After four seasons in the AHL, Vancouver Canucks head athletic therapist Roman Kaszczij is excitedly anticipating his first regular-season NHL game.

The AHL has announced its inaugural 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.

The Toronto Marlies finished off their North Division semifinal series with a 4-1 win in Utica on Friday night.

Ryan Chyzowski scored his first two career Calder Cup Playoff goals, including the go-ahead tally early in the third period, and Toronto pulled away for a 5-2 win over Utica in Game 3 of their North Division semifinal series on Wednesday night.

The Utica Comets evened up their North Division semifinal with a 7-2 win over Toronto in Game 2 on Saturday afternoon.

Joseph Blandisi scored 18:35 into overtime, giving Toronto a 6-5 victory over Utica in a back-and-forth Game 1 of the teams’ North Division semifinal at Coca-Cola Coliseum on Thursday night.

Knocking off Laval was a big moment for the Utica Comets. But it was also just the first step on what they hope will be a fruitful trip through the Calder Cup Playoffs.

Reilly Walsh scored with 2.0 seconds left in regulation and Samuel Laberge struck 2:45 into overtime as the Utica Comets stunned Laval, 2-1, to finish a two-game sweep of their North Division first-round series on Friday night.

Nico Daws made 31 saves as the Utica Comets went into a sold-out Place Bell and shut out the Laval Rocket, 4-0, in the opener of their North Division first-round series on Wednesday night.

The Utica Comets and Laval Rocket clinched berths in the 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs on Friday night.