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.
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
After dropping the first two games of its three-game road trip on the weekend, Markus Hannikainen led the Cleveland Monsters to the winning track, firing three goals as the Monsters whipped the Iowa Wild 7-3 at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines on Tuesday (Oct. 25). The Monsters grabbed control with three unanswered first
The nice thing about covering the six Midwest-based teams in the American Hockey League is that they are all in the same division. Of course the bad thing about that is only four of the eight teams in the Central Division will qualify for the post season. In recent seasons, this division has seen its
The Milwaukee Admirals and Chicago Wolves wrapped up the American Hockey League pre-season Saturday (Oct. 3) at the Triphahn Center at Hoffman Estates, Kevin Fiala giving the Milwaukee side its fourth and final lead of the night, ending the contest with his goal 1:50 into overtime. Offensively, teams started slow with just one goal through