The 2024-2025 American Hockey League season will mark the AHL’s 89th campaign and a move to a new streaming home – FloHockey and the FloSports app.
Sep 12
For the vast majority of players in the NHL, they're going to need a stop playing within the farm system of the club that either drafted or signed them. Some will get their start in the ECHL, the premier "AA" hockey circuit, while many will spends some time in the American Hockey League, the last step for most players before they realize their NHL dreams.
So what happens after an NHL team drafts a player?
Jul 9
The AHL All-Star Skills Competition is one of those events on the hockey calendar that might not make the priority list for many hockey fans, but it absolutely should. After a thrilling NHL All-Star Weekend, the AHL is often batting cleanup and the astute hockey fans are going to find entertainment value and fun, but also a group of players that are going to go all out.
Feb 5
I can’t say I was all that surprised to turn on the TV and see Hunter Shepard manning an NHL net Oct. 25. He was a fine goalie in the ECHL for the South Carolina Stingrays, helping them to the 2021 Kelly Cup finals.
Oct 30, 2023
LAVAL, Quebec -- There is a new fastest skater in the hockey world, at least when it comes to skills competitions. Hershey Bears forward Ethen Frank set a new record in the fastest skater event at the AHL All-Star Skills Competition Sunday, becoming the first player in league history to break the 13-second mark.
Feb 6, 2023