The Milwaukee Admirals have a knack for developing National Hockey League defensemen, and Ryan Ufko represents the next link in that chain.

After arriving in Cedar Park on a PTO with everything to prove, Texas native Cross Hanas found stability – and his game – back where his hockey life began.

Every youth hockey player would sign up to have the life of Providence Bruins forward Riley Tufte. However, he has also overcome a lot of adversity to get to where he is.

For an injured hockey player, the press box can feel like a prison, where the ice feels tantalizingly close yet frustratingly out of reach. But for Hershey Bears winger Matt Strome, the view from the top of Giant Center has become a new kind of classroom – and a temporary stage.

With the parent club Winnipeg Jets banged up, Manitoba’s Elias Salomonsson, Thomas Milic and Domenic DiVincentiis were recently rewarded with some time in the NHL.

On Thanksgiving Day, Daniel Walcott completed his full-circle journey by inking a professional tryout agreement to return to Hartford, more than 10 years after making his debut with the Wolf Pack.

On January 23, the Iowa Wild will host the Milwaukee Admirals at the United Heroes League complex in Hastings, Minn., as a part of Hockey Day Minnesota 2026. The game will hold special significance for many players, and some of them took time to reminisce about outdoor memories.

Longevity in any league is the dream for most professional athletes. For Cleveland Monsters left wing Roman Ahcan, that hasn’t just been a dream, it’s becoming a reality.

The Charlotte Checkers hosted Hispanic Heritage Night earlier this season – a chance to celebrate Hispanic culture and to help introduce new people to the sport of hockey. It was also a night that hit close to home for one member of the Charlotte bench.

Going all the way back to when he first laced up his skates while growing up in Riga, Latvia, Eduards Tralmaks has wanted to play hockey at the sport’s highest level.