SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League has announced that the 2026 AHL All-Star Classic presented by BMO will be televised live to national audiences on NHL Network in the United States and TSN in Canada, along with streaming coverage on AHLTV on FloHockey.
Produced by the Chicago Sports Network and also airing on CHSN, live broadcasts of the event from the BMO Center in Rockford, Ill., are set for Tuesday, Feb. 10 at 8 ET/7 CT for the AHL All-Star Skills Competition, and Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 8 ET/7 CT for the AHL All-Star Challenge.
New York Islanders broadcaster and AHL alumnus Alan Fuehring (play-by-play) will be joined on the call by former Rockford IceHogs captain and current Hershey Bears analyst Garrett Mitchell (color commentary) along with IceHogs radio voice Dana Grey (rinkside).
AHL fans will be able to watch both nights’ events, as well as the 2026 AHL Hall of Fame Induction and Awards Ceremony on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at noon ET/11 a.m. CT, live on AHLTV on FloHockey or for free across FloHockey social channels on YouTube, Facebook and X. The ceremony will feature the induction of Chris Bourque, Alexandre Giroux, Jim Wiemer and Wendell Young into the American Hockey League Hall of Fame, and will celebrate the careers of All-Star Classic honorary captains Patrick Sharp and Kris Versteeg. FloHockey will also be on site to cover all the action from Rockford with original reporting focused on the athletes, key storylines and an extensive social media program.
And throughout the weekend, the American Hockey League will be taking fans behind the scenes on its social media platforms: Follow the AHL on Instagram (@TheAHL), Facebook (fb.com/TheAHL), Bluesky (@theahl.com), Threads (@TheAHL) and X (@TheAHL), and use #AHLAllStar to be part of the conversation.
The 2026 AHL All-Star Skills Competition will pit the All-Stars from the two Eastern Conference divisions against those from the two Western Conference divisions in seven skills events. In the 2026 AHL All-Star Challenge, the four teams will participate in a 3-on-3, round-robin tournament featuring six games of eight minutes each. The two teams with the best records at the end of the round-robin will face off for the championship in a final eight-minute, 3-on-3 game. For ticket information, fans can visit icehogs.com/asc26.
In operation since 1936, the American Hockey League serves as the top development league for the players, coaches, managers, executives, broadcasters and staff of all 32 National Hockey League teams. Nearly 90 percent of today’s NHL players are American Hockey League graduates, and more than 100 honored members of the Hockey Hall of Fame spent time in the AHL in their careers.
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. – Avery Hayes led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 4-3 overtime win against the Hershey Bears on Saturday night at Giant Center.
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
Forty-eight hours after scoring twice in his first NHL game, Hayes returned to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (32-12-2-2) and scored the first hat trick of his professional career. Hayes completed his hat trick with the game-winner in OT, which ran the Penguins’ winning streak to five heading into the AHL All-Star Break.
On the power play from the start of sudden-death OT, Hayes delivered the dagger two minutes into the extra frame. Hayes’ stick broke in half on his one-time release, but he still had enough muscle on his shot to find the back of the net and win the game with his team-leading 16th tally of the season.
Hayes also started the night’s offense, converting on the Penguins’ first power-play opportunity of the night. Rutger McGroarty roped a pass to the backdoor, and Hayes banked it through the five-hole of Bears goalie Garin Bjorklund 2:39 into the game.
Four minutes later, McGroarty and Hayes combined again while Wilkes-Barre/Scranton was skating shorthanded. Hayes unleashed a sinister shot to the top corner for the first shorty of his career, extending the team’s lead to two.
However, Ilya Protas whipped one in during the Bears’ remaining time on the man advantage, bringing Hershey within one. Another power-play goal 72 seconds into the middle frame by Ivan Miroshnichenko evened the score at 2-2.
Melvin Fernström forked home his first AHL goal at 3:56 of the second period, but Alex Suzdalev equalized again 1:14 later.
The two rivals were held off the scoresheet for the last 34:50 of regulation, setting the stage for Hayes’ overtime heroics.
Both McGroarty and Ville Koivunen posted two assists. Sergei Murashov earned the win with 20 saves. Bjorklund took the overtime loss, stopping 34 of 38 shots faced.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton returns to action after the All-Star Break by hosting a date with the Syracuse Crunch on Valentine’s Day, Saturday, Feb. 14. Puck drop for the Penguins and Crunch is set for 6:05 p.m. at Mohegan Arena at Casey Plaza.
With Penguins match report
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime
The Hershey Bears were defeated by WB/S Penguins 4-3 in overtime.
CALGARY, AB – The Tucson Roadrunners (21-16-8-0) completed a dramatic weekend sweep of the Calgary Wranglers (16-19-10-2) with a 6-5 overtime comeback victory Saturday at the Scotiabank Saddledome.
