The Grand Rapids Griffins clinched a berth in the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs on Wednesday night with a 5-2 victory over the visiting Cleveland Monsters at Van Andel Arena. The two-time Calder Cup champion Griffins (2013, 2017) are heading to the postseason for the first time since 2019. Wednesday’s victory improved their streak of home…
Last night’s game against the New Jersey Devils left even the most optimistic Maple Leafs fans feeling disheartened. For fans who choose to listen to the team’s beloved radio announcers Joe Bowen and Jim Ralph, it was an interesting game. They suffered with the team and were no exception to the frustration and discouragement. The…
Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer As challenging as times have been for the Texas Stars, captain Curtis McKenzie knows that even more obstacles await. Players don’t come much more playoff-tested than McKenzie. The 11th-year pro has made three trips to the Calder Cup Finals, winning a championship as a rookie in 2014. This year’s postseason…
When asked about the odds he would have re-signed in Pittsburgh, forward Jake Guentzel held nothing back when it came to what he thought his future would be. The winger was dealt at this season’s deadline, much to the chagrin of Sidney Crosby and many of the Penguins fans. “My intention was to stay. They…
As you likely know, the British Elite Ice Hockey League marks its two-decade anniversary with the EIHL 2023-2024 season, which commenced on September 23rd, 2024; its final is expected to happen on April 21st, 2024, in Nottingham. The season that got stained by the shock death of Nottingham Panthers star Adam Johnson, who died after…
Add the names Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon to another set of NHL records. Over the last five years, both players have figured out how to climb the ranks of hockey history. Every year, both players inch closer and closer to legendary status. This season, for only the fourth time in NHL history, two players…
The Edmonton Oilers had a feeling that Zach Hyman was going to notch his 50th goal of the season when the team took on the Ottawa Senators on Sunday. They were right, and because they were prepared for the moment, the sights and sounds of every second of that goal were captured for the fans…
Despite better judgment to give the video more oxygen than it probably deserves, it’s more important to give props to hard work, determination, perseverance, and achievement instead of undermining, demeaning, and discrediting it. That’s what journalist Andrew Berkshire was trying to do when he posted an insanely out-to-lunch video suggesting that the narrative surrounding Zach…
A recent rumor aired on Russian television tied Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Carter Hart to KHL team AK Bars Kazan. The hint was that his NHL career is over and no teams in Europe would take him, so he’s looking to go to Russia to continue his hockey career, all while awaiting trial in North America….
by Alec Lessner | AHL On The Beat When Cody Franson departed British Columbia for Des Moines, he temporarily left his family and most of his physical possessions behind. One thing Franson made sure to bring was an item that contained the better part of a decade of preparation for his first professional coaching job….
