When the Minnesota Wild signed Niklas Svedberg as a free agent this past summer, team management was likely hoping he could offer some help to its AHL affiliate in Iowa. The 28-year-old veteran goaltender from Stockholm, Sweden provided the Iowa Wild with the type of backstopping that could help it reach the post season this
The Milwaukee Admirals opened the American Hockey League 2017-18 campaign with back to back road wins against the Wild at Wells Fargo Arena at Des Moines, IA this past weekend. The Ads hit the five-goal plateau in both contests, winning the first 5-2 and holding off a late surge for a 5-4 edge on Sunday.
With goaltending like that provided by Jean-Francois Berube in the season opener at Quicken Loans Arena, the Rockford IceHogs could be on its way to shrugging off a rough 2016-17 season. Berube turned aside all 32 shots he faced from the host Cleveland Monsters Friday (Oct. 6) to post an opening game shutout and lead
For a second straight season, the American Hockey League’s Central Division was well represented in the Calder Cup playoffs as the Grand Rapids Griffins pushed everyone aside to hoist the Calder Cup in June. With a playoff run like the Cleveland Monsters (then known as the Lake Erie Monsters) the previous season, The Griffins put
Tonight’s most important games come from the American Hockey League as the three-team battle for the final playoff spot enters the critical stages. Two of the teams are going head to head and the third is desperately looking to get back into the race before its too late. March 28, 2017 AHL Charlotte at
The suddenly surging Chicago Wolves grabbed a weekend split with the Rockford Ice Hogs by taking the return match at Allstate Arena by a whopping 7-3 count in American Hockey League play Saturday night. The IceHogs won in Rockford the previous evening 3-2, but the Wolves responded in a big way and after dropping its
