One of the many off season affiliation changes in the American Hockey League that saw teams bring affiliates a little closer to the parent teams involved the Lake Erie Monsters. A longtime affiliate of the Colorado Avalanche, it makes a lot of sense that the Monsters will now send players to the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The Iowa Wild proudly announced on its team website recently its selection as the AHL Western Conference’s recipient of the award for Best Fan Experience at all of its home games. “Everything that we do is for our fans, which we believe to be the best in the AHL,” said Iowa Wild President Todd Frederickson in
The Grand Rapids Griffins are loading up for another competitive run in the American Hockey League and have made several key signings in the month of July. Among the most recent is Alden Hirschfeld who will be looking to increase his time in Grand Rapids following a solid finish at Toledo last season. Hirschfeld, a
Zach O’Brien is the most recent addition to the Chicago Wolves who have added several new faces this month. O’Brien played last season with the Manchester Monarchs, top farm team of the Los Angeles Kings, but will not make the trip to the West Coast with his mates as the team heads to Ontario, CA
Another disappointingly early exit from the post season brought at least one huge off season move for the St. Louis Blues. For a second straight season the Blues finished on top of its division, but couldn’t put together fourth playoff wins, falling this time in the opening round to the Minnesota Wild. Not that the
The Minnesota Wild appears ready to go with mostly the same guns counting on a year of experience to finally get it to the top of the always tough Central Division in the 2015-16 season. In each of the past two seasons the Wild has advanced past the opening round but ran into the Chicago
