Posts About "David Andrews"

AHL President/CEO Andrews to Retire?

June 5th, 2017 As Game 2 of the American Hockey League's 2017 Calder Cup Finals entered the first intermission, AHL President/CEO David Andrews joined the Grand Rapids Griffins Radio Network for a live interview during the break between periods. After talking about some of the league's accomplishment's over the past 23 years — Andrews' tenure as...

Who is AHL President and CEO David Andrews?

February 9th, 2014 The 2014 American Hockey League All-Star game is just a few days away-- just enough time to clear the air on a common misperception: There is a lazy tendency to call American Hockey League President and CEO David Andrews the "Gary Bettman of the AHL" by virtue of their positions atop the two primary hockey circuits in North...

How Much Canada is in the American Hockey League?

July 19th, 2012 Considering that the American Hockey League has firmly established itself as the primary development league of the NHL, and knowing how rabid passionate Canadians are about hockey, what does the AHL - a league that's very name ostensibly excludes Canada - mean to Canadians? The re-birth of the Winnipeg Jets showed that a new...

What Happens to the AHL if the NHL Doesn't Return in 2012?

July 5th, 2012 Remember what happened to the AHL in 2004? The AHL certainly does - one doesn't forget the sort of dramatic spikes in league attendance, national television coverage, and media interest that occurred eight years ago when the NHL locked its players out and ultimately scrubbed its season. So could you blame the AHL if it was...