It’s been a week full of distractions around the Arizona Coyotes organization, but in the here-and-now the Tucson Roadrunners are gearing up for a playoff experience that the organization considers vital toward building an eventual Stanley Cup contender.

Last night’s setback to Charlotte cost the Hershey Bears a spot in the AHL record books. But it also provided a wake-up call heading into a postseason where head coach Todd Nelson knows anything can happen.

The AHL regular season comes down to a final weekend of action, with plenty still left to play for.

This is where the Detroit Red Wings had hoped Sebastian Cossa would be. Taking on a steady workload with Grand Rapids. Battling for positioning in the standings. And getting ready for what the organization hopes can be a fruitful postseason.

J.D. Forrest is encouraged by where his Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins team stands as the AHL regular season begins its final week.

Something did not seem quite right, and Todd Nelson could sense it. In Hershey this season, a 1-2-0-2 stretch practically qualifies as a slump.

Some huge head-to-head match-ups highlight the weekend schedule as the race to the Calder Cup Playoffs heats up.

He missed the first five months of the season following surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon. But Luke Philp is back and ready to lead the Rockford IceHogs into the Calder Cup Playoffs.

Some nights it all looks just right, nights like March 26 when the Providence Bruins visited league-leading Hershey and assembled a 4-1 masterpiece of a win.

The math hardly looked too favorable a month ago. But fighting for a North Division title is right where the Rochester Americans expected to be.