All AHL teams started playing their regular season games this week, and there were some exciting ones at that! There was even a power outage… we are looking at you Utica.

News around the League:

• Providence starts off the season as the longest running affiliation at 30 years long. During this 30 year tenure, some popular names have come out of it- Brad Marchand, Tuuka Rask, Patrice Bergeron, and David Pastarnak.

• Coachella Valley certainly has a challenging schedule ahead of them with the first 22 games on their schedule “on the road”. 4 games will be in the Seattle Kraken arena. The Coachella Valley Arena- Acrisure Arena- a brand new state of the art venue, will be ready in December. If Coachella can get their legs steady and under them, they should have a good foundation going into the 2nd half the season with 32 of the last 50 games being at home.

• Brett Sutter- who is currently signed with the Calgary Wranglers, is poised to play his 1,000th game this season. He will become the 8th player to do such, and currently ranks in at #9 with 974 games played. He is set to reach game number 1,000 on December 21st, 2022 against Ontario Reign.

• There are 9 new Head Coaches

  • Dan Bylsma- Coachella Valley

  • Jeremy Collition- Abbotsford Canucks

  • John McCarthy- San Jose Barracudda

  • Todd Nelson- Hershey Bears

  • Steve Potvin- Tucson Roadrunners

  • Brock Sheahan- Chicago Wolves

  • Marco Sturm- Ontario Reign

  • Trent Vogelhuber- Cleveland Monsters

Rescheduled Games:

Due to a power outage affecting the Utica Comets and Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins game, the game will pick up where it left off (with 2:43 seconds left in the 2nd, Utica 2- Wilkes Barre 1) on January 24th at 7pm in Utica.

Suspensions:

• Forward Mitchell Stephens of the Laval Rocket was suspended for 2 games as a consequence of a match penalty for cross checking in a game against Belleville on 10/14/22.

PTO/ATO Signings:

Forward Nate Thompson has signed a PTO with the Ontario Reign. He enters his 18th pro season in 22-23 season with having played 1,089 games in the NHL, AHL, and ECHL. He played in 33 games with the Philadelphia Flyers last season gaining 1 goal and 2 assists.

AHL Player of the Week:

Forward Austin Czarnik of the Grand Rapids Griffins has been selected for the AHL player of the week. He opened the season for Grand Rapids with a 5 point weekend agains the San Diego Gulls.

Friday Night 10/21/2022 Games:

• Abbotsford Canucks vs Coachella Valley

• Hershey Bears vs Charlotte Checkers

• Cleveland Monsters vs Utica Comets

• Springfield Thunderbirds vs Belleville Senators

• Bridgeport Islanders vs Providence Bruins

• Syracuse Crunch vs Rochester Americans

• Laval Rocket vs Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins

• Manitoba Moose vs Chicago Wolves

• Texas Stars vs Iowa Wild

• Calgary Wranglers vs Colorado Eagles

• Ontario Reign vs San Diego Gulls

Saturday 10/22/2022 Games:

• Grand Rapid Griffins vs Toronto Marlies

• Hershey Bears vs Charlotte Checkers

• Laval Rocket vs Bridgeport Islanders

• Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins vs Hartford Wolf Pack

• Texas Stars vs Iowa Wild

• Manitoba Moose vs Milwaukee Admirals

• Rochester Americans vs Syracuse Crunch

• Springfield Thunderbirds vs Belleville Senators

• Cleveland Monsters vs Lehigh Valley Phantoms

• Utica Comets vs Providence Bruins

• Chicago Wolves vs Rockford IceHogs

• San Diego Gulls vs Ontario Reign

• Henderson Silver Knights vs San Jose Barracuda

• Calgary Wranglers vs Colorado Eagles

• Bakersfield Condors vs Tucson Roadrunners

Sunday 10/23/2022 Games

• Hartford Wolfpack vs Bridgeport Islanders

• Cleveland Monsters vs Lehigh Valley Phantoms

• Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins vs Providence Bruins

• Grand Rapid Griffins vs Toronto Marlies

• Manitoba Moose vs Rockford IceHogs

• Henderson Silver Knights vs San Jose Barracuda

• Bakersfield Condors vs Tucson Roadrunners

• Abbottsford Canucks vs Coachella Valley Firebirds

Tuesday 10/25/2022 Games

• Texas Stars vs Chicago Wolves

Wednesday 10/26/2022 Games

• Belleville Senators vs Laval Rocket

• Syracuse Crunch vs Toronto Marlies

• Cleveland Monsters vs Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins

• Texas Stars vs Milkwaukee Admirals

• Colorado Eagles vs San Diego Gulls

• Ontario Reign vs San Jose Barracuda

-Samantha Wismer- Olde City Sports Network/American Beauties- An AHL Podcast

*Photo Credit: Jeff Pexton