Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer As NHL teams continue their training camps, AHL clubs have started their own camps this week. It will be a sprint for head coaches and management across the league, as the AHL preseason starts today. Players on tryouts and AHL contracts are largely on hand for now, but large waves … Read more
Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer The latest wave of NHL first-round picks is beginning to show up at AHL training camps this week. Several players from the 2023 NHL Draft already have gained some degree of experience at the AHL level last season. Now they have to build on that work. After going to an … Read more
Photo: Chris Rutsch Former American Hockey League forward Wade MacLeod passed away on Wednesday following a battle with brain cancer. He was 38. MacLeod played 129 games in the American Hockey League with the Springfield Falcons and Toronto Marlies between 2011 and 2014. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor after collapsing during a game … Read more
Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer Opportunities came down to the final days, hours and minutes for some familiar AHL names, but all the same they have somewhere to be as training camps have opened across the NHL this week. Several regulars from the 2024-25 AHL season have secured professional tryouts with NHL teams. Whether or … Read more
Patrick Williams, TheAHL.com Features Writer NHL teams have wrapped up their prospects tournaments, a perfect warm-up as all 32 clubs open up their main training camps this week. AHL talent figured heavily in tournaments that stretched from Florida to California as young prospects jostled for organizational positioning in trying to make an impression for an … Read more
Regardless of the environment, Buium loves to compete and expects a lot of himself – especially when it comes to his own development. The 22-year-old defenseman, selected by the Red Wings with the No. 36 overall pick in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, had 25 points (two goals, 23 assists) in 67 regular-season games with … Read more
The 2025-2026 AHL season is rapidly approaching, with opening day slated for Friday, Oct 10, the excitement is ramping up in the FloSports office. With uncertainty around NHL rosters ahead of training camp, most of these are subject to change, but here are some things to look out for in the offseason. If your favorite … Read more
Photo: Mark Nessia The Providence Bruins have signed forward Jacob Perreault to a one-year American Hockey League contract. A sixth-year pro, Perreault skated in 44 AHL games between Laval and Bakersfield in 2024-25, collecting three goals and 11 assists. The Montreal native was originally a first-round choice by Anaheim (27th overall) in the 2020 NHL … Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today that $8.4 million was raised over the course of the 2024-25 season by the AHL and its 32 member clubs for donation to various charitable causes and relief funds across North America. In addition to the hundreds of local hospitals, food banks, charitable foundations, scholarship programs … Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … American Hockey League President and Chief Executive Officer Scott Howson announced today that Riley Yerkovich has been hired as the league’s Director, Officiating and Player Safety. Among his duties will be management of the AHL’s staff of on-ice officials and of the league’s Player Safety Committee. A native of Rock Springs, Wyoming, … Read more