American Hockey League

The Minnesota Wild have re-signed defenseman Louie Belpedio to a one-year, two-way contract for the 2020-21 season. Belpedio, 24, played 62 games with the AHL’s Iowa Wild last season and registered five goals and 15 assists for 20 points, while ranking third among AHL defensemen with 102 penalty minutes. Entering his third pro season out

There’s no doubt that, whenever the 2020-21 NHL season gets underway, things will look very different in the Wild’s goal crease. With Devan Dubnyk now in San Jose, the team signed veteran Cam Talbot to be the top goaltender. Alex Stalock returns to provide a quality No. 2.  But don’t count out the man who

The Dallas Stars have re-signed goaltender Landon Bow to a one-year, two-way contract. Bow is entering his fifth pro season in 2020-21 after appearing in 30 games with the AHL’s Texas Stars last year. He went 12-11-3 with a 3.31 goals-against average, an .895 save percentage and one shutout. In 138 AHL appearances with the

Oct 23, 2020 By AJ Manderichio/SanDiegoGulls.com Vinni Lettieri’s hockey roots run deep. For starters, one of the newest members of the Anaheim Ducks organization grew up in Excelsior, MN., just 15 miles south of downtown Minneapolis. Hockey is ubiquitous with the state of Minnesota, and Lettieri made his mark. He posted 95 points in two

The New Jersey Devils have named Chris Taylor as an assistant coach, joining assistants Alain Nasreddine and Mark Recchi and goaltending coach Dave Rogalski on head coach Lindy Ruff’s staff. Taylor, 48, spent the last three seasons as head coach of the AHL’s Rochester Americans, guiding the club to a record of 116-65-20-13 – a

The Carolina Hurricanes have signed center Drew Shore to a one-year, two-way contract. Shore has spent the last three seasons in Europe, splitting the 2019-20 campaign between Minsk and Nizhny Novgorod in the KHL. An AHL All-Star in 2013 and 2015, Shore has played 205 games in the American Hockey League with the San Antonio

The Carolina Hurricanes have signed goaltender Antoine Bibeau to a one-year, two-way contract. Bibeau was limited by injury to four games in 2019-20, two with the AHL’s Colorado Eagles and two with the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche. In 184 regular-season games in the AHL over six seasons with Colorado, San Jose and Toronto, Bibeau has a

The Florida Panthers have signed forward Scott Wilson to a one-year, two-way contract. Wilson tallied 11 goals and 11 assists for 22 points in 37 AHL games with the Rochester Americans last season, his sixth pro campaign. He also skated in six games with the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres, recording one goal and one assist. A

The Cleveland Monsters have signed defenseman Thomas Schemitsch to an American Hockey League contract for the 2020-21 season. A fifth-year pro, Schemitsch has spent the last four seasons with the AHL’s Springfield Thunderbirds. In 2019-20, he tallied four goals and 11 assists for 15 points in 57 contests. Originally a third-round pick by Florida in

It’s one goal down, more to go, for Nick Paul. After signing a two-year deal with the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday, Paul secured the first multi-year contract of his NHL career. “This was a goal of mine. I hit this goal but now it’s onto the next goal,” Paul said. “The mindset is still hungry.”

The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have signed goaltender Shane Starrett to an American Hockey League contract for the 2020-21 season. Starrett, 26, enters his fourth pro season after appearing in 14 games with the AHL’s Bakersfield Condors in 2019-20, posting a record of 5-6-1 with a 3.63 goals-against average and an .874 save percentage. Voted to the

The Minnesota Wild have signed defenseman Ian McCoshen to a one-year, two-way contract. McCoshen played 63 games in the AHL with Springfield and Rockford last season, registering two goals and 10 assists for 12 points. The four-year pro from Anaheim, Calif., has appeared in 171 career AHL contests and has notched six goals and 32

The Colorado Avalanche have re-signed goaltender Hunter Miska to a two-year contract through the 2021-22 campaign. Miska, 25, appeared in 26 games for the AHL’s Colorado Eagles last season, posting a record of 16-6-3 and ranking fifth in the league with a .924 save percentage. He also recorded a 2.48 goals-against average and two shutouts.

The St. Louis Blues have agreed to terms on new one-year, two-way contracts for forward Austin Poganski and defenseman Mitch Reinke. Poganski, 24, recorded 10 goals and 20 assists for 30 points in 56 games with the AHL’s San Antonio Rampage last season. He also made his NHL debut with the Blues on Dec. 10,

The Carolina Hurricanes have signed forwards Jeremy Bracco, David Gust and Sheldon Rempal to one-year, two-way contracts. Bracco, 23, registered four goals and a team-leading 30 assists for 34 points in 44 games with the AHL’s Toronto Marlies last season, and participated in the 2020 AHL All-Star Classic. In three pro seasons, Bracco has amassed

The Ottawa Senators have re-signed goaltender Joey Daccord to a three-year contract through the 2022-23 season. The first two years are a two-way deal, and the third year is one-way. Daccord, 24, appeared in 24 games with the AHL’s Belleville Senators in 2019-20, going 15-6-2 with a 2.61 goals-against average, a .915 save percentage and

There were talks four years ago between the Springfield Thunderbirds and the St. Louis Blues about a potential partnership, but nothing came of it. Four years later, the Las Vegas Golden Knights purchased the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League, leaving the Blues without an AHL affiliate. That is when talks between the

The Ottawa Senators have re-signed forward Rudolfs Balcers to a one-year, two-way contract. Balcers, 23, recorded 16 goals and 20 assists for 36 points along with a plus-20 rating in just 33 games with the AHL’s Belleville Senators in 2019-20, earning his second trip to the AHL All-Star Classic in three seasons. He had a