SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League opens its 89th playoff season tonight, with eight games on the schedule to kick things off.
All 32 clubs will play 72 games in the 2024-25 regular season that begins April 20. From there, 23 teams will qualify for postseason play, with five rounds of playoffs leading up to the crowning of the Calder Cup champion. 2025. The postseason field will include six of eight teams from the Atlantic Division, five of seven from both the North and Central divisions, and seven of 10 from the Pacific.
For the 2023-24 season, 87.0 percent of all NHL players graduated from the American Hockey League, including the Vezina Trophy winner Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets; Art Ross Trophy winner Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning; 54-goals Zach Hyman of the Edmonton Oilers; and scorers of 100 points David Pastrnak, Leon Draisaitl, Mikko Rantanen again JT Miller. Last season, a total of 890 AHL alumni played in the National Hockey League, incl 349 who skated in both leagues last year alone.
There was also 251 ever first and second round NHL draft picks who played in the AHL last season, including standouts like Shane Wright, David Jiricek, Marco Kasper, Jiri Kulich, Brad Lambert, Simon Edwinsson, Brandt Clarke, Dylan Guenther, Matt Coronato, Isaac Rosen, Brennan Othmann, Jesper Wallstedt, Logan Mailloux, Yaroslav Askarov, Shakir Mukhamadullinand Calder Cup champions Hendrix Lapierre, Ivan Miroshnichenko again Vincent Iorio.
In 2024-25, 22 NHL teams are led by former AHL coaches, including Paul Maurice of the 2024 Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers and Chris Knoblauch of the Western Conference champion Edmonton Oilers. Places to stay in Tampa Bay John Coopernew Jersey Sheldon KeefeSan Jose Ryan Warsofskyin Colorado Jared BednarWashington Spencer Carbery and Seattle Dan Bylsma and are among the current NHL coaches who spent time in the American Hockey League before making the jump.
Within the AHL, eight coaching changes have been made since the end of last season.
Places to stay in Abbotsford Manny Malhotrain Chicago Cam Abbottin Hartford Grant PotulnyRochester Mike LeoneSpringfield’s Steve Konowalchuk and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton’s Kirk MacDonald all made their debuts as AHL head coaches this fall. They are grouped as newcomers Derek Laxdalwho takes over Dan Bylsma behind the Coachella Valley bench, too Pascal Vincentthe new coach of the Laval Rocket.
The Coachella Valley Firebirds will host this one The 2025 AHL All-Star Classic is presented by Spotlight 29 Casino at Acrisure Arena. The AHL All-Star Skills Competition will take place Sunday, February 2followed by the AHL Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Ceremony at Monday, February 3 and the three-on-three, round-robin 2025 AHL All-Star Challenge that night.
Since 1995, more than 94 percent of All-Star Classic participants have competed in the National Hockey League, including. Cam Atkinson, Drake Batherson, Jordan Binnington, Oliver Bjorkstrand, John Carlson, Thatcher Demko, Lukas Dostal, Connor Hellebuyck, Tristan Jarry, Jordan Kyrou, Jonathan Marchessault, Jacob Markstrom, JT Miller, Brandon Montour, William Nylander, Kyle Palmieri, Mikko Rantanen, Logan Stankoven, Dylan Strome, Tyler Toffoli, Vitek Vanecek, Dustin Wolf again Mats Zuccarello.
AHLTV on FloHockey (flohockey.tv) features live streaming of every AHL game in high definition on desktop, laptop, tablet and mobile devices, as well as through the FloSports app and connected devices such as Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV and -Chromecast.
A FloHockey subscription is priced at $29.99 USD ($39.99 CAD) per month when billed monthly, or $150 USD ($203.88 CAD) for an annual subscription – a 58 percent savings, and includes access not only to all regular season and Calder Cup Playoff tournaments . of all 32 teams in the American Hockey League but also more than 21,000 hockey contests on FloHockey and all other live events and games across FloSports. FloHockey will support these events with a robust AHL content strategy that will include award-winning programming and video content throughout the year.
The AHL’s social media presence also continues to grow, with the league’s Instagram feed (we), Facebook (fb.com/theahl), X (@TheAHL) and strings (@TheAHL) are always great sources for AHL news, special offers, behind-the-scenes information and fan engagement. The AHL’s communications department also maintains a news feed on X (@AHLPR) and strings (@ahl_pr).
The AHL’s digital properties are supported by the league’s official website, theahl.comfully compatible with desktop, mobile devices and tablets alike. In addition, the official AHL app is available for free The iPhone again Android devices.
The 2024-25 AHL Guide & Record Book is available to view and download at theahl.com/mediaguide. The AHL Rule Book can be found at theahl.com/rules.
Operating since 1936, the American Hockey League serves as the premier league for the development of players, coaches, managers, administrators, broadcasters and personnel for all 32 National Hockey League teams. About 90 percent of today’s NHL players graduated from the American Hockey League, and more than 100 members of the Hockey Hall of Fame spent time in the AHL during their careers.
