| American Hockey League | |
| 2023–24 AHL season | |
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| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Founded | 1936 |
| No. of teams | 32 |
| Country(ies) |  United States Canada
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| Most recent champion(s) | Hershey Bears (13th title) |
| Official website | www.theahl.com |
The American Hockey League (AHL) is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based primarily in the United States that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League (NHL). During the 2019-20 season, all of the 31 NHL teams have primary affiliation agreements with one of the AHL's active member clubs of which 27 are located in the United States and the remaining four are in Canada. The league offices are located in Springfield, Massachusetts, and its current president is David Andrews.
The annual playoff champion is awarded the Calder Cup, named for Frank Calder, the first President (1917–1943) of the NHL. The current champions are the Charlotte Checkers.
Formation and Growth of the AHL[]
Predecessor Leagues (1926–1936)[]
The AHL traces its origins directly to two predecessor professional leagues: the Canadian-American Hockey League (aka "Can-Am" League) founded in 1926, and the first International Hockey League established in 1929. Although the Can-Am League never operated with more than six teams, for the first time in its history it dropped after the 1935–36 season to just four member cities: Springfield, Philadelphia, Providence and New Haven. At the same time the then rival International Hockey League lost half of its eight members after the 1935–36 season leaving it as well with just four clubs located in Buffalo, Syracuse, Pittsburgh, and Cleveland.
A "Circuit of Mutual Convenience" (1936–38)[]
With both leagues down to the barest minimum in membership needed to operate, the governors of each recognized the necessity to take proactive steps to assure the long-term survival of their member clubs. To that end they all decided the logical solution to their common problem was for the two leagues to play an interlocking schedule with each other. Styled as the International-American Hockey League, the two older leagues' eight surviving clubs thus began joint play in November 1936, as a new two division "circuit of mutual convenience" with the four Can-Am teams constituting the I-AHL East Division and the IHL's quartet playing as the West Division. In addition, the IHL also contributed its former championship silver, the F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy, which would go to the regular season winners of the West Division in the new I-AHL until 1952. (The Oke Trophy is now awarded to the regular season winners of the AHL's current seven-team East Division.)
A little more than a month into that first season, however, the balance and symmetry of the new combined circuit suffered an early setback when its membership unexpectedly fell to seven as the West's Buffalo Bisons were forced to cease operations on December 6, 1936, after playing just eleven games because of what proved to be insurmountable financial problems and lack of access to a suitable arena. The makeshift new I-AHL thus played out the rest of its first season (as well as all of the next) with just seven teams.
A modified three-round playoff format was devised and a new championship trophy, the Calder Cup, was established which was awarded for the first time at the end of the 1936–37 season play-offs to the Syracuse Stars who defeated the Philadelphia Ramblers in the finals, three-games-to-one. Now second only to the Stanley Cup in both age and prestige among North American hockey's championship awards, the Calder Cup continues on today as the AHL's play-off trophy.
Formal Consolidation of the I-AHL (June 28, 1938)[]
After two seasons of interlocking play, the governors of the two leagues' seven active teams met in New York City on June 28, 1938, and agreed that it was time to formally consolidate. Maurice Podoloff of New Haven, the former head of the C-AHL which had also been operating as the combined league's Eastern Division, was elected the I-AHL's first president. Former IHL president John Chick of Windsor, Ontario, and head of the I-AHL's Western Division, became vice-president in charge of officials.
The new I-AHL also added an eighth franchise at the 1938 meeting to fill the void in its membership left by the loss of Buffalo two years earlier with the admission of the then two-time defending EAHL champion Hershey Bears. (Almost seven decades later, Hershey remains the only one of these eight original I-AHL/AHL cities to have been represented in the league without interruption since the 1938–39 season.) Beginning with the 1938–39 season, the newly merged circuit also increased its regular season schedule for each team by six games from 48 to 54.
