AHL Season Begins!
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The AHL, American Hockey League, Always Hungry League, The Gauntlet, The Farm System…whatever your nickname is for it, begins it’s 87th season tonight with 10 games on schedule to kick the season off.
The first time in the league’s history, there are 32 active teams competing on the ice for the 2022-2023 season. The new kids on the block, Coachella Valley Firebirds, who are the Seattle Kraken minor league affiliate, begin playing on Sunday against the Calgary Wranglers (Formerly known as the Stockton Heat). It is important to note for the first nearly 2 months of Coachella’s season, their games will be on the road due to their arena still being under construction.
As the league returns to a regular schedule, all teams will play at 72 game schedule. At the end 23 teams will be qualified to play in the postseason, when regular season ends on April 16th. Five rounds of playoffs will lead to the 2023 Calder Cup. The playoff field will include 6 teams from the Atlantic, 5 teams from North, 5 teams from the Central, and 7 from the Pacific Division.
Suspensions:
Charlotte Checkers Goaltender Alex Lyon will have to sit the first 2 games out of the season as a consequence of his actions following the Calder Cup Championship in Springfield in June.
Friday Night 10/14/2022 Games:
Hartford Wolfpack vs Charlotte Checkers
Syracuse Crunch vs Cleveland Monsters
San Diego Gulls vs Grand Rapid Griffins
Belleville Senators vs Laval Rocket
Bridgeport Islanders vs Providence Bruins
Toronto Marlies vs Rochester Americans
San Jose Barracudda vs Iowa Wild
Colorado Eagles vs Texas Stars
Tucson Roadrunners vs Henderson Silver Knights
Abbotsford Canucks vs Ontario Reign
Saturday 10/15/2022 Games:
Syracuse Crunch vs Cleveland Monsters
Rockford Icehogs vs Manitoba Moose
Rochester Americans vs Toronto Marlies
Hartford Wolfpack vs Charlotte Checkers
Tucson Roadrunners vs Henderson Silver Knights
Lehigh Valley Phantoms vs Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins
San Diego Gulls vs Grand Rapid Griffins
Utica Comets vs Hershey Bears
San Jose Barracudda vs Iowa Wild
Laval Rocket vs Belleville Senators
Bridgeport Islanders vs Springfield Thunderbirds
Milwaukee Admirals vs Chicago Wolves
Colorado Eagles vs Texas Stars
Abbotsford Canucks vs Bakersfield Condors
Sunday 10/16/2022 Games
Coachella Valley Firebirds vs Calgary Wranglers
Lehigh Valley Phantoms vs Hershey Bears
Rockford Icehogs vs Manitoba Moose
Providence Bruins vs Springfield Thunderbirds
Bakersfield Condors vs Ontario Reign
Monday 10/17/2022 Games
Wilkes Barre Scranton Penguins vs Utica Comets
Coachella Valley Firebirds vs Calgary Wranglers
Tuesday 10/18/2022 Games
Henderson Silver Knights vs Ontario Reign
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