American Hockey League

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League held its 2022 Awards Gala during the Board of Governors’ Annual Meeting at Hilton Head Island, S.C., on Thursday evening, presenting several awards for excellence and service. The gala, part of the first in-person Annual Meeting in three years, also featured a celebration of the career of David

The Rockford IceHogs have signed forward David Gust to an American Hockey League contract for the 2022-23 season. Gust, a native of Orland Park, Ill., is coming off a championship season with the Chicago Wolves in 2021-22. He notched 16 goals and 20 assists for a career-high 36 points in 64 regular-season contests, and added

The Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose announced that Moose assistant coach Marty Johnston has been named an assistant coach with the Jets on Rick Bowness’s staff, and that Nolan Baumgartner will join the Moose as an assistant under Mark Morrison. Baumgartner, 46, had been an assistant coach for the Vancouver Canucks from 2017 to 2022,

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today released the complete schedule of games for the 2022-23 regular season, the league’s 87th year of operation. The season, with an all-time high of 32 teams playing 72 games apiece – a total of 1,152 games – begins on Friday, October 14 and concludes on Sunday, April

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced the dates and opponents for all 32 teams’ home openers for the 2022-23 season: Fri., Oct. 28 vs. San Diego Sat., Oct. 15 vs. Abbotsford Sat., Oct. 15 vs. Laval Sat., Oct. 22 vs. Laval Sun., Oct. 16 vs. Coachella Valley Fri., Oct. 14 vs. Hartford

The Washington Capitals have signed defenseman Gabriel Carlsson to a one-year, two-way contract. Carlsson, a first-round pick by Columbus in the 2015 NHL Draft, has split the last five seasons between the Blue Jackets and the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters. In 2021-22, he tallied two goals and seven assists in 38 NHL contests, while adding two

The Detroit Red Wings have hired Jay Varady as an assistant coach. Varady, 44, has spent the last four seasons as a coach in the Arizona Coyotes organization, including three seasons as head coach of the American Hockey League’s Tucson Roadrunners from 2018-20 and 2021-22. In Tucson, Varady guided his team to a record of

Tom Timmermann Blues prospect Matt Kessel got two seasons for the price of one this year. The young defenseman was able to get in a third season at Massachusetts, the school for which he won the NCAA championship in 2021, and turn pro and still play what effectively was his rookie season as a professional,

The New York Rangers have agreed to terms with free-agent forward Turner Elson and defenseman Andy Welinski on one-year contracts. Elson joins the Rangers organization after spending the last five seasons with the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins. In 2021-22, he established career highs with 21 golas, 24 assists and 45 points in 73 games with

BUFFALO – Michael Peca sees Sabres prospect JJ Peterka as such a rare and special talent he refers to the German winger a “unicorn.” Seriously. Peca, an assistant coach with the Rochester Americans, can’t think of a former teammate or opponent or find anyone in today’s game who resembles the type of player Peterka, 20,

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have signed defenseman Jon Lizotte to an American Hockey League contract for the 2022-23 season. Lizotte returns to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, where he began his pro career in 2019 following his senior season at St. Cloud State University. He played two full seasons with the AHL Penguins before joining the Minnesota Wild organization last

The Florida Panthers have signed defenseman Michael Del Zotto to a one-year, two-way contract. Del Zotto played 26 games with the AHL’s Belleville Senators in 2021-22, recording 10 goals and 17 assists for 27 points. He also skated in 26 NHL games with Ottawa, tallying three goals and 10 assists for 13 points. A first-round

The Winnipeg Jets have agreed to terms with defenseman Ashton Sautner on a one-year, two-way contract. Sautner played 41 games with the AHL’s Abbotsford Canucks in 2021-22, his seventh pro season. He finished with three goals and 10 assists for 13 points. A native of Flin Flon, Man., Sautner has played 283 games in the

The Buffalo Sabres have signed defenseman Lawrence Pilut to a one-year, two-way contract. Pilut returns to the Sabres organization after spending the last two seasons with Traktor Chelyabinsk in the Kontinental Hockey League. The native of Tingsryd, Sweden, played 67 games with the AHL’s Rochester Americans over the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons, totaling 10 goals

The Carolina Hurricanes have agreed to terms with forward Mackenzie MacEachern on a one-year, two-way contract. MacEachern played 47 regular-season games with the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds in 2021-22, posting 12 goals and 13 assists for 25 points. He added six goals and seven assists for 13 points in 18 postseason contests as the Thunderbirds advanced

The Florida Panthers have agreed to terms on a one-year, two-way contract with forward Gerry Mayhew. Mayhew skated in 40 NHL games between the Philadelphia Flyers and Anaheim Ducks in 2021-22, totaling 11 goals and one assist. He also notched nine goals and seven assists for 16 points in 24 AHL games with the Lehigh

The Winnipeg Jets have agreed to terms with forward Alex Limoges on a one-year, entry-level contract. Limoges, 24, led all San Diego Gulls skaters with 23 goals and 40 assists in 62 games in 2021-22. He also ranked first among AHL rookies with 12 power-play tallies. A native of Winchester, Va., Limoges made his pro

The Ottawa Senators have signed goaltender Antoine Bibeau and defenseman Jacob Larsson to one-year, two-way contracts. Bibeau made 10 appearances for the AHL’s Charlotte Checkers in 2021-22, going 4-1-2 with a 2.48 goals-against average and a .905 save percentage. He also played 14 games with Allen in the ECHL. A veteran of eight AHL seasons,