Tucson is officially the Roadrunners, a traditional minor-pro Arizona nickname. Rockford and the Blackhawks re-upped through 2022.
A new coach, officially, in Iowa:
TEAM | Old | New |
BIN | Luke Richardson (4/18) | Kurt Kleinendorst (6/8) |
MTB | Keith McCambridge (4/22) | Pascal Vincent (5/27) |
SA | Dean Chynoweth (4/26) | — |
CHA | Mark Morris (5/3, St. Lawrence) | Ulf Samuelsson (5/31) |
SYR | Rob Zettler (5/10) | Benoit Groulx (5/10) |
ROC | Randy Cunneyworth (5/16) | Dan Lambert (5/16) |
PVD | Bruce Cassidy (5/24, BOS ass’t) | — |
TUC-s | Ron Rolston (5/24) | — |
SPR-s | Scott Allen (FLA ass’t, 5/30) | Geordie Kinnear (6/7) |
CHI | John Anderson (6/2, MIN ass’t) | — |
IOW | David Cunniff (interim)(6/20)  | Derek Lalonde (6/20) |
s-Tucson being the old Springfield; Springfield being the old Portland.
Deals galore, including UConn’s Max Letunov to San Jose.
Luke Curadi, who once played at Notre Dame-West Haven on the way to RPI and a pro career, announced his retirement Thursday, as well as the disappointing conventionalizing of his Twitter handle.
And RIP, Anton Yelchin.