American Hockey League

The Stockton Heat moved another win closer to the Western Conference Finals with a 1-0 victory over the Colorado Eagles on Tuesday night. The Heat lead the teams’ best-of-five series, two games to none. Colorado will try to extend its season when it hosts Game 3 on Friday night. A night after recording his first

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Rochester Americans forward Ben Holmstrom has been suspended for two (2) games as a consequence of an illegal check to the head of an opponent in a playoff game at Laval on May 22. Holmstrom will miss Rochester’s next two games, beginning with Game 3

The Colorado Eagles buzzsaw met its match in Game 1 of the Pacific Division Finals on Monday night, as the Stockton Heat grabbed the early series lead with a 5-0 victory at Stockton Arena. Justin Kirkland scored twice for the Heat and Dustin Wolf made 23 saves for the first shutout of his professional career.

📝 by Patrick Williams The Rochester Americans have very little time to make needed adjustments. The Laval Rocket have very little time to bask in their victory. After the Rocket delivered a 6-1 win last night’s opener of the North Division Finals, Game 2 loomed roughly 21 hours away for the teams tonight (7 ET,

Danick Martel scored a franchise-record four goals to lead the Laval Rocket past Rochester, 6-1, in the opener of the North Division Finals at a sold-out Place Bell on Sunday evening. With a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series, Laval hosts Game 2 on Monday. The Rocket spotted the Amerks a 1-0 lead before Martel

Stefan Noesen recorded a hat trick and was one of five Wolves to record three points as Chicago rolled to an 8-2 win over Milwaukee in Game 2 of the Central Division Finals on Sunday afternoon. The Wolves have a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series, with the series shifting to Milwaukee for Game 3

The Chicago Wolves struck first in the Central Division Finals on Saturday night, posting a 6-2 win over the Milwaukee Admirals in the opener of their best-of-five series. Game 2 is Sunday afternoon in Rosemont. The Wolves started the scoring just 32 seconds into Game 1, with Jack Drury snapping home a shot on a

📝 by Patrick Williams Change is in the water for the San Jose Barracuda. The 2022-23 season will feature Tech CU Arena, a new home for the American Hockey League affiliate of the San Jose Sharks. A fixture behind the Barracuda bench will be missing as well with long-time head coach Roy Sommer transitioning to

Three third-period goals lifted the Rochester Americans to a 4-2 victory over the Utica Comets in the winner-take-all Game 5 of their division semifinal series in Utica on Thursday night. After eliminating the top-seeded team in the Eastern Conference, Rochester, which needed outside help on the last day of the regular season just to qualify

A.J. Greer scored twice, Fabian Zetterlund notched three assists and the Utica Comets stayed alive with a 4-2 win in Rochester on Tuesday night. With their North Division semifinal series square at two games apiece, the Comets will host a winner-take-all Game 5 on Thursday evening. Leading 1-0 after 20 minutes on a Nolan Foote

The San Jose Sharks have named John McCarthy the new head coach of their AHL affiliate, the San Jose Barracuda, while Roy Sommer has been named a senior advisor for the Barracuda. “John McCarthy is a natural fit as the next head coach of the San Jose Barracuda,” said Joe Will, interim general manager of

Gabriel Bourque scored 10:13 into overtime to send the Laval Rocket into the North Division Finals with a 3-2 victory over the Syracuse Crunch on Tuesday night. Laval advances to face the winner of Thursday’s Utica-Rochester game in the next round. Danick Martel collected the puck off a Crunch turnover behind the net and sent

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that Utica Comets defenseman Robbie Russo has been suspended for one (1) game as a consequence of an illegal check to the head of an opponent in a playoff game at Rochester on May 15. Russo will miss Utica’s playoff game tonight (May 17) at Rochester.

Joey Daccord made 23 saves and Max McCormick scored his first three career postseason goals, sending the Charlotte Checkers into the next round with a 4-0 win over Bridgeport on Monday night. The Checkers won the best-of-five Atlantic Division semifinal series, three games to one, and will now take on Springfield beginning Sunday afternoon. Daccord

📝 by Patrick Williams Now, the Milwaukee Admirals rest, and they do so after acquiring some early Calder Cup Playoff scars. Following five demanding games against the Manitoba Moose in the teams’ Central Division semifinal series, the Admirals will have a bit of a reprieve before opening the best-of-five division finals against the Chicago Wolves

Colorado advanced to the Pacific Division Finals with a 5-2 win in Ontario on Sunday night. The Eagles swept the best-of-five series in three straight, setting up a meeting with the Stockton Heat in the next round. Mikhail Maltsev, Jayson Megna and Stefan Matteau gave Colorado a 3-0 lead before the Reign finally got on

Connor Ingram made 14 of his 27 saves in the third period and Milwaukee held on for a 2-1 victory over Manitoba in the winner-take-all Game 5 of the teams’ Central Division semifinal series on Sunday afternoon. The victory ended Milwaukee’s AHL-record 13-game losing streak in road playoff games, and snapped a streak of seven

Chicago took a commanding 2-0 lead in their Central Division semifinal series with a 4-1 win over Rockford on Saturday night at Allstate Arena. The IceHogs will be looking to avoid elimination when they host Game 3 on Sunday evening. Coming off a 6-2 win in Thursday’s series opener, the Wolves outshot their guests 20-1