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Breadcrumb Trail Links Sports NHL Hockey Calgary Flames ‘What’s going on here?’ has been a popular question among the Flames’ faithful, wondering why Pelletier is still stuck spectating Calgary Wranglers Jakob Pelletier during a match against Coachella Valley Firebirds at Scotiabank Saddledome on Sunday, October 16, 2022. Photo by Azin Ghaffari /Postmedia Article content If

📝 by Patrick Williams Will Cuylle’s season effectively began last August, and has yet to slow down. Cuylle capped his junior career by skating for Team Canada in the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship, which ended with a gold medal on Aug. 20. From there it was on to rookie camp and then training camp

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Hartford Wolf Pack goaltender Louis Domingue has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending January 15, 2023. Domingue was 2-0-1 with a 1.66 goals-against average, a .941 save percentage and a shutout in three road starts to

Taylor Fedun’s most recent recall to the Pittsburgh Penguins roster has gone exactly like his first two. That’s to say the right-handed defenseman has not played a game and likely won’t unless something unforeseen happens. And he’s perfectly fine with that. Just being in the NHL, even as a healthy scratch, is a gift in

Yaroslav Askarov has had a week he won’t soon forget. Hours after receiving a 2023 AHL All-Star Game nod for his efforts in his first professional season, Askarov was on a plane bound for Toronto to join the team that selected him 11th overall in the 2020 draft. Hours later, the 20-year-old netminder was between

📝 With files from Patrick Williams Here is a look at Saturday’s action around the AHL: TEXAS 5, MILWAUKEE 4The Stars scored three times in the final 5:33 of regulation, capped by Marian Studenic’s tiebreaking goal with 36.3 seconds to play, to pull out a win over the Admirals in a battle of the top

📝 by Joel Vanderlaan | AHL On The Beat In the American Hockey League, Belleville Senators rookie Ridly Greig routinely faces tough competition, something he is used to. His father Mark, an amateur scout with the Philadelphia Flyers organization, is a former AHL All-Star and Calder Cup champion who also played 125 games in the

📝 With files from Patrick Williams Here is a look at Friday’s action around the AHL: IOWA 4, GRAND RAPIDS 0Jesper Wallstedt recorded 24 saves for his first AHL shutout as the Wild won their season-high fourth consecutive game. Nic Petan posted a goal and two assists while Steven Fogarty, Nick Swaney and Sammy Walker each

📝 by Patrick Williams What is the difference between working hard and competing? Syracuse Crunch head coach Ben Groulx knows. So does his captain, Gabriel Dumont. “It’s about playing with your identity right from the get-go,” Groulx stresses. “You cannot go out there and test the water. You’ve got to go out there and establish

Here is a look at Tuesday’s action around the AHL: COACHELLA VALLEY 3, SAN JOSE 2 (SO)Kole Lind scored the only shootout goal in the seventh round as the Firebirds got past the visiting Barracuda. San Jose got a goal from Danil Gushchin with a minute remaining in regulation to earn a standings point, their

📝 by Andrew Streitel | AHL On The Beat It’s an early, chilly Swedish morning and Pontus Andreasson is already up and about, heading to his part-time job as an electrician at Volvo to work a long shift before going to the rink to fine-tune his skills on the ice. This was Andreasson’s reality until

Here is a look at Wednesday’s action around the AHL: WILKES-BARRE/SCRANTON 4, HERSHEY 3 (OT)Jonathan Gruden scored his second goal of the night with 29 seconds gone in overtime as the Penguins knocked off the first-place Bears at Giant Center. Wilkes-Barre/Scranton scored three times in the second period, including the first career pro goals from

Tweet #AHLAllStar SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today the playing rosters for the 2023 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Bell in collaboration with Manulife Bank, to be held February 5-6 in Laval, Que. Each of the AHL’s four divisions will be represented by 12 players. Rosters were determined by committees of AHL

📝 by Patrick Williams It’s a good thing that Isak Rosen is only 19 years old. Rest and recovery come much more easily at that age. The Rochester Americans forward has finally been able to catch his breath following a demanding run of seven games in 11 nights while representing Sweden at the 2023 IIHF

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Toronto Marlies forward Bobby McMann has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending January 8, 2023. McMann tallied three goals and three assists for six points in three games for Toronto last week. On Tuesday evening, McMann

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League’s Player Safety Committee today announced that Syracuse Crunch goaltender Jack LaFontaine has been suspended for six (6) games and forward Gemel Smith has been suspended for three (3) games as a consequence of their actions at the conclusion of Syracuse’s game vs. Rochester on Jan. 7. LaFontaine was

📝 by Patrick Williams An AHL regular season can be broken down into 27 weeks, each making up a piece of the season-long puzzle. Each week is also a process, particularly in a league dominated by youth finding its way in the pro game. That process can also be complicated quickly by an AHL club

📝 With files from Patrick Williams Here is a look at Friday’s action around the AHL: SAN DIEGO 5, MILWAUKEE 0Lukas Dostal posted his second consecutive shutout as the Gulls won for the fourth time in five games. Dostal made 40 saves on the night and has stopped all 79 shots that he has faced