AHL Pacific Division

What we learned from the Sharks Rookie Faceoff

After winning their first two games, the San Jose Sharks rookies finished up their Rookie Faceoff tournament on Monday with a 5-3 loss to the Arizona Coyotes. While the wins and losses don’t matter, there are plenty of takeaways from the Sharks performance over the weekend. Sharks are going to have an interesting decision with […]

Opinion: Building The Oilers’ Bottom Six

Redoing the bottom six. It seems to be a yearly occurrence for the Edmonton Oilers, whose heavy cap situation leaves them in a constant state of bottom six turnover. This year’s approach ended with GM Ken Holland using a couple of player tryout contracts, a clever signing, and some rookie development. Here is what I […]

San Jose Sharks Rookie Faceoff Preview

The unofficial end of summer is here. On Friday, the San Jose Sharks play a game. It’s a rookie faceoff game, but a game nonetheless. The baby Sharks are scheduled to play three games over four days. Friday 9/15/23:Sharks vs. Kings 1 pm PT Saturday 9/16/23:Golden Knights vs. Sharks 7 pm PT Monday 9/18/23:Coyotes vs. […]

Givani Smith Season Preview

San Jose Sharks General Manager Mike Grier wants to build a competitive, tough, skilled team. Newly signed, forward Givani Smith brings the toughness in spades. When Luke Kunin was lost for the season last December, the Sharks lost some of that toughness. Jonah Gadjovich filled in admirably in that aspect but also dealt with injuries […]

Seattle Kraken Sign Defenseman Mitch Reinke

The Seattle Kraken have signed defenseman Mitch Reinke to a one-year, two-way contract worth $775K. Reinke played for two seasons with the San Antonio Rampage, who are no longer an AHL team, from 2018-19 to 2019-20. For part of the 2020-21 season, he was with the Utica Comets, and for the last two seasons, Reinke […]

Kraken Sign Forward Devin Shore to One-Year, Two-Way Contract

The Seattle Kraken have signed forward Devin Shore to a one-year, two-way deal for $775K. Shore, the former Edmonton Oiler, had played with the Oilers for the last three seasons in the NHL. In 2020-21, he recorded five goals and four assists for nine points in 38 games. The next season, Shore put up five […]

Danil Gushchin Season Preview

No San Jose Sharks prospect played better than Danil Gushchin down the stretch. The 2020 third-round pick finished his first pro season with 22 goals and 23 assists in 67 games for the San Jose Barracuda. The Russian sniper also debuted in the NHL, scoring a goal and an assist in two games. For the […]

ECHL Expansion: Lake Tahoe Bronze Knights? 5 Name Concepts for the new Lake Tahoe ECHL Team

The ECHL recently announced that professional hockey will be coming to Lake Tahoe for the 2024-25 ECHL season. The team will be co-owned by former NFL player Tim Tebow and David Hodges, CEO of Hodges Management Group, LLC. The Lake Tahoe team will play at the Tahoe Blue Event Center located in Stateline, Nevada. The […]

William Eklund Season Preview

This is the season that San Jose Sharks fans have been waiting for—a full season of William Eklund. The former first-round pick is set to play the majority of the season in the NHL this year after spending the last two years in the Swedish Hockey League and the American Hockey League. While it hasn’t […]

Filip Bystedt Loaned to Linköping HC

San Jose Sharks fans will have to wait longer to see their 2022 first-round pick in San Jose. Filip Bystedt was loaned back to Linköping HC of the Swedish Hockey League for the 2023-24 season. Bystedt played last season mainly as the third-line center with Linköping and scored 7 goals and 13 assists in 45 […]