Contraction, Resurrection, and Expansion (1967–2001)[]
The AHL (as it was renamed after the 1939–40 season) generally enjoyed both consistent success on the ice and relative financial stability over its first three decades of operation. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, however, the cost of doing business in pro hockey began to rise precipitously with the frequent expansions of the NHL in 1967, 1970, 1972, and 1974, and especially the advent in 1972 of the twelve-team World Hockey Association (WHA), increased the number of major league teams competing for players from six to thirty in just seven years. Player salaries at all levels shot up dramatically with the increased demand and competition for their services. To help compensate for this increased expense many NHL clubs cut way back on the number of players they kept under contract for development, and players under AHL contracts could now also demand much higher paychecks to remain with their clubs. As a result within a period of just three years from 1974 to 1977 half of the AHL's teams folded dropping the league from twelve clubs to just six. Making the AHL's situation even bleaker as the 1977–78 season approached was the news that the Providence Reds—the last surviving uninterrupted franchise from 1936–37—had decided to cease operations.
The AHL appeared in serious danger of folding altogether in another year or two if this dangerous downward trend were not reversed. As these clouds appeared their darkest, however, two events in the Fall of 1977 helped reverse the trend and began the league back to the great health it enjoys today. The first of these was the decision of the Philadelphia Flyers to return to the league as a team owner. The second was the unexpected collapse of the North American Hockey League just weeks before the start of the 1977–78 season.
The Flyers' new AHL franchise became the immediately successful Maine Mariners which brought the new AHL city of Portland, Maine both the regular season and Calder Cup play-off titles in each of that club's first two seasons of operation. The folding of the NAHL meanwhile left two of its member cities which wanted to continue to operate teams—Philadelphia and Binghamton—suddenly without a league to play in. Binghamton solved its problem by acquiring and moving the Reds' franchise from Providence and joined the league as the Binghamton Dusters (aka Broome Dusters). The Philadelphia Firebirds acquired an expansion franchise as did the new Hampton (VA) Gulls, to boost the AHL to nine member clubs as the 1977–78 season opened. (Hampton folded on February 10, 1978, but was replaced the next year by the New Brunswick Hawks.) The league continued to grow steadily over the years reaching 20 clubs by the 2000–01 season.
Absorption IHL teams (2001–02)[]
In 2001–02, the AHL's membership jumped dramatically to 27 teams, mostly by the absorption of six teams—Milwaukee, Chicago, Houston, Utah, Manitoba, and Grand Rapids—from the International Hockey League. The IHL had established itself as the second top-level minor league circuit in North America, but folded in 2001 due to financial problems. One oddity caused by the AHL's 2001 expansion was that the league had two teams with the same nickname: the Milwaukee Admirals and the Norfolk Admirals. The latter team transferred to the league from the mid-level ECHL in 2000. This situation lasted until the end of the 2014–15 season when the Norfolk team moved to San Diego and was replaced by another ECHL team with the same name.
The Utah Grizzlies suspended operations after the 2004–05 season (the franchise was sold in 2006 and returned to the ice in Cleveland in 2007 as the Lake Erie Monsters, now known as the Cleveland Monsters). The Chicago Wolves (2002, 2008), Houston Aeros (2003), Milwaukee Admirals (2004), and Grand Rapids Griffins (2013, 2017) have all won Calder Cup titles since joining the AHL from the IHL. Chicago and Milwaukee have also made multiple trips to the Calder Cup Finals, and Houston made their second Finals appearance in 2011.
The Manitoba Moose moved to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador in 2011 and were renamed the St. John's IceCaps after the NHL's Atlanta Thrashers moved to Winnipeg as the second incarnation of the Winnipeg Jets. In 2013, Houston moved to Des Moines, Iowa to become the Iowa Wild. This left Chicago, Grand Rapids and Milwaukee as the only ex-IHL teams still in their original cities until the 2015 relocations when the IceCaps moved back to Winnipeg as the Manitoba Moose.
In January 2015, the AHL announced the relocation of five existing AHL franchises—Adirondack, Manchester, Norfolk, Oklahoma City, and Worcester—to California as the basis for a new "Pacific Division" becoming Stockton, Ontario, San Diego, Bakersfield, and San Jose respectively.[1] The relocated teams were all affiliated and owned or purchased by teams in the NHL's Pacific Division. The franchise movements continued with two more relocations involving Canadian teams[2] with the St. John's IceCaps going back to Winnipeg as the Manitoba Moose and the Hamilton Bulldogs becoming another iteration of the IceCaps to fulfill the arena contract in St. John's.
