The Coachella Valley Firebirds captain Max McCormick will undergo hip surgery and is expected to miss the entirety of the 2025-26 season.

As the Capitals and Bears mark the 20-year anniversary of the fruitful affiliation they’ve forged, last Thursday’s NHL preseason game at Giant Center provided a vibrant reminder of how and why the relationship works so well, and it comes as Hershey is on the cusp of a season marked with change.

Don Stevens, the longtime voice of the Rochester Americans and the longest tenured play-by-play broadcaster in the history of the American Hockey League, will retire following the 2025-26 season, his 40th year at the microphone in Rochester.

Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer The NHL preseason continues, and so does the work of several prospects to further their bids for full-time NHL work. After excellent 2024-25 performances in the AHL followed by a summer of training, these hopefuls have anywhere from a week or two of the preseason schedule to show that they […]

Given his California roots, surfing is something Jack St. Ivany has done throughout his life. He’s also learning to the ride the waves he’s encountering on his way to an NHL career.

Impressions made now can pay off quickly for NHL prospects. Or that impression can mean being an NHL front office’s first recall option.

NHL debuts don’t get much more picture perfect than the one Parker Ford got to enjoy. Now after a strong off-season of training, he’s ready to try and tackle his next goal — to become an NHL regular.

There isn’t an NHL Opening Night to look forward to in Ontario, but that’s what makes Sunday’s Empire Classic game between the Kings and Ducks so unique, with a little extra juice that you might normally see in the preseason.

Opportunities came down to the final days, hours and minutes for some familiar AHL names, but all the same they have somewhere to be as training camps have opened across the NHL this week.

Penguins fans were excited when Kyle Dubas acquired goaltender Arturs Silovs from Vancouver, and rightfully so. Just 24, he is coming off a career season with the Abbotsford Canucks, leading the team to the Calder Cup championship as playoff MVP.