Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Is Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins head coach J.D. Forrest happy with where his team is as the AHL regular season begins its final week? Not quite, even though the Penguins had just put together a seven-game winning streak. But is he encouraged? Yes. Forrest is going with that. New faces are helping….
The Toronto Maple Leafs are being hit hard by injuries. Maple Leafs head coach Sheldon Keefe provided updates on a handful of players ahead of the team’s final regular-season games and playoff preparations. Several players were not on the ice for practice on Monday, leading to questions their respective status for the last few games….
Evander Kane will not play tonight as the Edmonton Oilers take on the San Jose Sharks. Head coach Kris Knoblauch explained that Kane is out as a maintenance decision, similar to Connor McDavid’s sitting the last three games. Knoblauch noted, that if it was Game 1 of the playoffs, Kane would be in. Instead, because…
Photo: Andreea Cardani SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that San Jose Barracuda forward Danil Gushchin has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending April 14, 2024. Gushchin recorded three goals and three assists in three games for the Barracuda last week. On Wednesday evening,…
The NHL Playoffs are now only one week away, and most of the teams who have qualified have familiar logos. This isn’t the case for the Vancouver Canucks, who, after an amazing and surprising campaign are in the postseason for the first time since the 2019-20 season. Will their inexperience be an issue? Or, can…
The Toronto Marlies clinched a berth in the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs on Saturday night thanks to a 6-5 shootout victory over the Syracuse Crunch, along with Utica’s 3-2 shootout loss to Providence. The Marlies qualify for the postseason for the 13th time in franchise history. They have reached the conference finals six times and…
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League’s Player Safety Committee today announced that Iowa Wild forward Kale Kessy has been suspended for two (2) games as a consequence of his actions in a game at Manitoba on Apr. 13. Kessy will miss Iowa’s games today (Apr. 14) at Manitoba and Wednesday (Apr. 17) vs. Grand…
Great Britain are busy preparing for next week’s men’s Under-18 World Championship Division II Group A in Poland. The team arrived at their base in Sosnowiec on Thursday and have been having two practices a day ahead of Wednesday’s opening game of the tournament against hosts Poland. GB also face Croatia, Serbia, Romania and the…
Edmonton Oilers fans have something to root for over the last three regular-season games as prospect defenseman Philip Broberg is poised to join the team for the final games of the season against San Jose Sharks, Arizona Coyotes, and Colorado Avalanche. With ample cap space available, the Oilers can recall him without needing to make…
Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Todd Nelson termed it a “come-to-Jesus meeting” for his club. Something did not seem quite right, and Nelson could sense it. Shut out in back-to-back games. A split of a two-game trip to Charlotte the following weekend. After a shootout loss Mar. 15 at Utica, he had seen enough. In…
