[ad_1] Adam Brooks and Rhett Gardner scored and Cal Petersen stopped 21 shots as Lehigh Valley went on the road and defeated Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 2-1 in the opener of their Atlantic Division first-round series on Wednesday night. The Phantoms head home with a chance to finish off the best-of-three on Friday. Brooks, a Calder Cup champion…
[ad_1] Photo: Jana Chytilova/Freestyle Photography The Belleville Senators earned the first playoff win in franchise history on Wednesday night, a 3-1 victory over Toronto in the opener of their best-of-three first-round series. Game 2 is set for Friday night in Toronto. Marshall Rifai got the Marlies on the board first just 3:36 into the game,…
[ad_1] Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Playoff hockey is back in Tucson, and so are some of the AHL’s top prospects. The Calder Cup Playoffs return to the Old Pueblo tonight when the Tucson Roadrunners host Calgary in Game 1 of their Pacific Division First Round best-of-three series. It will be the Roadrunners’ first playoff…
[ad_1] With Justus Annunen and Thatcher Demko unavailable for their parent clubs, the goaltending picture is in flux for the Colorado Eagles and Abbotsford Canucks as they open their Pacific Division First Round series tonight. Eagles netminder Ivan Prosvetov was recalled by the Colorado Avalanche and backed up Alexandar Georgiev in Game 2 of their…
[ad_1] Mavrik Bourque notched two goals and two assists to lead the Texas Stars to a 6-3 win over the Manitoba Moose in the opening game of the 2024 Calder Cup Playoffs on Tuesday evening. The Stars lead the best-of-three series, one game to none, heading into Game 2 on Thursday. Bourque, who won the…
[ad_1] The Charlotte Checkers have their blueprint for how to play when they open the Calder Cup Playoffs later this week. Head coach Geordie Kinnear’s Checkers went into Hershey this past Saturday night in their second-to-last regular-season game and put forth a template for postseason success. Up against the AHL’s regular-season champion, the Checkers came…
[ad_1] In Springfield, Mass., Todd Nelson of the Hershey Bears has been named the winner of the Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award as the AHL’s outstanding coach for the 2023-24 season. Voted on by fellow coaches and members of the media in each of the league’s 32 cities, Nelson led Hershey to the second-best regular-season…
[ad_1] SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Texas Stars forward Mavrik Bourque and Springfield Thunderbirds forward Adam Gaudette have claimed the American Hockey League’s two prestigious offensive awards for the 2023-24 season. Bourque has won the John B. Sollenberger Trophy as the leading point-getter in the AHL, while Gaudette has captured the Willie Marshall Award as the AHL’s…
[ad_1] Pacific Division First Round (best-of-3)P2-Tucson Roadrunners vs. P7-Calgary WranglersGame 1 – Wed., Apr. 24 – Calgary at Tucson, 10:00^Game 2 – Fri., Apr. 26 – Calgary at Tucson, 10:00*Game 3 – Sun., Apr. 28 – Calgary at Tucson, 10:00*if necessary… All times Eastern^lower seed designated as “home” team for last change Pacific Division First…
[ad_1] Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer As the AHL’s oldest club, the Hershey Bears already own a league-record 12 Calder Cup championships, including the one that they captured last June with an overtime goal in Game 7 against Coachella Valley. Last night they had an opportunity to add still more history and lore as they…
