SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today released the complete schedule of games for the 2024-25 regular season, its 89th year in operation. The season, with 32 teams playing 72 games each – a total of 1,152 games – begins Friday, October 11 and concludes that Sunday, April 20.
Highlights of the 2024-25 schedule:
• The 2024-25 regular season begins with eight games on Oct. 11, and a total of 29 games on opening weekend.
• I The Hershey Bears raised their 13th Calder Cup championship banner when they opened the season at the Giant Center against their Eastern Conference Finals foes, the Cleveland Monsters, on Oct. 12.
• Two-time Western Conference champion Coachella Valley Firebirds begin their third season in the AHL with a home date against the Bakersfield Condors on Oct. 11.
• Firebirds also host i The 2025 AHL All-Star Classic is presented by Spotlight 29 Casinoscheduled for Sunday, Feb. 2 and Monday, Feb. 3 at Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, Calif.
• Games are organized by day of the week: Monday (15), Tuesday (57), Wednesday (197), Thursday (15), Friday (302), Saturday (392), Sunday (174).
The American Hockey League was officially born in 1936 when the Canadian-American Hockey League and the International Hockey League merged to form the International-American Hockey League (the “International” would be dropped from the league's name in 1940). The AHL continues to serve as the top development league for all 32 teams in the National Hockey League; nearly 90 percent of today's NHL players are graduates of the American Hockey League, and more than 100 honorary members of the Hockey Hall of Fame spent time in the AHL during their careers.
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