux