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📝 by Brandon Weiss | AHL On The Beat A handful of times, Richmond, B.C., native Glenn Gawdin has scaled Grouse Mountain. To reach the peak that overlooks Vancouver, climbers and hikers have to withstand the ‘Grouse Grind,’ a climb just shy of two miles and a hair north of 4,000 feet in elevation gain.

The Utica Comets set an American Hockey League record on Friday, picking up their 12th consecutive victory to begin the 2021-22 season. Utica defeated Charlotte, 4-1, at the Adirondack Bank Center to improve to 12-0-0-0 and surpass the standard set by the 1984-85 Rochester Americans, who won their first 11 games that year. Nate Schnarr

📝 by Patrick Williams It seems that the St. Louis Blues have found their American Hockey League home with the Springfield Thunderbirds. A variety of circumstances had cycled the Blues through a mix of AHL arrangements for several seasons before they teamed up with the Thunderbirds in March 2020 as part of a new five-year

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that the games between the Bakersfield Condors and Abbotsford Canucks scheduled for Friday, Nov. 19 (AHL Game #192) and Sunday, Nov. 21 (AHL Game #214) have been rescheduled due to the ongoing state of local emergency in the City of Abbotsford. “Our first priority is the

📝 by Joel Vanderlaan | AHL On The Beat After a pre-season trade brought Jake Lucchini to the Friendly City, he has become a mainstay in a Belleville Senators lineup that has been in constant flux since opening night. The team has completed no less than 52 transactions due to a rash of injuries and

The American Hockey League is saddened to learn of the passing of Tom Colley today following a lengthy illness. He was 68. Known as “Mr. Nighthawk,” Colley spent seven of his eight AHL seasons with the New Haven Nighthawks, where his 534 games played, 204 goals, 281 assists and 485 points all stand as franchise

📝 by Patrick Williams The American Hockey League schedule serves up an interesting wrinkle tonight. When the 10-0-0-0 Utica Comets head west to visit the Rochester Americans, they will attempt to match a league mark set by those Amerks nearly four decades ago. Rochester’s 1984-85 club owns the AHL record for longest winning streak to

📝 by Brian McCormack | AHL On The Beat “Hey guys, Paul scored!” “Boys, Cotter got one!!” As the Henderson Silver Knights sat in Stockton last Thursday night waiting for their weekend set against the Heat, most players had their phone and computer screens streaming the Vegas Golden Knights and Minnesota Wild, and watched their

The Rockford IceHogs today announced that former team captain Jared Nightingale has joined the coaching staff as an assistant coach. Nightingale, 39, played 67 games with the IceHogs and served as captain during the 2013-14 season. Overall, the native of Jackson, Mich., appeared in 472 AHL games over parts of 12 seasons with Springfield, Iowa,

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📝 by Patrick Williams One by one last week, tributes to Colby Cave continued from some who knew him best and who mattered most to him across the National Hockey League and the American Hockey League. A brain bleed cut Cave’s life short April 11, 2020, at age 25. Thanks to the NHL and AHL

The Ottawa Senators have signed defenseman Zac Leslie to a one-year, two-way contract for the 2021-22 season. Leslie has skated in nine games with the AHL’s Belleville Senators this season, collecting two assists. An Ottawa native, Leslie has skated in 304 career AHL contests with Belleville, Stockton, Chicago and Ontario, tallying 21 goals and 85

For the better part of his 26 years, Zach Fucale dreamed of making his NHL debut. When that night and that opportunity finally came on Thursday night in Detroit with his parents in attendance, Fucale was up to the task. He was strong out of the gates with eight saves in the first eight minutes

📝 by Patrick Williams Another Thursday, another day for the Bakersfield Condors to pack the bus and start a southbound trip down the I-5. This weekend’s American Hockey League schedule sends the Condors south again for a meeting with the San Diego Gulls. The home-and-home battle between the Pacific Division rivals starts tonight when the

📝 by Jason Karnosky | AHL On The Beat In the top development hockey league in the world there are few constants. For the Milwaukee Admirals, Doug Agnew was one of those constants. The team’s long-time athletic trainer played a big role in a successful American Hockey League franchise during his 32 years in Milwaukee.

The LA Kings have seen some outstanding performances from their goaltenders as of late. Whether it was Jonathan Quick’s sound play to defeat Toronto Monday night or Cal Petersen’s dazzling performance in Montreal on Tuesday, both of which included a total of 33 saves, goaltending has been a key part of the team’s current six

📝 by Patrick Williams This past Saturday for the Rockford IceHogs had already long shaped up as an eventful, busy day, even by American Hockey League norms. For the first time since March 6, 2020, the IceHogs would welcome fans to BMO Harris Bank Center. Like so many teams across the hockey world, the COVID-19

📝 by Kevin McGlue | AHL On The Beat When the Colorado Eagles dropped the puck in a preseason game against the San Jose Barracuda on Oct. 10, it was the first time that the team had welcomed their rabid fan base back into the Budweiser Events Center since March 11, 2020. After the AHL