Change is in the water for the San Jose Barracuda for 2022-23, with a new arena opening and – for the first time in 24 years – a new head coach for the San Jose Sharks’ top prospects.

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 on Saturday night.

Neither Kris Knoblauch nor Mark Morrison is known around the American Hockey League as a head coach who casually doles out praise. So their feelings about Morgan Barron are particularly notable.

For someone who has made a career out of impressing others, Andrew Poturalski is not all that taken by yet another one of his dominant American Hockey League seasons.

Young can’t-miss top prospect looking to live the National Hockey League dream. Or NHL veteran now taking on a mentorship role. Cory Schneider has filled both of the American Hockey League’s most established and necessary player roles.

Colorado Eagles head coach Greg Cronin is quite familiar with Ontario Reign star forward T.J. Tynan. They are about to become much more familiar with each other starting tonight.

Rest? Rust? Both? Who knows? Let’s see. The Charlotte Checkers, Stockton Heat, and Utica Comets all play their first postseason games tonight following extended time off.

Two nights. Eighty-six shots. Milwaukee Admirals goaltender Devin Cooley earned his Sunday off after two hectic games.

The Henderson Silver Knights knew quite well the challenge that the Colorado Eagles present, and Game 1 of the teams’ first-round series fully met that expectation. But one area in which the Henderson coaching staff has no worries is goaltending.

Troy Mann standing behind an American Hockey League bench in the Calder Cup Playoffs is nothing new. But the Belleville Senators bringing postseason hockey to fans around the Bay of Quinte, that is something fresh.