The Holy GrAHL Podcast

The four hosts are back in episode 70 of Field Pass Hockey’s American Hockey League podcast, The Holy GrAHL. Join your hosts Zack Power, Andrew Rinaldi, Deana Weinheimer and Corey Swartz as they open the doors to the 2023 Calder Cup Finals.

But before we dive into the first three games of the series between the Coachella Valley Firebirds and the Hershey Bears, it’s time to talk about all the recent news across the AHL.

From Dan Watson getting a promotion from the Toledo Walleye to the Grand Rapids Griffins to a long list of AHL gradu...

The Holy GrAHL is back in episode 69 of Field Pass Hockey’s American Hockey League podcast. Join your hosts, Zack Power and Corey Swartz, as they bring you news from the heart of the AHL’s Calder Cup Playoffs.

From the passing of Willie Marshall, perhaps the greatest player to ever skate on AHL ice, to the signing of Curtis McKenzie to a new two-year AHL deal with the Texas Stars- Zack and Corey cover it all.

Your hosts then preview the 2023 Calder Cup Finals between the Coachella Valley Firebirds and Hershey Bears. How’d they g...

The Holy GrAHL is back in episode 68 of Field Pass Hockey’s American Hockey League podcast. Join your hosts Andrew Rinaldi and Corey Swartz as they bring you news from the heart of the AHL’s Calder Cup Playoffs.

The ripple effects of moves made by the Maple Leafs made their way down to the AHL earlier this week as Marlies head coach Greg Moore and his assistants were let go by the organization. Andrew and Corey discuss the implications of this move and whether or not coach Moore got the short end of the stick.

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The Holy GrAHL is back in episode 67 of Field Pass Hockey’s American Hockey League podcast, The Holy GrAHL. Join your hosts, Zack Power, Andrew Rinaldi, and Corey Swartz, as they bring you news from the heart of the AHL’s Calder Cup Playoffs.

Join the crew as they break down the week in action and news. Zack gets us going with news of Milwaukee’s affiliation, while Andrew congratulates Jimmy Oligny as the 2023 Yanick Dupré Memorial Award winner. Corey talks about a big scorer for Hershey coming back in Mike Sgarbossa, while the Wolves send a late-night te...

The Holy GrAHL is back in episode 66 of Field Pass Hockey’s American Hockey League podcast, The Holy GrAHL. Join your hosts, Deana Weinheimer, Andrew Rinaldi, and Corey Swartz, as they bring you news from the AHL’s second round of the Calder Cup Playoffs.

Before the crew jumps on playoff action, there is news to be discussed! Our hosts bring up the AHL’s Man of the Year awards. Names like Dillon Simpson and Max Lajoie take the spotlight for their contributions to the community off the ice.

The AHL playoffs aren’t all that’s on our m...

Welcome back to Field Pass Hockey’s American Hockey League podcast, The Holy GrAHL, where your hosts, Andrew Rinaldi, Zack Power, and Corey Swartz, are back to get you set for the second round of the Calder Cup Playoffs! Episode 65 takes you around the league with a special look at each of the upcoming series, plus a special guest to help put a bow on some of the action from the first round. What knowledge helps Zack sleep at night? Does Tucson stand a chance at beating Coachella Valley (spoilers: they don’t)? The answers to all that and more...

Here lies the death of eight once-great AHL teams. Teams that came into the league with poise, dignity and a will to win…unless you’re San Diego, of course. Zack Power, Andrew Rinaldi, and Corey Swartz are your pall bearers in this sad, unfortunate and, at times, gory ride in describing the deaths of the eight.

Simply put, it wasn’t Wilkes-Barre Scranton’s year. A team that no doubt had the firepower was melted away by the bad offense. Corey gives us insight into their season.

Death, taxes, and Grand Rapids with no hope for t...

The Holy GrAHL is back in episode 63 of Field Pass Hockey’s American Hockey League podcast, The Holy GrAHL. Join your hosts Zack Power, Andrew Rinaldi, and Corey Swartz as they open the doors to the 2023 Calder Cup Playoffs.

24 teams have entered contention for the AHL’s top prize, and with matchups already underway, the hosts tell us who to watch out for in each division. The crew will tell us about each matchup and key storylines.

The age-old question of who’s going to take it all has the three look into their respective crystal ba...

The Holy GrAHL is back in episode 62 of Field Pass Hockey’s American Hockey League podcast, The Holy GrAHL. Join your hosts Zack Power, Andrew Rinaldi, and Corey Swartz as they bring you news from the AHL from April 6 2023, through April 13, 2023.

First, days before his callup to the NHL, the three chat about Dustin Wolf, who joined an elite AHL club with a victory against a divisional rival

Speaking of an elite, we also award our AHL Elite Prospect of the Week to Ryan Suzuki. Just what made him stand out? Andrew fills us in as the W...

Welcome to episode 61 of Field Pass Hockey’s American Hockey League podcast, the Holy GrAHL, where your hosts Zack Power, Corey Swartz, andAndrew Rinaldi break down the last week of March and early April. This week’s episode is no joke as although the hosts are a man down without Deana Weinheimer, there’s no shortage of hot takes starting with which defunct AHL team the crew would bring back.

The show segues into the latest news and recapping the Elite Prospects Player of the Week with the nod going to Belleville Senators goaltender Leevi Meriläinen, who ear...