In the following seasons, more NHL organizations influenced league membership. In 2016, the Springfield Falcons franchise was purchased by the Arizona Coyotes and relocated to become the Tucson Roadrunners and join the one-year-old Pacific Division. The Falcons were subsequently replaced by the Springfield Thunderbirds, the relocated Portland Pirates franchise under a new ownership group. The Montreal Canadiens-owned IceCaps relocated to the Montreal suburb of Laval, Quebec, and became the Laval Rocket in 2017.[3] The Binghamton Senators were also purchased by the Ottawa Senators and were relocated to Belleville, Ontario, to become the Belleville Senators[4] while the New Jersey Devils' owned Albany Devils were relocated to become the Binghamton Devils.[5]
For the 2018–19 season, a 31st team joined the league with the Colorado Eagles as the NHL's Colorado Avalanche affiliate.[6] With the NHL planning to expand to 32 teams in 2021 with the Seattle Kraken, the Seattle ownership group was approved for a 2021 AHL expansion team, later announced to be the Coachella Valley Firebirds based in Palm Springs, California, following the construction of a new arena.[7][8] The original plans for the new arena was eventually cancelled and the team postponed their launch by year while new arena plans were developed.[9]
In February 2020, the San Antonio Rampage franchise was bought and relocated by the NHL's Vegas Golden Knights for the 2020–21 season[10] as the Henderson Silver Knights and was moved to the Pacific Division. For the 2021–22 season, the Vancouver Canucks relocated their franchise from Utica to Abbotsford while the Utica Comets agreed to relocate and operate the franchise that was operating as the Binghamton Devils.[11] On May 23, 2022, it was announced that the Stockton Heat would be relocating to Calgary, Alberta, starting the 2022-23 season.[12]
Teams[]
- Notes
- ↑ AHL approves formation of Pacific Division. AHL (January 29, 2015).
- ↑ AHL announces franchise transactions. AHL (March 12, 2015).
- ↑ Montreal Canadiens' farm team relocating to St. John's next season. The Compass (March 12, 2015).
- ↑ Sens Owner Purchases AHL Team Partners W/ Belleville. Ottawa Senators (September 26, 2016).
- ↑ NEW JERSEY DEVILS TO RELOCATE AHL AFFILIATE TO BINGHAMTON N.Y. FOR 2017-18 SEASON.
- ↑ AHL awards expansion membership to Colorado Eagles. AHL (October 10, 2017).
- ↑ NHL Seattle chooses Palm Springs as site for new AHL farm team (June 26, 2019).
- ↑ AHL expanding to Palm Springs in 2021-22 (September 30, 2019).
- ↑ Seattle Kraken delays AHL franchise by 1 year (September 16, 2020).
- ↑ San Antonio Rampage Sold and Will Relocate After 2019-2020 Season (February 6, 2020).
- ↑ Board of Governors Approves Franchise Relocations (May 6, 2021).
- ↑ American Hockey League approves Stockton Heat move to Calgary (en) (2022-05-23).
Timeline (List)[]
The American Hockey League first held an All-Star Game in the 1941–42 season. The event was not played again until the 1954–55 season, and was then held annually until the 1959–60 season. In the 1994–95 season, the AHL revived the events again, and has been played every season until the COVID-19 pandemic cancelled the events in 2021 and 2022. The skills competition was first introduced for the 1995–96 season. From 1996 to 2010, the game took place between a team of players born outside of Canada and a team of players born within Canada. The All-Star Game was replaced by an all-star challenge between the league's divisions from the 2015–16 season onward. The challenge consists of six round-robin games between the league's divisions; the top two divisions in the challenge's round-robin phase advance to a six-minute championship game. The winning division of the championship game is declared the winner of the all-star challenge.
