The Carolina Hurricanes, parent club of the AHL’s Charlotte Checkers, have agreed to terms with forward Andrew Miller on a one-year, two-way contract. “Andrew played well in his brief time with Charlotte last season,” said Ron Francis, Hurricanes executive vice president and general manager. “Adding him to our group of forwards gives us more flexibility up and […]
The Minnesota Wild, parent club of the AHL’s Iowa Wild, have agreed to terms with free-agent goaltender Alex Stalock and forward Pat Cannone on one-year, two-way contracts. Cannone, 29, had a career year in 2015-16, tallying 20 goals and 52 points in 73 games to lead the Chicago Wolves in scoring. The Wolves’ captain also played in the 2016 […]
The Chicago Blackhawks, parent club of the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs, announced today they have agreed to terms with forwards Sam Carrick and Pierre-Cedric Labrie on one-year contracts. Carrick, 24, scored 16 goals and added 18 assists for 34 points along with a plus-11 rating in 52 games with the AHL’s Toronto Marlies in 2015-16. He also played three NHL […]
The Pittsburgh Penguins, parent club of the AHL’s Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, have signed defensemen Stuart Percy, David Warsofsky, Cameron Gaunce and Chad Ruhwedel to one-year, two-way contracts. Percy, 23, is a former first-round (25th overall) draft pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2011. He split this past year between the Maple Leafs and their top affiliate, the Toronto Marlies of […]
The New York Rangers on Friday announced that they have named Jeff Beukeboom as an assistant coach. Beukeboom, 50, had spent the previous four seasons as an assistant with the Rangers’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Hartford Wolf Pack. In 2014-15, the Wolf Pack won the Northeast Division and reached the Eastern Conference Finals. Beukeboom, […]
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … American Hockey League President and Chief Executive Officer David Andrews announced today that Emily Vance has been named Coordinator of Special Projects for the AHL. Vance formally joins the league office following an internship with the AHL during the spring of 2016. She also has experience interning in various capacities with the […]
The Ottawa Senators, parent club of the AHL’s Binghamton Senators, announced Monday that the club has acquired defenseman Patrick Sieloff from the Calgary Flames in exchange for forward Alex Chiasson. Sieloff, 22, made his National Hockey League debut with Calgary last season, playing one game and scoring the game-winning goal in the Flames’ 2-1 victory over the Minnesota […]
The St. Louis Blues’ American Hockey League affiliate, the Chicago Wolves, announced they have named Craig Berube as head coach. Berube, 50, has coached in 13 seasons since retiring from professional hockey following the 2003-04 season. Most recently, he served two seasons as the head coach for the Philadelphia Flyers (2013-15), accumulating a 75-58-28 […]
Florida Panthers General Manager Tom Rowe announced that the Panthers have hired Leo Luongo as the goaltending coach for the team’s American Hockey League affiliate, the Springfield Thunderbirds. The 31-year old Luongo has served as goaltending coach for the HC Lugano organization of the Swiss National League A for the last three seasons (2013-16). […]
The Tampa Bay Lightning have hired Jeff Halpern to serve as a Syracuse Crunch assistant coach, general manager Julien BriseBois announced Monday. “We are extremely pleased to be adding Jeff to our group on a full-time basis,” said BriseBois. “Jeff brings a wealth of experience having played in over 1,000 National Hockey League regular […]
