Daniel Briere, who won the AHL’s Dudley (Red) Garrett Memorial Award as rookie of the year in 1998 before embarking on an all-star National Hockey League career, announced his retirement on Monday. Briere, 37, began his professional playing career as a 20-year-old with the AHL’s Springfield Falcons in 1997-98. He recorded 36 goals and 56 […]
A new era of Grand Rapids Griffins hockey took flight on Tuesday, as the franchise unveiled a bold new primary logo and jersey redesign in advance of its 20th anniversary season, during an invitation-only event at Van Andel Arena’s Intermission Restaurant & Bar. Marking the first primary logo change in the history of the franchise, […]
The Chicago Wolves announced Friday they have signed defenseman Scooter Vaughan to a contract for the 2015-16 season. The 26-year-old Placentia, Calif., native spent last season with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, where he amassed nine goals, seven assists and 102 penalty minutes in 71 games. The 6-foot, 195-pound blueliner has split his three-plus professional seasons […]
Our fourth #AHLFanFridays winner is Brenda Mathewson, a Hartford Wolf Pack fan who has supported the team since 1997. I remember being excited for the first season of Wolf Pack hockey in Hartford in 1997. The AHL reached out to some of the downtown business community for support for the new team. The summer before the […]
The Chicago Wolves announced Thursday they have signed right wing Eriah Hayes to a contract for the 2015-16 season. The 27-year-old spent most of last season with the Worcester Sharks and produced eight goals, 17 assists and a +4 plus/minus rating in 59 games. Hayes also appeared in four games for the San Jose Sharks. […]
The Hershey Bears announced Wednesday that the club has signed forward Austin Fyten to a one-year contract for the 2015-16 season. The 24-year-old Fyten is coming off of his first full year in the AHL, dressing in 64 games with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in 2014-15. Fyten produced 11 points (two goals, nine assists) along with 85 […]
The New York Islanders announced Tuesday that Kevin Poulin has agreed to terms on a one-year, two-way contract. Poulin, 25, posted a 2.87 goals-against average (GAA) with a .912 save percentage (SV%) in 45 games with the Bridgeport Sound Tigers last season. The Montreal, Quebec, native’s fifth professional season included an eight-game unbeaten streak (7-0-1) from […]
The Bridgeport Sound Tigers announced Tuesday that defenseman Matt Carkner has agreed to terms on a two-year American Hockey League contract. Carkner, 34, played 19 games with the Sound Tigers last season, scoring two goals and adding an assist to go along with 38 penalty minutes. The New York Islanders loaned Carkner to the Sound Tigers on […]
The Bakersfield Condors announced today that Marc-Olivier Roy has been signed to an American Hockey League contract. The center had 192 points (86g-106a) in 229 games in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) with Blainville-Boisbriand and Quebec, and made a Memorial Cup appearance last season with the Remparts as the host team and […]
The process hasn’t changed much, but the makeup of the AHL has. So for fans new and old alike, here’s our annual behind-the-scenes look at the making of the AHL schedule: The dog days of summer are usually about rest and relaxation. Rinks are dark, ice is melted. But for the AHL’s hockey operations department, […]