| Date | Arena | City | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
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| February 3, 1942 | Cleveland Arena | Cleveland, Ohio | East All-Stars | 5–4 | West All-Stars |
| October 27, 1954 | Hershey Sports Arena | Hershey, Pennsylvania | AHL All-Stars | 7–3 | Cleveland Barons |
| January 10, 1956 | Duquesne Gardens | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | AHL All-Stars | 4–4 | Pittsburgh Hornets |
| October 23, 1956 | Rhode Island Auditorium | Providence, Rhode Island | Providence Reds | 4–0 | AHL All-Stars |
| October 6, 1957 | Rochester Community War Memorial | Rochester, New York | AHL All-Stars | 5–2 | Cleveland Barons |
| January 15, 1959 | Hershey Sports Arena | Hershey, Pennsylvania | Hershey Bears | 5–2 | AHL All-Stars |
| December 10, 1959 | Eastern States Coliseum | West Springfield, Massachusetts | Springfield Indians | 8–3 | AHL All-Stars |
| January 17, 1995 | Providence Civic Center | Providence, Rhode Island | Canada | 6–4 | USA |
| January 16, 1996 | Hersheypark Arena | Hershey, Pennsylvania | USA | 6–5 | Canada |
| January 16, 1997 | Harbour Station | Saint John, New Brunswick | World | 3–2 (SO) | Canada |
| [[February 11, 1998 | Onondaga County War Memorial Arena | Syracuse, New York | Canada | 11–10 | PlanetUSA |
| January 25, 1999 | First Union Center | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | PlanetUSA | 5–4 (SO) | Canada |
| January 17, 2000 | Blue Cross Arena | Rochester, New York | Canada | 8–3 | PlanetUSA |
| January 15, 2001 | First Union Arena at Casey Plaza | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania | Canada | 11–10 | PlanetUSA |
| February 14, 2002 | Mile One Stadium | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | 13–11 | PlanetUSA |
| February 3, 2003 | Cumberland County Civic Center | Portland, Maine | Canada | 10–7 | PlanetUSA |
| February 9, 2004 | Van Andel Arena | Grand Rapids, Michigan | Canada | 9–5 | PlanetUSA |
| February 14, 2005 | Verizon Wireless Arena | Manchester, New Hampshire | PlanetUSA | 5–4 | Canada |
| February 1, 2006 | MTS Centre | Winnipeg, Mantitoba | Canada | 9–4 | PlanetUSA |
| January 29, 2007 | Ricoh Coliseum | Toronto, Ontario | PlanetUSA | 7–6 | Canada |
| January 28, 2008 | Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena | Binghamton, New York | Canada | 9–8 (SO) | PlanetUSA |
| January 26, 2009 | DCU Center | Worcester, Massachusetts | PlanetUSA | 14–11 | Canada |
| January 19, 2010 | Cumberland County Civic Center | Portland, Maine | Canada | 10–9 (SO) | PlanetUSA |
| January 31, 2011 | Giant Center | Hershey, Pennsylvania | East All-Stars | 11–8 | West All-Stars |
| January 30, 2012 | Boardwalk Hall | Atlantic City, New Jersey | West All-Stars | 8–7 (SO) | East All-Stars |
| January 28, 2013 | Dunkin' Donuts Center | Providence, Rhode Island | West All-Stars | 7–6 | East All-Stars |
| February 12, 2014 | Mile One Centre | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | AHL All-Stars | 7–2 | Färjestad BK |
| January 26, 2015 | Utica Memorial Auditorium | Utica, New York | West All-Stars | 14–12 | East All-Stars |
| February 1, 2016 | Oncenter War Memorial Arena | Syracuse, New York | Round robin results: Pacific 0–1 North Central 2–1 Atlantic (SO) Central 4–2 North Pacific 1–2 Atlantic Central 4–6 Pacific Atlantic 4–1 North | ||
| Central Division | 4–0 | Atlantic Division | |||
| January 30, 2017 | PPL Center | Allentown, Pennsylvania | Round robin results: Central 1–2 Atlantic Pacific 3–6 North Central 2–1 North (SO) Pacific 1–6 Atlantic Pacific 3–5 Central North 0–2 Atlantic | ||
| Central Division | 1–0 (SO) | Atlantic Division | |||
| January 29, 2018[1] | Utica Memorial Auditorium | Utica, New York | Round robin results: Pacific 5–3 North Central 2–5 Atlantic Central 2–4 North Pacific 4–3 Atlantic Central 3–4 Pacific Atlantic 3–4 North | ||
| North Division | 1–0 | Pacific Division | |||
| January 28, 2019[2] | MassMutual Center | Springfield, Massachusetts | Round robin results: Central 1–3 Atlantic Pacific 4–2 North Central 2–4 North Pacific 2–5 Atlantic Central 5–3 Pacific North 4–1 Atlantic | ||
| North Division | 1–0 (SO) | Atlantic Division | |||
| January 27, 2020[3] | Toyota Arena | Ontario, California | Round robin results: North 5–6 Pacific (SO) Atlantic 1–3 Central North 5–6 Central Atlantic 3–2 Pacific Atlantic 5–2 North Central 4–5 Pacific (SO) | ||
| Atlantic Division | 3–1 | Central Division | |||
