[ad_1] 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…
[ad_1] ONE OF HOCKEY’S GREATEST RIVALRIES left a mark on the Detroit Red Wings and the Colorado Avalanche.Twenty-seven years after the Wings and Avs battled for NHL supremacy in a fantastic, relentless, and breathtakingly violent winner-take-all battle, Avs enforcer Claude Lemieux still likes to point out the massive bump on his skull left by Darren…
[ad_1] The Edmonton Oilers didn’t have Evander Kane in the lineup when they lost 5-3 to the Ottawa Senators on Sunday night. It was the team’s second-straight loss to Eastern Conference Ontario teams and just prior to the game, the Oilers announced that Kane would be out, calling it a maintenance day. Not a healthy…
[ad_1] Thursday, March 26 should be a fantastic night for the Arizona Coyotes. The team and their fans get to witness a legacy player Josh Doan make his NHL debut. The son of Arizona Coyotes legend Shane Doan, Shane was a proud father who smiled from ear to ear when the Arizona Coyotes selected him…
[ad_1] The Montreal Canadiens announced on Monday that head coach Martin St. Louis is set to rejoin the team and assume his position behind the bench for Tuesday’s matchup against the Colorado Avalanche. St. Louis, who had been on leave from the team since March 16 to attend to family matters, has reunited with the…
[ad_1] Edmonton Oilers goaltender Jack Campbell has suffered another setback in what is already a tough season for the veteran. Now with the Bakersfield Condors of the AHL, his game was finally starting to come around and it was looking like he could be an option for the Oilers if the playoffs required a call-up….
[ad_1] Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer A player’s path through the AHL is rarely an easy one. But few players embody the ups and downs quite like Jamieson Rees, a fourth-year forward now with the Belleville Senators in the most trying season yet of his pro career. It’s not supposed to be easy, but at…
[ad_1] According to a recent report, the Toronto Maple Leafs could have traded Nick Robertson at this season’s trade deadline but the options were limited. Moreover, no teams were willing to part with anything of real value to pluck the talented winger out of Toronto, forcing the Maple Leafs to hang onto Robertson despite the…
[ad_1] Photo: Mike Zitek SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that Ontario Reign forward Akil Thomas has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending March 24, 2024. Thomas notched four goals, two assists and a plus-6 rating and recorded all three game-winning goals during Ontario’s…
[ad_1] Sunday night’s game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Toronto Maple Leafs was nothing short of a playoff-like game, characterized by intense energy and high emotions. Both teams brought a level of intensity typically reserved for postseason play. Despite the heightened emotions, the scoreboard didn’t reflect the expected goal-scoring often associated with regular season…
