Each week, FloHockey's prospect analyst, Chris Peters breaks down notable performances in the AHL that NHL fans should be paying attention to.
2d ago
Months of preparation led up to it. The signings, the trades, even someone stepping directly from last June’s NHL Draft into an AHL line-up. The schedule came out three months ago. Then NHL training camp and preseason games, perhaps waivers for the more experienced players, AHL training camp, and more preseason play.
Oct 15
Picking a Calder Cup champion in October has long been a fool’s errand.
Oct 14
The opening weekend of the AHL season on FloHockey is finally here! The next 3 days includes 29 games and tons of NHL prospects as they make their season debut on AHL teams' rosters. There are more than 50 first-round NHL draft picks in 2019 or later that are playing in the AHL.
Oct 12
The NHL is always just one quick phone call away. Get the call, pack a bag, hop in the car, or catch a flight.
Oct 11
The Detroit Red Wings announced that three recent first-round draft picks will be headed to the Grand Rapids Griffins to start the season. Nate Danielson, Marco Kasper, and Sebastian Cossa will all be starting their season in the AHL.
Oct 6
When the San Jose Sharks made the splashy trade with the Nashville Predators to land top goalie prospect Yaroslav Askarov, the expectation was that the 22-year-old Russian was destined for a full-time NHL role. That, however, will not be the case. At least not initially.
Oct 4
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.
Sep 12
For the second time this week, there was a big prospect trade in the NHL. This time it involved one of the best young goaltenders in hockey as Yaroslav Askarov was the centerpiece of a deal that sent him from the Nashville Predators to the San Jose Sharks.
Aug 23
So what happens after an NHL team drafts a player?
Jul 9
If All-Star Games are supposed to be lighter, more tepid affairs, someone forgot to tell that to the players at Monday night’s AHL All-Star Challenge. Close games, big saves, big goals and actual back-checking – really! – showed that at this stage in so many of these players careers, there’s no sense in not trying.
Feb 6
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
After the NHL celebrated its own All-Star weekend in Toronto, they’re giving way over the next 48 hours to the next wave of budding stars as the American Hockey League will hold its 2024 All-Star Classic which will include a skills competition on Sunday and a series of games among divisional all-stars Monday in San Jose, California.
Feb 4
The AHL All-Star Classic is one of the more underrated prospect showcase events on the calendar, just in terms of the collection of talent it brings under one roof. That's especially true this year with a litany of high-end NHL prospects participating in the midseason showcase Sunday and Monday in Laval, Quebec.
Feb 2, 2023
Over the next five days, prospects from 29 of the NHL’s 32 teams will compete in various tournaments and series designed to help them prepare to compete for spots on NHL rosters when training camps open next week.
Sep 15, 2022