Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Fortunes can change quickly in the AHL. For better and for worse. Just ask the Utica Comets. After missing the Calder Cup Playoffs last season, the Comets came into 2024-25 looking for – and needing – a bounce-back effort. They got anything but that over the season’s first six weeks.
The Columbus Blue Jackets were swept in Alberta and were looking to Shake It Off in British Columbia on Friday night. How did it end? It was not the love story the Blue Jackets were hoping for despite Taylor Swift playing that night at BC Place. Pius Suter scored two goals including the game winner
Ryan S. Clark Close Ryan S. Clark NHL reporter Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Greg Wyshynski Close Greg Wyshynski ESPN Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Dec 6, 2024, 04:45 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The NHL trade deadline for the 2024-25 season is not until March 7, but teams
After a rough three-game skid during which they scored only five goals, the Carolina Hurricanes scored five against the Colorado Avalanche on Thursday night (Dec. 5) to get back into the win column. The win was their 17th of the season and 10th victory at Lenovo Center, giving them a home record of 10-3-0. When
The New York Rangers traded captain Jacob Trouba to the Anaheim Ducks for fellow defenceman Urho Vaakanainen and a 2025 fourth-round draft pick. The Ducks will take on the full remaining salary for Trouba, the veteran blue liner who had fallen out of favor in New York as the front office eyed a shake-up. “Jacob
The Edmonton Oilers have acquired forward Jacob Perreault from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for defenseman Noel Hoefenmayer. Perreault, 22, was scoreless in six games with the AHL’s Laval Rocket this season. He also had one goal and four assists in five contests with Trois-Rivieres (ECHL). In 180 career AHL contests with Laval and San
The sky is falling in Colorado, but should it be? After 27 games, the Colorado Avalanche own a record of 14-13-0 and a points percentage (PTS%) of .519. That puts them right on the periphery of the Western Conference playoff race, an underwhelming position for a team which has entered every season as a Stanley
Rachel Doerrie, ESPNDec 6, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Rachel Doerrie is a professional data consultant specializing in data communication and modelling. She’s worked in the NHL and consulted for professional teams across North American and Europe. She hosts the Staff & Graph Podcast and discusses sports from a data-driven perspective. Open Extended Reactions The
Last season, it was Toronto Maple Leafs forward William Nylander who was in the midst of a contract year and was arguably one of their top offensive contributors. He earned himself an eight-year extension midseason where he had 54 points at the time and finished with 40 goals and 98 points, two shy of the
Alex Pietrangelo remembers what it felt like to watch Sidney Crosby up close at practice. It’s one thing to battle against top players like Crosby or Connor McDavid in the NHL. It’s another thing entirely to pull on the same jersey, talk to them at the rink, and see how they work on the ice, day
Hershey Bears head coach Todd Nelson does not hold back. Back-to-back Calder Cup championships will not spare his players an honest, frank assessment. Nor will being atop the AHL standings once again. Mind you, this is a 15-5-3-0 club that holds a franchise-record 11-game road point streak (9-0-2-0). However, a sloppy, undisciplined 5-4 home loss
The Columbus Blue Jackets were hoping to sweep the season series from the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night. But it was the Oilers’ big guns that stole the show. On the night the Oilers held a pregame ceremony for Connor McDavid’s 1000 points, he had four assists while Leon Draisatil and Zach Hyman had two
Dec 5, 2024, 05:15 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Chicago Blackhawks fired coach Luke Richardson on Thursday after just eight wins in their first 26 games left them with the worst record based on points in the league. The team announced the move in a release, noting that Anders Sorensen, the coach of its
The Tampa Bay Lightning‘s rocky month of November has come to a close. A mix of upset losses and failed comeback attempts resulted in them finishing with a 5-6-2 record and 12 points. Not the best follow-up to a 7-3-0 October. Regardless of the final record, three standout players delivered day in and day out.
Chicago fired coach Luke Richardson on Thursday, signalling the franchise’s frustration with the state of the franchise’s rebuilding project. Chicago has dropped four in a row to fall to an NHL-worst 8-16-2 on the season. It was outscored 41-27 while going 3-9-1 in its last 13 games. Anders Sorensen was elevated to interim coach. Sorensen
The Chicago Blackhawks relieved Luke Richardson of his duties and have named Rockford IceHogs head coach Anders Sorensen the NHL club’s interim head coach. Mark Eaton, the Blackhawks’ assistant general manager overseeing player development, will assume interim head coaching responsibilities in Rockford. Sorensen was in the midst of his fourth season as head coach of the
The Toronto Maple Leafs surged in the third period to secure a 3–2 comeback victory over the Nashville Predators on Wednesday night. After falling behind early, the team scored three unanswered goals to claim their third straight win. Auston Matthews led the way with two third-period goals, and William Nylander added another, helping Toronto extend
Emily Kaplan, ESPNDec 5, 2024, 07:30 AM ET Close Emily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. Open Extended Reactions A few days before Thanksgiving, Minnesota Wild GM Bill Guerin was in Columbus to scout the Blue Jackets. After the game, he went for dinner and drinks with Chris Kelleher, his assistant general manager. As the
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