Rookie defenseman Dmitri Simashev scored with 18 seconds remaining in regulation to force overtime, and Scott Perunovich netted the game-winning goal on the power play 2:09 into extra time to secure Tucson’s second win in as many nights in Calgary.
Miko Matikka opened the scoring early in the first period with his first career power-play goal. After Calgary answered later in the frame, Kevin Rooney restored Tucson’s lead before intermission, and Ben McCartney extended it to 3-1 with his third goal of the series just under six minutes into the second period.
The Wranglers responded with three goals in a span of under six minutes to take their first lead of the night. Owen Allard tied the game at 4-4 less than two minutes later with just over five minutes remaining in the middle frame.
Rory Kerins gave Calgary a 5-4 advantage seven minutes into the third period, but Simashev’s late wraparound goal sent the game to overtime.
Four Roadrunners recorded multi-point outings. Rooney led all skaters with three points from a goal and two assists, while McCartney and Simashev each posted a goal and an assist. Defenseman Max Szuber added two assists.
Jack Ricketts, captain Austin Poganski, Cameron Hebig and Kevin Connauton each recorded one assist.
Goaltender Jaxson Stauber made 19 saves to earn his seventh win of the season.
HIGHLIGHTS
POWER PLAY NOTES
Tucson’s three power-play goals were a season high.
The Roadrunners scored two or more power-play goals for the second straight game and have scored a power-play goal in four consecutive games dating back to 1/31 vs. COL, going 7-for-14 in that span.
Tucson has scored a power-play goal in six of its last seven games dating back to Jan. 25 at Henderson, going 9-for-24 (37.5%) in that span.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
The Roadrunners finished with 7-0-1-0 against the Wranglers this season, including a perfect 4-0 mark at the Saddledome.
Ben McCartney led the Roadrunners in points in the season series with 12 points (4g, 8a).
SECOND-PERIOD SCORING
The Roadrunners have outscored opponents 17-6 in the second period over their last nine games dating back to Jan. 21 vs. San Diego.
Tucson has scored in the second period in seven consecutive games, with a total of 15 goals.
The Roadrunners have tallied 54 second-period goals this season, the most in the Pacific Division.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
Scott Perunovich scored his first game-winning goal of the season and extended his point streak to three games, tallying three points (1g, 2a) in that stretch.
Dmitri Simashev recorded his fifth multi-point game of the season and third point of the weekend series (2g, 1a).
Saturday’s goal marked the first time Simashev has scored in back-to-back games this season.
A night after setting a new career high for goals in a season Ben McCartney scored his 21st goal of the season and 69th of his career, just one shy of Michael Carcone for third all-time in franchise history.
Saturday marked McCartney’s ninth multi-point game of the season, the second-most on the team.
McCartney has three goals in his last two games and five goals and seven points over his last five games dating back to 1/30 vs. COL.
A night after scoring his first career AHL goal, game-winning goal, multi-point game and multi-goal game, rookie Jack Ricketts recorded his first career AHL assist.
Max Szuber tallied his fifth multi-point and second multi-assist game of the season with a pair of assists. He has three assists in his last two games.
Following Friday’s three-point night (1g, 2a), Austin Poganski recorded the primary assist on Kevin Rooney’s power-play goal for his fourth point of the series.
A night after setting a new career high for assists in a season and passing Kyle Capobianco for second all-time in franchise assists, Cam Hebig recorded his 25th assist of the season and 95th of his Roadrunners career, just 11 shy of Michael Bunting’s franchise record (106).
Hebig has recorded an assist in four straight games and in five of his last six contests dating back to Jan. 28 at San Diego.
Hebig’s four-game assist streak dating back to Jan. 31 vs. Colorado is a season high, totaling six assists in that span.
Saturday’s tally marked Miko Matikka’s first career power-play goal and his team-leading third game-opening goal of the season. The goal also marked his third point of the series (1g, 2a) after recording two assists Friday.
Miko Matikka celebrates after scoring his fourth goal of the season Saturday, his third game-opening goal of the year. (Photo by Jenn Pierce/Calgary Wranglers)
THE RUNDOWN
FIRST PERIOD
A Calgary tripping penalty just 45 seconds in gave Tucson an early power play. On the ensuing man advantage, Robbie Russo threaded a cross-ice pass to Noel Nordh, whose one-timer rang off the right post.
Moments later, Miko Matikka opened the scoring in the waning seconds of the power play to put the Roadrunners ahead 1-0 at 2:40. Kevin Rooney dished a pass from below the goal line, and Matikka buried a one-timer from the slot that beat Ivan Prosvetov blocker side.
