[ad_1] Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer From the development side, the San Diego Gulls have a track record of success since joining the AHL in 2015. A long list of players, including Lukas Dostal, Troy Terry, Trevor Zegras, John Gibson, Brandon Montour, Isac Lundestrom, Max Jones, Josh Mahura, Sam Steel, and Shea Theodore, have come…
[ad_1] The Seattle Kraken have named Coachella Valley Firebirds head coach Dan Bylsma the new head coach of the National Hockey League club. Under Bylsma, who was named the Firebirds’ first head coach on June 21, 2022, Coachella Valley became just the second team in AHL history to top 100 points in the standings in…
[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] Down by two goals and 12 minutes away from elimination, the Grand Rapids Griffins got two goals and an assist from Jonatan Berggren during a four-goal eruption in a span of 3:30, and went on to defeat Milwaukee, 4-2, in Game 4 of the Central Division Finals at Van Andel Arena on Friday night….
[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 Milwaukee Admirals secured a spot in the Western Conference Finals with a 2-0 victory over the Grand Rapids Griffins at UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena on Sunday evening. After a hard-fought series, the Admirals triumphed over the Griffins in a five-game battle and are now set to face off against the Coachella Valley Firebirds in…
[ad_1] SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has released the schedules for the Eastern and Western Conference Finals of the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs. For the first time since 2015, four regular-season division champions have reached the conference finals. The Eastern Conference Finals will feature two of the most senior markets in the American Hockey…
[ad_1] Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer It was May 29, 2022. Tampere, Finland. The IIHF World Championship’s gold-medal game featuring two hockey heavyweights, Canada and Finland, before a roaring crowd at Nokia Arena. TSN and the NHL Network beamed the game back to viewers in North America. “The Finnish fans, they came to play,” said…
