American Hockey League

The Boston Bruins have signed forward A.J. Greer to a two-year, one-way contract; defenseman Dan Renouf to a two-year, two-way contract; defenseman Connor Carrick to a one-year, two-way contract; goaltender Keith Kinkaid to a one-year, two-way contract; and forward Vinni Lettieri to a one-year, two-way contract. Greer played 53 games with the AHL’s Utica Comets

The Minnesota Wild have agreed to terms with forward Brandon Baddock on a one-year, two-way contract; forwards Steven Fogarty and Nic Petan on two-year, two-way contracts; and defenseman Andrej Sustr on a one-year, two-way contract. Baddock was acquired by Minnesota on Feb. 12, 2022, in a trade with Montreal. He skated in 61 AHL games

The Minnesota Wild have acquired goaltender Filip Gustavsson from the Ottawa Senators in exchange for goaltender Cam Talbot. Gustavsson, 24, has spent parts of the last five seasons with the AHL’s Belleville Senators, posting a record of 45-39-7 with a 3.06 goals-against average, an .898 save percentage and four shutouts in 95 appearances. He set

The Anaheim Ducks have announced that Roy Sommer has been named the head coach of their AHL affiliate, the San Diego Gulls. Sommer joins the Ducks organization after 25 years with the San Jose Sharks, including the last 24 seasons as head coach of their top development affiliates in Kentucky (1998-2001), Cleveland (2001-06), Worcester (2006-15)

Hershey Bears captain Matt Moulson has announced his retirement from professional hockey after 16 seasons and 1,074 games. Moulson has joined the Toronto Maple Leafs as a pro scout. The 38-year-old Moulson finished his career skating five seasons in the AHL with Hershey (2019-22) and the Ontario Reign (2017-19). He was selected to captain the

The Laval Rocket have signed forward Brennan Saulnier to an American Hockey League contract for the 2022-23 season. Saulnier enters his fifth pro season after collecting three goals and three assists in 43 games with the AHL’s Lehigh Valley Phantoms in 2021-22. In 59 career AHL contests, all with Lehigh Valley, Saulnier has totaled seven

The Nashville Predators have acquired forward John Leonard and a third-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft from the San Jose Sharks in exchange for forward Luke Kunin. Leonard, 23, skated in 45 games with the AHL’s San Jose Barracuda in 2021-22, collecting 17 goals and 15 assists for 32 points. He also notched one

The Seattle Kraken have named Jessica Campbell to the position of assistant coach of their new American Hockey League affiliate, the Coachella Valley Firebirds. Campbell will be the first female assistant coach in the AHL. “We’re very excited to welcome Jessica to the Kraken organization,” said general manager Ron Francis. “She played the game at

Thirty-two National Hockey League teams are preparing to take part in this week’s 2022 NHL Draft, and their top affiliates are ready and waiting for the next wave of young American Hockey League stars to begin their professional careers. In 2021-22, a total of 235 former first- and second-round draft picks played in the American

The Lehigh Valley Phantoms have re-signed center Cal O’Reilly to an American Hockey League contract for the 2022-23 season. O’Reilly enters his fourth season with the Phantoms and his 17th pro season overall after setting a career high with 21 goals and totaling 53 points in 75 games with Lehigh Valley in 2021-22. It marked

Sometime late Friday afternoon at the Bell Center in Montreal, the hopes and dreams of young men hoping to hear their names called by one of 32 NHL teams will start to unravel. Slowly but surely, as the names of dozens of other prospects are called and the rounds slip away, four, five, six and

The Hershey Bears have signed free-agent defenseman Aaron Ness to an American Hockey League contract for the 2022-23 season. Ness returns to Hershey for his second stint with the Bears. He played four seasons with the club from 2015 to 2019, helping them to the Calder Cup Finals in 2016 and earning Second Team AHL

10:03 AM ET Jessica Campbell is being hired by the Coachella Valley Firebirds as an assistant coach, making her the first woman behind a bench as a full-time coach in the AHL. A woman has never filled that role in the NHL. The Firebirds, the top minor league affiliate of the NHL’s Seattle Kraken, will

The Tampa Bay Lightning have acquired defenseman Philippe Myers and forward Grant Mismash from the Nashville Predators in exchange for defenseman Ryan McDonagh. Myers, 25, played 27 games with the Predators in 2021-22, collecting one goal and three assists. He also recorded two goals and five assists in 16 games with the AHL’s Toronto Marlies.

The Ottawa Senators have named Ryan Bowness general manager of their American Hockey League affiliate, the Belleville Senators. Bowness, 38, will also serve as an assistant general manager of Ottawa. He joins the organization after six seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins, including the last three as the team’s director of professional scouting. Bowness also spent

Emily Engel-Natzke was promoted to video coordinator by the Washington Capitals on Thursday, making her the first woman to be a full-time coach in the NHL. Engel-Natzke worked the past two seasons as video coach with the Capitals’ American Hockey League affiliate in Hershey, where she was the organization’s first woman coach. “It’s really exciting,”

Since entering the American Hockey League during the pandemic-shortened 2020-21 season, Egor Sokolov has been an offensive difference-maker for the Belleville Senators. The imposing 6-foot-4 215-pound right-winger has used his size and skill to be a consistent contributor on the scoresheet, having tallied 75 points (34G, 41A) in 99 career games. However, when the 22-year-old native of

The Vancouver Canucks have promoted Abbotsford Canucks head coach Trent Cull to assistant coach with the NHL club, and have named Jeremy Colliton the new head coach in Abbotsford. Former AHL head coach Mike Yeo has also joined Bruce Boudreau’s staff in Vancouver as an assistant. Cull has spent the last five seasons as head