Chicago won a special teams battle in Game 1, giving them a 1-0 series lead heading into tonight’s Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals in Colorado (8:05 ET, ). All five goals in the Wolves’ 3-2 win Thursday came on the power play, but Chicago converted two penalty kills in the third period to…
Michael Pezzetta The Toronto Marlies defeated Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 2-1 at 14:53 in overtime in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Friday night. With the Marlies holding a two-game lead, the team heads to Toronto for the middle three games of a best-of-seven series, with Game 3 set for Monday (7 p.m. ET, ). For…
Texas Stars re-sign captain Curtis McKenzie Signed a one-year contract with the American Hockey League through the 2026-27 season. McKenzie will return to the Stars for his 11th season with the organization and 14th season in professional hockey. In the 2025-26 season, he represented the Texas team in all 72 games, contributing a total of…
Photo: John E. Sokolowski/Getty Images New York Islanders Team Named Jay McGee Head coach of the Hamilton Hammers, the Islanders’ new American Hockey League affiliate. McGee, 48, has spent the past five years as head coach of the Hamilton and Brantford Bulldogs of the Ontario Hockey League. Last season, McGee led Brantford to achieve the…
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league will use artificial intelligence to automatically handle a type of penalty, such as out-of-bounds decisions, to speed up the game and reduce possession disputes. Silver compared the system to the Hawk-Eye technology used in tennis, where an electronic line call quickly determines whether a ball is in or…
Noel GunlerThe Chicago Wolves opened the Western Conference finals with a 3-2 win over Colorado on Thursday night on a goal with 7:06 left in the second period. The Eagles will take action on Saturday night (8:05 ET, ). All five goals in the game were scored on the power play, but the Wolves managed…
The Chicago Wolves will face the Colorado Eagles in the best-of-seven Western Conference Finals.
Patrick WilliamsTheAHL.com Features Writer Can the Chicago Wolves do it again? They went all the way in the series by defeating the Texas Stars in the Central Division semifinals. Texas State has a record of 7 wins, 1 draw, 0 draws and 0 losses against the Wolves, with six of those wins coming between March…
The Western Conference Finals kick off tonight in Loveland, as the Colorado Hawks host the Chicago Wolves in Game 1 of the best-of-seven series (9:05 ET, ). The Eagles are reaching the Calder Cup conference finals for the first time ever and the first time for a Colorado Avalanche affiliate since the Hershey Bears reached…
Victor Vumbanyama and the San Antonio Spurs are suddenly under tremendous pressure in the Western Conference Finals, and now the NBA is getting involved off the court. “After the Spurs lost 127-114 to the Oklahoma City Thunder, leaving the San Antonio Spurs down 3-2 in the Western Conference Finals, a team spokesman said Vembanyama will…