PHN’s Best Shots of the Game: Icemen close out season with 7-5 home win over Solar Bears
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Craig Martin netted a hat trick, while goaltender Cameron Rowe stopped 31 shots as the Jacksonville Icemen closed out the 2025-26 season with a 7-5 home win over the Orlando Solar Bears in front of 10,176 at VyStar Veterans Memorial Area on Sunday night. PHN photographer Trina Kirk captured the following images during the contest. Contact the photographer: Trina.Kirk@prohockeynews.com
PWHL playoff race tightens after Sceptres blank Frost, 2-0
ST. PAUL, MIN – The Toronto Sceptres picked up a critical three points in the playoff race with a 2-0 victory over the Minnesota Frost before a Sunday afternoon crowd of 8,530 at Grand Casino Arena. Savannah Harmon and Daryl Watts both scored on the power play and Raygan Kirk turned aside all 24 shots faced for her third shutout and eighth win of the season. Toronto snapped a two-game losing streak to climb within two points of fourth-place Ottawa for the final playoff berth heading into the final week of the PWHL regular season, while Minnesota’s second straight loss … Continue reading
Bears Wrap Regular Season with 5-4 OT Thriller Over Amerks
The Hershey Bears (32-31-6-3) wrapped up the 2025-26 regular season with a back-and-forth thriller with the Rochester Americans (31-31-6-4) that ended with a 5-4 overtime victory on Sunday afternoon at GIANT Center. Ivan Miroshnichenko scored the game-winner, Bogdan Trineyev recorded a goal and two assists, and Clay Stevenson made a career-high 40 saves in the victory. As a result of today’s outcome, the Bears finished in fifth place in the American Hockey League’s Atlantic Division and will face the fourth-place Bridgeport Islanders in the best-of-three Atlantic Division First Round series to open the 2026 Calder Cup Playoffs beginning on with … Continue reading
Canucks Close Out Season With 4-2 Win Over Firebirds
The 2025/26 Abbotsford Canucks wrapped up their regular season with a strong final win over the Coachella Valley Firebirds. After finding success in their previous matchup against the Ontario Reign, Abbotsford rolled out an identical lineup, with the lone change coming in net as Ty Young got the start opposite Victor Östman. The Canucks looked to strike early but ran into penalty trouble, finding themselves shorthanded twice in the opening half of the first period. After returning to even strength, Abbotsford began to build momentum. Around the 12-minute mark, Kirill Kudryavtsev and Danila Klimovich connected on a quick passing play, … Continue reading
Wolves end regular season with 5-1 thumping of Moose
ROSEMONT, Ill.—The Chicago Wolves wrapped up the 2025-26 American Hockey League regular season by pummeling the Milwaukee Admirals 5-1 on Sunday at Allstate Arena. Bradly Nadeau and Justin Robidas each had a goal and two assists, Nikita Pavlychev and Noah Philp each scored and added an assist and Ronan Seeley tallied to propel the Wolves to their fourth win in a row. Chicago finished the season series over their division rivals with an 8-1-2-1 record. The Wolves struck first when Seeley notched his 11th goal of the season midway through the opening period. David Gagnon won a draw in the … Continue reading
Monsters cap season with 6-4 win over griffins
The Cleveland Monsters beat the Grand Rapids Griffins (51-16-4-1) 6-4 on Sunday afternoon at Rocket Arena. With the win, the Monsters are now 37-26-6-3 and finish the regular season in third place in the AHL’s North Division standings. Cleveland’s Mikael Pyyhtiä got the scoring started with a short-handed marker at 2:26 in the first assisted by Stanislav Svozil but Grand Rapids’ Dylan James responded with a tally of his own at 4:33 to make the score 1-1 going into the second. Griffins’ Dylan James opened the middle frame with a goal at 0:21 followed by an additional tally from Jesse … Continue reading
