American Hockey League

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that due to league COVID-19 protocols affecting the San Diego Gulls and San Jose Barracuda, the following games have been postponed: Wed., Dec. 29 – Stockton at San Jose (AHL Game #422) Fri., Dec. 31 – San Diego at Tucson (AHL Game #435) Sun., Jan. 2

📝 by Patrick Williams Mid-December turned out to be a hectic time for some American Hockey League coaches. In Milwaukee, Admirals head coach Karl Taylor and assistant coach Scott Ford earned a promotion to the parent Nashville Predators after COVID-19 protocols roiled that National Hockey League club. On the other side of Lake Michigan, Grand

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that due to league COVID-19 protocols affecting the Abbotsford Canucks, Charlotte Checkers, Cleveland Monsters, San Diego Gulls and Texas Stars, the following games have been postponed: Wed., Dec. 29 – Cleveland at Lehigh Valley (AHL Game #419) Wed., Dec. 29 – Henderson at San Diego (AHL

📝 by Patrick Williams The chatter started to pick up among the Milwaukee Admirals. Milwaukee’s bus rumbled east toward home in the early-morning hours of Dec. 15 after the Admirals had defeated the Iowa Wild, 6-3. That win, Milwaukee’s third in a row against the rival Wild, had given the resurgent Admirals their fifth consecutive

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that due to league COVID-19 protocols affecting the Cleveland Monsters, San Diego Gulls, San Jose Barracuda and Utica Comets, the following games have been postponed: Mon., Dec. 27 – Grand Rapids at Cleveland (AHL Game #405) Mon., Dec. 27 – Utica at Rochester (AHL Game #407)

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … American Hockey League President and CEO Scott Howson announced today that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the 2022 AHL All-Star Classic, scheduled for February 6-7 in Laval, Que., will not be held. “The Laval Rocket and Place Bell have done an outstanding job preparing to host our All-Star Classic festivities this

📝 by Zack Fisch | AHL On The Beat Alex Ovechkin isn’t the only one turning heads for the Washington Capitals. While Ovechkin is an ageless goal scoring wonder, the influx of youth in the Capitals lineup has been a major storyline in the club’s first few months of the season. A multitude of injuries

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that due to league COVID-19 protocols affecting the Syracuse Crunch, their game scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 29 at Laval (AHL Game #418) has been postponed. The Crunch organization continues to follow enhanced protocols at the direction of team medical staff and the AHL. A make-up date

📝 by Patrick Williams Texas Stars captain Curtis McKenzie has packed a lot into 503 professional games across parts of 10 seasons. A Calder Cup championship as a rookie with Texas in 2014. Two more trips to the Calder Cup Finals. The Dudley (Red) Garrett Memorial Award as the American Hockey League’s top rookie in

📝 by Mark Newman | AHL On The Beat In a quarter of a century of Griffins hockey, fewer than three dozen players have spent at least parts of five seasons in Grand Rapids. If you reduce the ranks to those who have logged five seasons of at least 20 games and who came to

From the moment he was named as head coach of the United States’ men’s Olympic hockey team in late July to the day before the NHL formally pulled out of the 2022 Games on Tuesday, Mike Sullivan spoke with reverence of the opportunity afforded him. Over the past five months, he leaned on one word

📝 by Patrick Williams A marriage between the Columbus Blue Jackets and Cleveland Monsters, everyone agreed, had long seemed destined to happen. Success definitely came quickly for the Blue Jackets in their new American Hockey League home, too, with a Calder Cup championship to show for the organizations’ first season together in 2015-16. But keeping

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that due to league COVID-19 protocols affecting the Stockton Heat, their game scheduled for tonight at San Diego (AHL Game #399) has been postponed. In addition, due to league COVID-19 protocols affecting the Hershey Bears, their game scheduled for tonight vs. Lehigh Valley (AHL Game #397)

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that due to league COVID-19 protocols affecting the Ontario Reign, their game scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 22 at Henderson (AHL Game #396) has been postponed. The Reign organization continues to follow enhanced protocols at the direction of team medical staff and the AHL. A make-up date

📝 by Bradley Cole | AHL On The Beat Cole Schwindt got a taste of the American Hockey League during the 2020-21 season with the Syracuse Crunch as he played 10 games. But it’s nothing like the experience he has been taking in this season. Schwindt, who signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Florida

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that due to league COVID-19 protocols affecting the Belleville Senators and the Toronto Marlies, their game scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 26 (AHL Game #404) in Toronto has been postponed. The Senators and Marlies organizations continue to follow enhanced protocols at the direction of team medical staff

Among a season full of surprises for the Calgary Flames (one of the best starts in franchise history, Andrew Mangiapane being among league leaders in goals, and Jacob Markstrom and Dan Vladar setting an NHL shutout record), one has gone under the radar. Blueliner Juuso Valimaki, the team’s first-round pick in 2017 and Finland’s captain

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that due to league COVID-19 protocols and related travel concerns affecting the Manitoba Moose, their game at Iowa tonight (AHL Game #373) has been rescheduled for Wed., January 19, at 7 p.m. CT. In addition, Manitoba’s games at Texas scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 21 (AHL Game