| February 6, 2023[4] | Place Bell | Laval, Quebec[5] | Round robin results: North 2–2 Pacific (SO) Atlantic 4–3 Central (SO) North 2–2 Central (SO) Atlantic 2–6 Pacific Atlantic 3–2 North (SO) Central 2–5 Pacific | ||
| Pacific Division | 1–0 (SO) | Atlantic Division | |||
Outdoor games[]
An AHL record crowd of 45,653 watched the Adirondack Phantoms defeat the Hershey Bears, 4–3 in overtime at the 2012 AHL Winter Classic at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia
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The Lehigh Valley Phantoms host the Hartford Wolf Pack at PPL Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, December 2019
Since the 2009–10 season, at least one team in the AHL has hosted an outdoor ice hockey game each year. The Syracuse Crunch was the first organization to put on an outdoor game in the AHL on February 20, 2010, building a rink at the New York State Fairgrounds in Syracuse, New York, and packing a record 21,508 fans in for the Mirabito Outdoor Classic against the Binghamton Senators. The contest, which was also televised to an international audience on NHL Network, was won by the Crunch, 2–1.
The Connecticut Whale hosted the Whale Bowl, the AHL's second outdoor game held on February 19, 2011 as part of a 10-day Whalers Hockey Fest at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Connecticut. Attendance for Connecticut's game against the Providence Bruins was announced at 21,673, the largest in AHL history to that point. Providence won, 5–4, in a shootout.
On January 6, 2012, the largest crowd in AHL history saw the Adirondack Phantoms defeat the Hershey Bears, 4–3, in overtime before 45,653 fans at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, as the final event of the week-long activities associated with the 2012 NHL Winter Classic, which also included a game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the New York Rangers on Jan 2 and an alumni game between retired players (including eight honored members of the Hockey Hall of Fame) of those two clubs on December 31, 2011. The contest was the third outdoor game in AHL history and it more than doubled the league's previous single-game attendance mark.
On January 21, 2012, the Steeltown Showdown between Ontario rivals, the Toronto Marlies and Hamilton Bulldogs, was held at Ivor Wynne Stadium in Hamilton, Ontario, with the Marlies winning 7–2 in front of 20,565 fans, the largest crowd ever for an AHL game in Canada. The AHL game was preceded the previous night by a game between Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens alumni.
Two outdoor games were announced for the 2012–13 AHL season, but a meeting between the Grand Rapids Griffins and Toronto Marlies at Comerica Park in Detroit as part of the festivities surrounding the NHL Winter Classic was not held because of the cancellation of the NHL Winter Classic. On January 20, 2013, the Hershey Bears and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins met outdoors at Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey, Pennsylvania with the Penguins earning a 2–1 overtime victory in front of 17,311 fans.
The Rochester Americans hosted an outdoor game in 2013–14, the Frozen Frontier, which was held at Frontier Field in Rochester, New York, on December 13, 2013. The Americans took a 5–4 decision in a shootout against the Lake Erie Monsters before a standing-room crowd of 11,015 fans. A year after their originally scheduled date, the Griffins and Marlies played at Comerica Park on December 30, 2013, and Toronto prevailed in a shootout, 4–3, becoming the first AHL team ever with two outdoor wins. Attendance in Detroit was 20,337.
As part of the recent addition of the Pacific Division, the AHL played its first outdoor hockey game in California during the 2015–16 season, called the Golden State Hockey Rush. On December 18, 2015, the Stockton Heat hosted the Bakersfield Condors at Raley Field in West Sacramento, California. Stockton defeated Bakersfield 3–2 in front of 9,357 fans.[7]
For the second consecutive season, the AHL played an outdoor game in California. The Bakersfield Condors were named as hosts for their second outdoor game against the Ontario Reign to be held on January 7, 2017, at Bakersfield College's Memorial Stadium and was called the Condorstown Outdoor Classic.[8] Despite sometimes heavy rain during the first period, the game went on as scheduled and the Condors defeated the Reign 3–2 in overtime.
