[ad_1] Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer For as much attention as their high-end talent gets, the Hershey Bears possess two other must-have elements to play into June: they own exceptional depth, and they like each other. In the first two games of the Calder Cup Finals last year against Coachella Valley, the Firebirds dominated 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] The Milwaukee Admirals came out victorious on Thursday night, with a 7-2 win over Coachella Valley in Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals, avoiding elimination once again. The Admirals, who are now 5-0 this postseason in elimination games, are still behind in the series three games to one. They will have the opportunity…
[ad_1] The Cleveland Monsters broke through in the Eastern Conference Finals with a 3-2 win over the Hershey Bears in Game 4 on Thursday night. The Bears still lead the series 3-1 and will have another chance to secure a trip to the Calder Cup Finals in Game 5 on Saturday in Cleveland. Jake Gaudet’s…
[ad_1] The Buffalo Sabres have appointed Michael Leone as head coach of the Rochester Americans, the Sabres’ American Hockey League affiliate. Set to become the 34th head coach in the 68-year history of the Amerks franchise, Leone embarks on his AHL head coaching career following two seasons as head coach and general manager of the…
[ad_1] Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Devin Shore’s road back to the NHL goes through the Calder Cup Playoffs. The longer the Coachella Valley Firebirds’ postseason goes, the more opportunity Shore has to make a case for a National Hockey League return. For Shore, who is in his ninth pro season, this has been his…
[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] Coachella Valley is a win away from repeating as Western Conference champions after a 5-2 win over Milwaukee on Tuesday night. The Firebirds own a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series with Game 4 set for Thursday at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. Cale Fleury began the scoring 31 seconds into Game 3 – the second…
[ad_1] The Hershey Bears dominated Cleveland in a 6-2 victory on Tuesday, taking a 3-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference Finals. Cleveland will try to avoid elimination as they host Game 4 on Thursday. After Cleveland erased a 2-0 deficit, Hershey exploded with three goals in the final 2:46 of the second period. Alex…
[ad_1] Photo: Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images Nolan Baumgartner, a member of the American Hockey League Hall of Fame, has been named an assistant coach with the Ottawa Senators, joining the staff of new head coach Travis Green. Baumgartner spent the past two seasons as an assistant with the AHL’s Manitoba Moose, helping the club…
