American Hockey League

Here is a look at Sunday’s action around the AHL: CALGARY 2, BAKERSFIELD 1Matthew Phillips scored his league-leading 20th goal of the season and Dustin Wolf stopped 35 shots as the Wranglers remained hot with a win over the Condors in the first visit of the season to Calgary by Edmonton’s AHL affiliate. The Wranglers

📝 With files from Patrick Williams Here is a look at Saturday’s action around the AHL: TORONTO 5, LEHIGH VALLEY 4 (SO)Joey Anderson had two goals and an assist in regulation before scoring the decisive goal in the shootout as the Marlies outlasted the visiting Phantoms. Toronto, 8-1-0-1 in its last 10 contests, also got

📝 by Dalton Rice | AHL On The Beat Andy Andreoff embodies everything the Bridgeport Islanders are about. Tough, gritty, and hard to play against. On top of that, he has a resilient nose for the net. Since joining the Islanders organization ahead of the 2021-22 season, the veteran forward has been a mainstay at

📝 by Patrick Williams Alex Nedeljkovic really needed that one. So did the Grand Rapids Griffins. After a difficult run with the Detroit Red Wings this season, Nedeljkovic came to Grand Rapids on a conditioning assignment this week and took the Griffins to a 3-1 win against Cleveland on Wednesday night. Nedeljkovic, who helped lead

The Edmonton Oilers have signed forward Justin Bailey to a one-year, two-way contract and placed him on waivers for the purpose of assigning him to the Bakersfield Condors. Bailey signed an AHL deal with the Condors on Sept. 8 and has tallied four goals and six assists for 10 points in 16 games this season.

📝 by Patrick Williams Cole Guttman can handle a setback. Or two. Guttman underwent hip surgery at age 18, limiting him to 17 games with Dubuque of the United States Hockey League in 2017-18. But the 5-foot-9, 168-pound forward came through it. Four highly successful seasons at the University of Denver followed, including captaining the

📝 by Jason Karnosky | AHL On The Beat With continued development, Luke Evangelista and Phil Tomasino know they are just a few years away from being key members of the Nashville Predators. But for now the pair are the present in Milwaukee, and for the 2022-23 season Admirals fans get to watch the pair

Here is a look at Wednesday’s action around the AHL: LAVAL 6, MANITOBA 3Rafaël Harvey-Pinard notched his first AHL hat trick as the host Rocket doubled up the Moose in an inter-conference battle at Place Bell. Harvey-Pinard also picked up an assist for a four-point night, and Rem Pitlick recorded four helpers to lead Laval

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … American Hockey League President and Chief Executive Officer Scott Howson announced today that Syracuse Crunch forward Gabriel Dumont and Grand Rapids Griffins defenseman Brian Lashoff have been selected as the playing captains for the 2023 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Bell in collaboration with Manulife Bank, to be held February 5-6 in

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Springfield Thunderbirds forward Will Bitten has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending January 1, 2023. Bitten recorded six points (two goals, four assists) and a plus-6 rating in three games for Springfield last week. On Wednesday

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Tucson Roadrunners forward Michael Carcone, Cleveland Monsters defenseman David Jiricek and Calgary Wranglers goaltender Dustin Wolf have been selected as the league’s award winners for December. Carcone, the AHL Player of the Month, scored 10 goals and added 10 assists for 20 points in 10

📝 by Laura Kirk | AHL On The Beat “That would just be the perfect story.” Abbotsford rookie Arshdeep Bains told media after his signing with the Vancouver Canucks organization that “getting the chance to play for the Canucks would be huge for everybody in Surrey, everyone who’s South Asian, anyone who wants to play

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Todd Nelson of the Hershey Bears, Greg Moore of the Toronto Marlies, Neil Graham of the Texas Stars and Mitch Love of the Calgary Wranglers have clinched the honor of coaching at the 2023 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Bell in collaboration with Manulife Bank,

📝 With files from Patrick Williams Here is a look at Saturday’s action around the AHL: CALGARY 3, ONTARIO 1The Wranglers (21-7-0-1, .741) closed out 2022 with the best record in the AHL, defeating the Reign for their sixth consecutive win and seventh straight on the road. Jakob Pelletier scored a pair of power-play goals

📝 by Gary R. Blockus | AHL On The Beat Greg Carey played just four seasons with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, but left an indelible impression as a proven goal scorer. Had it not been for the COVID-19 pandemic ending the 2019-2020 season prematurely, Carey’s numbers would place him even higher on the franchise’s all-time

📝 With files from Patrick Williams Here is a look at Friday’s action around the AHL: TEXAS 7, TUCSON 3The Stars (18-7-3-2) carried their point streak to 10 games (9-0-1-0), the AHL’s longest of the season, with a win over visiting Tucson. Thomas Harley, Jacob Peterson and Mavrik Bourque all had a goal and an assist,

📝 by Patrick Williams 2022 was about revitalization in the American Hockey League following two years of upheaval. As with the rest of the world, the COVID-19 pandemic had upended hockey in 2020. The AHL went dark in March and didn’t return until February 2021, working to construct an abbreviated schedule that enabled NHL prospects

Here is a look at Wednesday’s action around the AHL: IOWA 5, COLORADO 3Damien Giroux scored his first two goals of the season, including the game-winner with 3:22 left in the third period, as the Wild snapped a five-game losing streak with a win over the Eagles. Giroux (2g, 1a) and Dakota Mermis (1g, 2a) each