[ad_1] Photo: Eric Fowler The Seattle Kraken have hired Coachella Valley Firebirds assistant coach Jessica Campbell and Calder Cup winner Bob Woods as assistants under new head coach Dan Bylsma. Campbell, the first woman to serve as a full-time assistant coach in the American Hockey League, achieves the same milestone in the NHL following two…
[ad_1] Photo: William P. Madely The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Alex Barré-Boulet to a one-year, one-way contract. Barré-Boulet tallied four goals and 15 assists in 23 regular-season games with the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch in 2023-24, adding four goals and three assists in eight Calder Cup Playoff matches. He also set NHL career highs in…
[ad_1] Photo: Lucas Armstrong The Calgary Flames have signed forward Martin Frk to a one-year, two-way contract. Frk returns to North America after playing in Switzerland in 2023-24, combining for seven goals and nine assists in 33 games with Bern SC and SC Rapperswil-Jona. Frk is a five-time 20-goal scorer in the AHL, including a…
[ad_1] The Laval Rocket have agreed to terms on one-year American Hockey League contracts with forwards Vincent Arseneau and Laurent Dauphin; defensemen Josh Jacobs, Vincent Sévigny and Tyler Wotherspoon; and goaltender Hunter Jones. Arseneau appeared in 44 games for the Providence Bruins in 2023-24, collecting six goals and three assists. The Quebec native has skated…
[ad_1] Photo: Kate Dibildox The Tampa Bay Lightning acquired forward Conor Geekie along with defenseman J.J. Moser, a seventh-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft and a second-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft from the Utah Hockey Club in exchange for defenseman Mikhail Sergachev. Geekie, 20, made his pro debut with the AHL’s Tucson…
[ad_1] Thirty-two National Hockey League teams are preparing to take part in this weekend’s 2024 NHL Draft, and their top affiliates are ready and waiting for the next wave of young American Hockey League stars to begin their professional careers. In 2023-24, a total of 251 former first- and second-round draft picks played in the…
[ad_1] Photo: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets won the Vezina Trophy as the National Hockey League’s outstanding goaltender for the 2023-24 season, one of several honors garnered by American Hockey League alumni at Thursday’s NHL Awards ceremony in Las Vegas. It was the second career Vezina Trophy win for Hellebuyck, who…
[ad_1] SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League is holding the 2024 AHL Team Business Meetings presented by Victory Live this week, with more than 300 representatives from the league and its member clubs gathering at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare Chicago in Rosemont, Ill. Front-office personnel from throughout the American Hockey League are gathering to…
[ad_1] Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Matt Strome was with the Hershey Bears last season, a fill-in player who appeared in 34 regular-season games and none in the Calder Cup Playoffs. This year, he was a scratch for the team’s first nine games, not making his season debut until Nov. 3. He was in and…
[ad_1] HERSHEY, Pa. (theahl.com) … For the second year in a row and the 13th time in their storied franchise history, the Hershey Bears are Calder Cup champions. The Bears completed their repeat performance with a 5-4 overtime victory over the Coachella Valley Firebirds tonight at Giant Center, winning the 2024 Calder Cup Finals series…
