[ad_1] Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Disappointed. Proud. Resolute. Those were some of the emotions that the Cleveland Monsters expressed after Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals last Saturday night. For the second game in a row, the Monsters had proven that they could stand in there with the Hershey Bears. And for the…
[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] Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Game 3 of the Central Division Finals showed just how much Egor Afanasyev can take over a game. The 23-year-old forward is mobile enough to haul a 6-foot-4, 209-pound frame to open areas of the ice. He’s smart, anticipating and seeing the ice well. He also possesses a deceptive…
[ad_1] Coachella Valley extended its winning streak to eight games and took a 2-0 series lead in the Western Conference Finals with a 3-1 victory over Milwaukee in front of 10,087 fans at a sold-out Acrisure Arena on Friday night. The teams head to Milwaukee for Game 3 of the best-of-seven matchup on Tuesday. Andrew…
[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…
[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] Just as they did in Thursday’s opener, Hershey gave up a game-tying goal late in regulation but pulled out the win in overtime, taking a 2-0 lead in the Eastern Conference Finals with a 3-2 victory over Cleveland at a sold-out Giant Center on Saturday. The series shifts to Cleveland with Game 3 of…
[ad_1] Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Chase Priskie‘s career decision last summer mixed a bit of the familiar with a bit of the new. In 2016, the Washington Capitals selected Priskie in the sixth round of the NHL Draft. But he never signed with the Capitals, instead joining the Carolina Hurricanes in 2019 after four…
[ad_1] Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer It’s only Wednesday, and it’s already been an eventful week for Coachella Valley Firebirds head coach Dan Bylsma. Make that Seattle Kraken head coach, too. Yesterday the Kraken made it official, naming Bylsma their new head coach. After the press conference in Seattle to introduce Bylsma, he was back…
