[ad_1] With their eighth straight win last night, the Firebirds are entering rare air as they march on towards a possible second straight conference championship. Only 12 teams in Calder Cup Playoff history have put together a longer postseason winning streak, most recently a 10-game run by Toronto in 2018. The Hershey Bears set the…
[ad_1] Meeting Milwaukee for the second year in a row for the right to represent the Western Conference in the Calder Cup Finals, the Firebirds already had an idea of what to expect. They grinded out a 2-1 win in Game 1 last night at Acrisure Arena. “Yeah, definitely you expect a game like that,”…
[ad_1] John Hayden scored twice, Chris Driedger made 37 saves and the Coachella Valley Firebirds extended their winning streak to seven games with a 2-1 win over the Milwaukee Admirals in the opener of the 2024 Western Conference Finals on Wednesday night. The Firebirds host Game 2 of the best-of-seven series on Friday. In a…
[ad_1] A native of Brookfield, Wis., Troy Grosenick got to play the role of hometown hero on Sunday. Grosenick stepped in for an injured Yaroslav Askarov and made 30 saves, shutting out Grand Rapids and sending the Milwaukee Admirals into the Western Conference Finals with a 2-0 win in Game 5. “Troy is just a…
[ad_1] The Milwaukee Admirals had a simple objective going into Game 3 of the best-of-five Central Division Finals on Wednesday. They had to settle down the crowd at Van Andel Arena, where the Griffins owned the third-best record in the AHL during the regular season (23-7-4-2). Egor Afanasyev scored twice in the second period and…
[ad_1] Photo: Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty Images The Vancouver Canucks have hired Manny Malhotra as head coach of their American Hockey League affiliate, the Abbotsford Canucks. Malhotra, 44, has spent the past seven seasons as an assistant coach in the National Hockey League, with Vancouver from 2017 to 2020 and with Toronto from 2020 to…
[ad_1] Pressure situations are nothing new for the Milwaukee Admirals, who will be playing their fourth winner-take-all game in the last three postseasons today. Head coach Karl Taylor knew his team was in for a fight, so it’s no surprise the Central Division Finals are coming down to a Game 5. “It’s hard to win…
[ad_1] The Hartford Wolf Pack are a loose bunch right now. They made the trip to Hershey on Tuesday, settled in and staged a practice at Giant Center yesterday, and are ready to take another crack at the Hershey Bears in the best-of-five Atlantic Division Finals beginning with Game 1 tonight. It’s a bit of…
[ad_1] A1-Hershey Bears vs. A5-Hartford Wolf PackGame 1 – Thu., May 16 – Hartford at Hershey, 7:00Game 2 – Sat., May 18 – Hartford at Hershey, 7:00Game 3 – Wed., May 22 – Hershey at Hartford, 7:00*Game 4 – Fri., May 24 – Hershey at Hartford, 7:00*Game 5 – Sun., May 26 – Hartford at…
[ad_1] Milwaukee Admirals head coach Karl Taylor had a hunch before the deciding Game 5 of his team’s Central Division semifinal series against Texas on Sunday. Taylor suspected that the Stars might make a change in net after Milwaukee had taken back-to-back wins in Games 3 and 4. Taylor was correct. Texas turned to rookie…
