American Hockey League

📝 With files from Patrick Williams Here is a look at Saturday night around the AHL: HARTFORD 4, GRAND RAPIDS 0Rookie Dylan Garand stopped 21 shots for his second shutout of the season to carry the Wolf Pack (7-10-1-4) past the Griffins in the teams’ first meeting since Jan. 2, 2009. Garand joins Calgary’s Dustin

The Lehigh Valley Phantoms have signed forward Artem Anisimov to an American Hockey League contract for the remainder of the 2022-23 season. Anisimov, had originally joined the Phantoms on a tryout on Nov. 15 after being injured during training camp with the Philadelphia Flyers. He has notched three goals and one assist in six games

📝 by Jared Shafran | AHL On The Beat The Ontario Reign have always enjoyed a great relationship with their NHL affiliate, the Los Angeles Kings, but a new leader behind the bench this season has the two even more in sync. Since 2019, the Reign have had their operations and daily practices based out

The Coachella Valley Firebirds are using water from Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle to make the ice at their new home, Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, Calif. The water was collected when the Firebirds played at Climate Pledge Arena in October, and was transported to Coachella Valley with the team. Climate Pledge Arena is a

📝 by Patrick Williams Be it the newspapers, talk shows, online forums or social media, AHL leading scorer Matthew Phillips has been a much-discussed subject this fall in Calgary. When would Phillips join the Calgary Flames? As the Calgary Wranglers forward continued to rip through the American Hockey League — piling up 30 points in

Here is a look at Wednesday around the AHL: HENDERSON 3, ONTARIO 1Gage Quinney and Kaedan Korczak scored shorthanded goals and Laurent Brossoit stopped 30 shots as the Silver Knights defeated the Reign, 3-1. Henderson is now tied for the league lead with five shorthanded goals this season. Quinney added an empty-net goal in the

📝 by Alex Thomas | AHL On The Beat If you were to check out a Hartford Wolf Pack game at any point this fall, you would have noticed ample new faces in the lineup for the club compared to the team that finished the campaign last April. You also would have noticed a 6-foot-8,

📝 With files from Patrick Williams Here is a look at Sunday around the AHL: ONTARIO 5, BAKERSFIELD 2Quinton Byfield netted his first career hat trick to lead the Reign (12-6-0-1) to a win over the Condors. Byfield opened the scoring just 31 seconds into the game, added a marker in the second period and

📝 by Patrick Williams Oskari Salminen has appeared in 12 of the Manitoba Moose’s first 18 games, ranking him among the busiest goaltenders in the American Hockey League. But that is a downright light workload for the 23-year-old, relatively speaking. After all, this is a workhorse who played 55 of 60 games for his Finnish

The Anaheim Ducks have claimed forward Jayson Megna off waivers from the Colorado Avalanche. Megna has tallied three goals and three assists in nine games this season with the AHL’s Colorado Eagles, where he was serving as team captain. He also appeared in 14 games with the Avalanche. An 11th-year pro, Megna has played 162

📝 by Alec Lessner | AHL On The Beat Daemon Hunt is accustomed to the scrutiny that comes with being a high-profile prospect in the Minnesota Wild organization. Like many Canadian junior players, Hunt has been under a spotlight since his early teen years. The story of the end of Hunt’s junior career is well

📝 by Patrick Williams If nothing else, Magnus Hellberg has been collecting plenty of goaltending gear this fall. Some tales to tell after hockey is done, too. After all, Hellberg has been claimed off waivers more times (three) than he has played a game (two) this season. So a conditioning assignment with the Grand Rapids

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Abbotsford Canucks defenseman Christian Wolanin has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending December 4, 2022. Wolanin recorded nine assists and 10 points in four games last week, helping the Canucks to a perfect start to their

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League’s Player Safety Committee today announced that Tucson Roadrunners forward Bokondji Imama has been suspended for four (4) games as a consequence of a boarding incident in a game at San Jose on Dec. 3. In addition, Tucson forward Jan Jenik has been suspended for one (1) game as

WINNIPEG – Mikko Rantanen was six games into the journey and he had already come to an important realization about his transition to the North American game. And while many young players are determined to skip the important step in the process, the Finnish forward knew exactly what was required. So when Joe Sakic, who

The Carolina Hurricanes have acquired defenseman Zack Hayes from the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for future considerations. Hayes, 23, has collected one assist in 14 games with the AHL’s Henderson Silver Knights this season. The third-year pro has totaled four goals, 14 assists and a plus-31 rating in 103 career AHL contests, all with

📝 With files from Patrick Williams Here is a look at Friday night around the AHL: ONTARIO 3, COLORADO 1Cal Petersen, assigned to Ontario by the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday, made 27 saves to lead the Reign to a 3-1 win and snap the Eagles’ 11-game point streak. Petersen was making his first AHL

Cole Bardreau wasn’t sure he’d get another shot at playing in the NHL. “When you get to be my age, you think your opportunity might be gone,” said Bardreau, 29. “You’re not going to get another look at it. So I’m just trying to stay in the moment.” Bardreau made his season debut for the