The Wranglers went on the power play less than two minutes later after Tucson was whistled for hooking. Calgary hemmed the Roadrunners in their own zone for most of the advantage and nearly tied the game, but goaltender Jaxson Stauber denied Justin Kirkland’s net-front deflection with a difficult stick save.
With 7:30 remaining, Tucson was called for too many men, giving Calgary its second power play of the night. This time, the Wranglers capitalized. William Strömgren cut through the Roadrunners defense off the rush and snapped a shot through Stauber’s five-hole to tie the game 1-1 at 13:36.
After the teams traded power-play goals, the game turned physical and a near line brawl broke out with 4:58 to play. Matikka, Ben McCartney, Montana Onyebuchi and Scott Perunovich all found dance partners, sending the quartet to the box along with five Calgary skaters and giving Tucson its second power play.
The Roadrunners converted again as Austin Poganski slipped a pass to Rooney, whose one-timer beat Prosvetov to put Tucson back out front 2-1 with 3:34 remaining.
Tucson went back to the power play with 41 seconds left after Calgary’s Martin Frk was called for closing his hand on the puck, giving the Roadrunners 1:19 of man-advantage time to open the second period.
SECOND PERIOD
Calgary killed Tucson’s period-opening power play and nearly tied the game 5:15 in when Parker Bell broke free on a breakaway. Bell tried to slip a shot five-hole, but Stauber shut the door to preserve the Roadrunners’ lead.
On the next shift, Ben McCartney deked around Calgary defenseman Nick Cicek at the Wranglers’ blue line, created a breakaway and beat Prosvetov glove side with a high backhand to extend Tucson’s lead to 3-1 at 5:34.
Moments after the ensuing faceoff, Tucson was called for tripping to give Calgary its third power play of the night. The Wranglers cut the deficit to one when Daniil Miromanov fired a shot through traffic from the point that beat Stauber just after the penalty expired at 7:46.
Just 48 seconds later, Carter King tied the game 3-3 at 8:34 with a wrister that snuck through heavy traffic.
Calgary’s momentum stalled when a high-sticking penalty gave Tucson its fourth power play of the night. With 29 seconds remaining on the man advantage, Matvei Gridin was whistled for tripping Perunovich, giving Tucson an abbreviated 5-on-3 and extended power-play time.
Instead, Calgary struck shorthanded. Dryden Hunt broke the puck out of the Wranglers’ zone and snapped a blocker-side wrister past Stauber to give Calgary its first lead of the night, 4-3, with 6:55 to play.
Tucson responded less than two minutes later. Jack Ricketts carried the puck into the zone on an odd-man rush, spun back and found Owen Allard trailing. Allard took a stride and snapped a shot past Prosvetov to tie the game 4-4 with 5:13 remaining.
THIRD PERIOD
Stauber made the save of the game just past the 3:30 mark, sliding across his crease to rob King’s point-blank one-timer on a two-on-one rush to keep the game tied.
Calgary eventually broke through seven minutes in when Rory Kerins buried a one-timer from the edge of the crease to give the Wranglers a 5-4 lead.
The adversity mounted moments later after a delay-of-game penalty sent Tucson to the penalty kill for Calgary’s fourth power play of the night. The Roadrunners answered, highlighted by Jack Ricketts sacrificing his body to block a key shot and keep Tucson within one.
Ricketts nearly tied the game on his next shift, ripping a wrister from the right circle with seven minutes remaining, but Prosvetov turned it aside. Moments later, McCartney fired a slap shot from the point that Cam Hebig redirected, creating a dangerous rebound with five minutes left.
Tucson pulled Stauber for the extra attacker with over two minutes remaining. With time winding down, Dmitri Simashev carried the puck across the ice, dumped it behind the Calgary net, won the race to the loose puck and circled around the net before snapping it home to tie the game 5-5 with 17 seconds left in regulation and force overtime.
OVERTIME
Hebig and Scott Perunovich broke free on a 2-on-1 and drew a hooking penalty just 30 seconds in to give Tucson a 4-on-3 power play. On the ensuing man advantage, Perunovich snapped a quick wrister from inside the left circle past Prosvetov at 2:09 to complete the comeback and lift the Roadrunners to a 6-5 overtime victory.
UP NEXT
After the AHL All-Star break, the Roadrunners will conclude their road trip with a two-game set next weekend against the Coachella Valley Firebirds at Acrisure Arena. Puck drop is scheduled for 8 p.m. AZT on Friday and 4 p.m. AZT on Sunday. Fans can listen live on FOX Sports 1450 AM and the iHeartRadio app, watch on AHLtv on FloHockey.
LOVELAND, CO. – Colorado scored five goals in the second period to defeat the Chicago Wolves 6-2 on Saturday, as 12 different Eagles finished the night with at least one point. Defenseman Wyatt Aamodt led the way with a goal and two assists, while fellow blueliner Jack Ahcan extended his point streak to five games with a three-assist performance. Goaltender Kyle Keyser improved his record to 8-1, making 19 saves on 21 shots.
