Patrick Williamstheahl.com writer
The National Hockey League General Manager hopes their prospects will be in intense, high-pressure AHL games in March and April.
That’s the driving force behind the AHL, which adopted the 23-team format for the Calder Cup playoffs a few years ago. In the 2024-25 regular season, there were two weeks to guarantee 29 club playoff spots, or are still hunting. 13 teams are still alive, with 7 seats grabbing.
Those tense playoff games mean the prospect is getting the high-risk hockey you need. These players gain valuable experience regardless of whether their team plays the playoffs or not.
At this stage of the season, being outside the playoff picture is a daunting task. But is it impossible? Absolutely not.
Recently, the Stockton Heat ended the regular season with a 7-0-3-1 record in 2016-2017 and entered the playoffs. A year later, the San Jose Barracudas’ last-place gap made up the 10-point gap, winning six straight games to secure the berth. Hartford Wolf Pack made its 2023 playoffs with eight straight wins in late March and early April, with Senator Belleville last year winning eight of the last nine games, bringing them into the Calder Cup playoffs.
This is a still alive AHL team, but is currently sitting outside the last two weeks of the regular season.
Bakersfield Condor
It was undoubtedly a tough weekend.
Bakersfield made two visits, and Bakersfield was only one point behind in his seventh and final playoff spot in the Pacific division. After two regulatory losses, the gap is now 5 points and there are six games left.
In other words, there are two factors for vultures. They are in Tucson (Tucson) Brett BruchurWho intervened Olivier Rodrigue And given the solid performance of the vulture.
Senator Belleville
After a late run last season, B-Sens returned to familiar territory if nothing was left.
The two-game home series against Rochester started last weekend with a 5-0 victory. Wyatt BongiovanniWhen he reached his 20 goals goal, his outstanding season lasted two more goals. But the Ameks took a step back with a 4-0 victory on Saturday, with the Senator scoring six points in the fifth place in the North District.
The visit to Rochester on Wednesday began a five-way trip, continuing at Springfield and Providence, with the schedule ending with three games against league-leading Laval.
Sens’ goalkeeper two LeeviMeriläinen and Malcolm Subban Net network is stable and has experience in stress games.
Henderson Silver Knight
Saturday’s 4-1 Silver Cavaliers’ victory against Coachella Valley completed the season series, with Henderson winning six of the two-time championship eight meetings. This also allowed the Silver Knight’s high-line behavior to continue. But there were 11 points in six games, with no margin for error.
Henderson played two home games with Bakersfield, sandwiched in the regular season and on a four-game swing to Colorado, San Diego and Bakersfield.
Carl Lindbom Had a great season with a savings of 0.915 percentage points with a score of 17-13-1 and Raphael Lavoie Returned to the lineup last week and entered Saturday’s scoring column.
Outdoors in Iowa
Six-pointers are about to go five games, and the wild won four straight games as they continue to chase Rockford Icehogs for the final playoffs in the Central Division.
Last Tuesday and Wednesday, the wild swept two games against top opponents in the Texas star to win 10-3. They then returned home to play back-to-back games with San Diego and won 4-2 and 5-1. Top prospects since Minnesota’s wild return Liam Öhgren Four goals were provided in seven games.
The wild host Milwaukee played two games against Manitoba Moose on Wednesday, and then a weekend. Iowa is closed at home against Chicago and Grand Rapids.
San Diego Seagull
Des Moines’ two losses gave the Seagulls nine points, leaving five games left. Now, it will head to Bakersfield to meet with Condors on Wednesday until it continues to Coachella Valley on Friday.
But San Diego has shown before that they can get hot: a 10-1-0-1 extension between February 12 and March 8 has brought their season back to a 10-1-0-1 extension between February 12 and March 8 Stian SolbergSince joining the club, the 2024 first-round draft pick has scored 4 points in eight games.
Comet Utica
No matter how many times it seems that almost went away from the Comet, they are still alive in math for six games.
If the season starts on November 22, the Comets will rank fourth in the North with a record of 29-20-4-0. But an incredible start, which included a 13-game winning streak and a headmaster change, put Utica in the hole they were still trying to dig out.
The comets have won five straight consecutive victories, including wins and wins at Springfield and Providence last weekend. They still need to win and then get a lot of help to hit Toronto, Cleveland and one of Belleville. Syracuse visited Wednesday before heading to Charlotte for two weekends.
During the fifty years in the American Hockey League, Theahl.com writer Patrick Williams currently covers NHL.com and Flosports leagues and is a regular contributor to Siriusxm NHL New Network Radio. He won the AHL’s James H. Ellery Memorial Award for his outstanding league coverage in 2016.
