[ad_1] Firebirds rookie forward Shane Wright was a full practice participant yesterday at Giant Center. Wright, the fourth overall pick in the 2022 NHL Draft, missed the entire Western Conference Finals against Milwaukee being injured in Game 3 of the team’s division final with Ontario on May 17. He has a pair of goals to…
[ad_1] SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has announced the 2023-24 AHL Top Prospects Team, determined by the league’s hockey operations department in conjunction with AHL general managers as the three forwards, two defensemen and one goaltender projected to be the best future NHL players. To qualify for the AHL Top Prospects Team, skaters…
[ad_1] The Monsters blue line got a boost in Game 6 when Jake Christiansen returned to the back end for the first time since May 3. Christiansen delivered the overtime winner to force the deciding Game 7 tonight at Giant Center. Head coach Trent Vogelhuber paired Christiansen with rookie Denton Mateychuk, who was playing just…
[ad_1] The Hershey Bears have been in this situation before. Probably more times than they have wanted. In the division semifinals this spring, Hershey was shut out in Game 3 before finishing off Lehigh Valley in Game 4. During last year’s Calder Cup championship run, the Bears lost games at home to Charlotte in the…
[ad_1] “I believe, and our team believes, that we can beat anybody in one game,” Monsters head coach Trent Vogelhuber told reporters after Thursday’s 3-2 win against Hershey in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Facing elimination, the Monsters proved Vogelhuber’s words to be true. Now they have a chance to do it again…
[ad_1] SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers are prepared to compete for the Stanley Cup, and both teams have a significant number of American Hockey League graduates on their rosters. The Oilers, affiliated with the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors, have made it to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2006…
[ad_1] Tuesday’s loss in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals left the Cleveland Monsters looking for answers, but head coach Trent Vogelhuber is fond of pointing out that each game in a playoff series is a new start. The Monsters have at least one more new start in them tonight when they try to…
[ad_1] Chris Driedger‘s career has had plenty of ups and downs, and his play this postseason could lead to significant peak if he and the Firebirds can secure six more wins. Coming off an injury-shortened 2022-23 season, Driedger, who backed up Joey Daccord during Coachella Valley’s postseason journey last year, has been the backbone of…
[ad_1] The Cleveland Monsters worked out any remaining bus legs from Wednesday’s trip to Hershey with a brisk morning skate before Game 1 at Giant Center. “I think our guys have been itching to play,” Monsters head coach Trent Vogelhuber said. “Nobody wants to be practicing this time of year. Our guys came up and…
[ad_1] The Milwaukee Admirals return home down 0-2 in the Western Conference Finals, but it’s nothing they haven’t faced before. The Admirals lost the first two games to Texas in the division semifinals before winning three straight to take that series. They then dropped Game 1 to Grand Rapids before coming back to eliminate the…