The first period would see Colorado outshoot the Wolves 14-9, but neither side would find the back of the net, and the two teams left for the first intermission with the contest still scoreless.
The Eagles would begin their second-period eruption when a power play allowed forward Alex Barre-Boulet to stuff home a loose puck in the crease, putting Colorado up 1-0 just 1:35 into the middle frame.
The lead would grow to 2-0 just 45 seconds later when forward Tye Felhaber buried a wrister from the slot on the rush.
Eagles forward Taylor Makar would add his name to the scoresheet when he fed home a rebound from the side of the crease, extending Colorado’s advantage to 3-0 at the 6:26 mark.
Still building on the momentum, the Eagles would strike again on the power play when forward Danil Gushchin collected a rebound and lit the lamp, putting Colorado on top 4-0 with 6:53 remaining in the period.
The onslaught would continue when Aamodt buried a wrister from between the circles, pushing the Eagles lead to 5-0 at the 16:40 mark.
A Chicago power play would finally get the Wolves on the board, as forward Noel Gunler fielded a pass at the top of the crease before tucking the puck home, trimming the deficit to 5-1 with 1:04 left to play in the second stanza.
Still trailing 5-1 as the puck dropped on the third period, Chicago would find the back of the net again when defenseman Juuso Valimaki sent a wrister from the left-wing circle past Keyser, cutting Colorado’s advantage to 5-2 at the 7:12 mark.
Another Eagles power play would see Wolves goalie Amir Miftakhov turn the puck over onto the tape of forward Tristen Nielsen, as Nielsen would fire it home to round out the 6-2 score with 10:00 left to play in the game.
Keyser would add one more memorable moment to the night, as he shut down a penalty shot from Chicago forward Justin Robidas at the 15:04 mark of the final frame.
Colorado would finish the night going 3-for-6 on the power play and 2-for-3 on the penalty kill. Miftakhov suffered the loss in net, allowing six goals on 33 shots.
The Henderson Silver Knights were defeated by the Coachella Valley Firebirds, 4-3, Saturday evening in OT at Lee’s Family Forum.
HOW IT WENT DOWN
With just four minutes left in the first period, Coachella Valley’s Jani Nyman opening the scoring for the Firebirds. T
he second period started strong courtesy of Henderson’s Ben Hemmerling, who scored 51 seconds in with help from Tanner Laczynski and Jackson Hallum.
Coachella finished the period with two back to back goals from Morrison, bringing the second period score to 3-1.
After a hard fought third period, Raphael Lavoie sunk two goals in the last minute of the game, sending the teams into overtime at 3-3. Coachella Valley Firebirds’ Jagger Firkus finished the game with a goal in overtime.
CEDAR PARK, Texas – The Texas Stars, American Hockey League affiliate of the NHL’s Dallas Stars, defeated the Manitoba Moose 4-3 Saturday at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park in dramatic fashion, with three goals in the third period to complete their seventh victory in a row.
Texas opened the scoring 13:53 into the first period when Kole Lind tipped a feed from Tristan Bertucci past the glove side of Manitoba goaltender Thomas Milic.
After being kept off the scoresheet in the first, Brad Lambert fired a rebound past Remi Poirier eight minutes into the second period to tie the game. Mason Shaw put the Moose in the lead late in the middle frame when he scored from the left faceoff dot with 42 seconds left in the period.
Nine minutes into the third period Jack Becker sent the puck into an empty net make the game 2-2. Milic left his post to play the puck in the trapezoid and turned it over to Ayrton Martino in the corner. Martino sent the puck to Becker quickly for an open-net tap-in and the equalizer. Justin Ertel scored the go-ahead goal 1:43 later when he redirected a point shot from Vladislav Kolyachonok from between the face-off circles.
Michael Karow ripped a shot from the point for an insurance goal 16:10 into the final frame. The goal was Karow’s 18th point of the season, tying a career-high. With two minutes left in regulation, Shaw scored his second of the night to bring the Moose within one with the extra attacker on.
Manitoba pulled Milic a second time, but could not complete the comeback. Texas has now won seven straight heading into the All-Star Break, their longest winning streak since December 2022.
Poirier earned the win, stopping 33 of 36. Milic gave up four goals on 20 shots in the loss.
After the All-Star Break, Texas will head to Michigan to face off against the Grand Rapids Griffins Friday, Feb. 13 at Van Andel Arena. Puck drop is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. CT. Catch all the action on AHL TV on FloHockey.
The Texas Stars are the primary development affiliate of the NHL’s Dallas Stars. For more information, call (512) GO-STARS (467-8277) or visit TexasStars.com.
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