[ad_1] The San Jose Barracuda have signed forward Kyle Rau to an American Hockey League contract for the 2023-24 season. Rau played 68 games for the AHL’s Abbotsford Canucks in 2022-23, registering 16 goals and 19 assists. In 430 career AHL games with Abbotsford, Iowa, Springfield, Portland and San Antonio, Rau has compiled 133 goals…
[ad_1] Photo: Ross Dettman The Rockford IceHogs have acquired defenseman Austin Strand from the Chicago Wolves in exchange for forward Zach Jordan. Strand signed an AHL contract with the Wolves on July 18, 2023, and recorded one goal and three assists in 10 games with the club this season. In 200 career AHL contests with…
[ad_1] Photo: Todd Reicher SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that San Diego Gulls goaltender Tomas Suchanek has been selected as the Howies Hockey Tape/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending December 10, 2023. Suchanek backstopped the Gulls to three consecutive road wins last week, stopping 74 of the 77 shots he…
[ad_1] Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer It was a rough go for the San Diego Gulls. Really rough. A 13-game losing streak between Oct. 20 and Nov. 24 dropped them to the bottom of the league standings. When they could generate offense, they couldn’t keep the puck out of their own net. And vice versa….
[ad_1] Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer First in scoring, first in the Central Division. That’s how this weekend begins for Mavrik Bourque and Logan Stankoven as they help lead the Texas Stars into a two-game visit from the Chicago Wolves tonight and Saturday. At 11-5-2-1, the Stars have a four-point lead atop the Central Division…
[ad_1] by Nick Nollenberger | AHL On The Beat When the San Jose Sharks traded franchise icon Brent Burns to the Carolina Hurricanes on July 13, 2022, part of the compensation coming back the other way included promising young goaltender Eetu Makiniemi. Although it was a small sample size – just 14 games with the…
[ad_1] Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer The Chicago Blackhawks are counting on Drew Commesso to be a key part of their future. Chicago went for the goaltender in the second round of the 2020 NHL Draft, after his second season with USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program. He went on to play three years at…
[ad_1] Photo: Boston Globe The New York Rangers have named Paul Mara as an assistant coach on the staff of the AHL’s Hartford Wolf Pack. Mara will join interim head coach Steve Smith and assistant coach Jaime Tardif, effective immediately. Mara, 44, initially joined the Rangers on Aug. 25, 2023, as a player development assistant….
[ad_1] by Alex Thomas | AHL On The Beat On July 1, 2023, Alex Belzile did something he had not done in exactly five years: change organizations. On the first day of free agency, Belzile inked a two-year contract with the New York Rangers that ended a five-year stint in the Montreal Canadiens organization. This…
[ad_1] Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Adam Cracknell is still going. Why? Because he can, and he wants to. The Henderson Silver Knights forward is the oldest player in the American Hockey League this season at 38. He logged his 700th AHL game on Nov.3, and has skated in 1,166 regular-season and playoff games since…
