The St. Louis Blues have hired Iowa Wild head coach Greg Cronin and Rochester Americans assistant Vaclav Prospal as assistant coaches.

The AHL has announced the 2025-26 AHL Top Prospects Team, determined by the league’s hockey operations department in conjunction with AHL general managers as the three forwards, two defensemen and one goaltender projected to be the best future NHL players.

Rochester’s Konsta Helenius and Syracuse’s Noah Steen played the role of heroes on Sunday, scoring medal-winning overtime goals for their respective countries at the IIHF World Championship.

Konsta Helenius scored the golden goal at 10:42 of the first overtime to give Finland a 1-0 victory over Switzerland and World Championship gold.

The Toronto Marlies advanced to the North Division semifinals with a 4-2 win over the Rochester Americans on Sunday afternoon.

Devon Levi made 29 saves and Rochester staved off elimination with a 4-0 win over Toronto on Friday night at Blue Cross Arena.

While Rochester spent the last several weeks of the season scratching to get into the Calder Cup Playoffs, for Don Stevens it was something akin to This Is Your Life as he winds down a 40-year career as the voice of the Amerks.

Vinni Lettieri notched a natural hat trick as part of a four-point night to propel the Toronto Marlies to a 5-0 win over Rochester in Game 1 of their North Division first-round series on Wednesday.

Mix excitement, fatigue, relief and urgency to sum up the Rochester Americans’ weekend. And as messy as it was, it got them into the Calder Cup Playoffs.

Zac Jones of the Rochester Americans is the winner of the Eddie Shore Award as the AHL’s outstanding defenseman for the 2025-26 season.