SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … Because the Nationwide Hockey League opens its 2024-25 season, the American Hockey League is proud to have 594 graduates throughout the NHL’s 32 opening-day lively rosters, making up greater than 83 % of the NHL’s preliminary participant pool to start its marketing campaign.
Lots of final 12 months’s notable AHL gamers have made the leap to the NHL as the brand new season will get underway, amongst them 2023-24 AHL rookie of the 12 months Logan Stankoven (Dallas) and fellow 2023-24 AHL Prime Prospects Crew members Brandt Clarke (Los Angeles), Simon Edvinsson (Detroit), Jiri Kulich (Buffalo) and Shane Wright (Seattle).
A complete of 17 gamers who participated within the 2024 AHL All-Star Basic seem on lively NHL opening-night rosters, together with 2023-24 AHL goal-scoring chief Adam Gaudette (Ottawa); Second Crew AHL All-Stars Joel Blomqvist (Pittsburgh) and Jake Christiansen (Columbus); and standouts Jonatan Berggren (Detroit), Dylan Coghlan (Winnipeg), Matt Coronato (Calgary), Josh Doan (Utah), Ryker Evans (Seattle), Riley Tufte (Boston), Jesper Wallstedt (Minnesota), Dustin Wolf (Calgary) and Olen Zellweger (Anaheim).
Twenty-two of the NHL’s 32 head coaches have been AHL bench bosses earlier of their careers together with Dan Bylsma of the Seattle Kraken, who was promoted together with assistant Jessica Campbell after guiding Coachella Valley to back-to-back appearances within the Calder Cup Finals. Ryan Warsofsky, head coach of the 2022 Calder Cup champion Chicago Wolves, takes over the bench of the San Jose Sharks this season.
Among the many NHL stars who developed their expertise within the American Hockey League are reigning Vezina Trophy winner Connor Hellebuyck of the Winnipeg Jets and Artwork Ross Trophy winner Nikita Kucherov of the Tampa Bay Lightning, 54-goal scorer Zach Hyman of the Edmonton Oilers, in addition to 100-point scorers David Pastrnak, Leon Draisaitl, Mikko Rantanen and J.T. Miller. Final season, a complete of 890 AHL alumni performed within the Nationwide Hockey League – 87.0 % of all NHL gamers – together with 349 who skated in each leagues final 12 months alone.
In operation since 1936, the AHL serves as the highest improvement league for the gamers, coaches, managers, executives, broadcasters and officers of the Nationwide Hockey League and its 32 groups. The AHL’s 89th season begins this Friday, October 11, with each recreation streaming stay on AHLTV on FloHockey.