Although technically not an outdoor game, the Syracuse Crunch defeated the Utica Comets 2–1 on November 22, 2014 at the Carrier Dome, normally a college football stadium.
AHL Hall of Fame[]
The formation of an American Hockey League Hall of Fame was announced by the league on December 15, 2005, created to recognize, honor and celebrate individuals for their outstanding achievements and contributions specifically in the AHL.[9]
Trophies and awards[]
The following is a list of awards of the American Hockey League. The season the award was first handed out is listed in parentheses.
Individual awards[]
- Les Cunningham Award – Most valuable player (1947–48)
- John B. Sollenberger Trophy – Top point scorer (1947–48)
- Willie Marshall Award – Top goal scorer (2003–04)
- Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award – Rookie of the year (1947–48)
- Eddie Shore Award – Defenceman of the year (1958–59)
- Aldege "Baz" Bastien Memorial Award – Best Goaltender (1983–84)
- Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award – Lowest Goals against average (1947–48)
- Louis A.R. Pieri Memorial Award – Coach of the year (1967–68)
- Fred T. Hunt Memorial Award – Sportsmanship / Perseverance (1977–78)
- Yanick Dupre Memorial Award – Community Service Award (1997–98)
- Jack A. Butterfield Trophy – MVP of the playoffs (1983–84)
Team awards[]
- Calder Cup – Playoffs champions (1936–37)
- Richard F. Canning Trophy – Eastern Conference playoff champions (1989–90)
- Robert W. Clarke Trophy – Western Conference playoff champions (1989–90)
- Macgregor Kilpatrick Trophy – Regular season champions, League (1997–98)
- Frank Mathers Trophy – Regular Season champions, Eastern Conference (1995–96)
- Norman R. "Bud" Poile Trophy – Regular Season champions, Western Conference (2001–02)
- Emile Francis Trophy – Regular Season champions, Atlantic Division (2001–02)
- F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy – Regular Season champions, North Division (1936–37)†
- Sam Pollock Trophy – Regular Season champions, Central Division (1995–96)
- John D. Chick Trophy – Regular Season champions, Pacific Division (1961–62)
† Trophy predates American Hockey League, established 1926–27 in the Canadian Professional Hockey League.
Other awards[]
- James C. Hendy Memorial Award – Executive of the Year (1961–62)
- Thomas Ebright Memorial Award – Outstanding career contributions (1997–98)
- James H. Ellery Memorial Awards – Outstanding media coverage (1964–65)
- Ken McKenzie Award – Marketing Executive of the Year (1978–79)
- Michael Condon Memorial Award – Outstanding service, On-ice official (2001–02)
- President's Awards – two annual awards given out by the AHL. The first award is presented to an AHL organization and recognizes "excellence in all areas off the ice." The second is given to a player as recognition of outstanding accomplishments in that year (2008–09)
Sources:
See also[]
- American Hockey Association (1926–1942)
- List of AHL head coaches
- List of AHL seasons
- List of American Hockey League arenas
- Minor league
- List of ice hockey leagues
References[]
- ↑ North rallies for thrilling All-Star Challenge title. AHL (January 29, 2018).
- ↑ LEXUS NAMED TITLE PARTNER FOR 2019 AHL ALL-STAR CLASSIC. AHL (June 28, 2018).
- ↑ Atlantic Division Prevails in 2020 AHL All-Star Challenge (January 28, 2020).
- ↑ Laval to host 2023 AHL All-Star Classic (February 24, 2022).
- ↑ Laval to host All-Star Classic in 2022. ahl.com (August 4, 2020).
- ↑ Pacific Division wins thrilling All-Star Challenge (February 18, 2023).
- ↑ Grant, Kylington and Shore Lead Heat to 3-2 Win at Raley Field. Stockton Heat (December 19, 2015).
- ↑ Condors bringing outdoor hockey to Memorial Stadium. Bakersfield.com (August 23, 2016).
- ↑ AHL Hall of Fame announces Class of '15.
- Scott, Jon C. (2006). Hockey Night in Dixie: Minor Pro Hockey in the American South. Heritage House Publishing Company Ltd., 137–201. ISBN 1-894974-21-2.
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