THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) The Coachella Valley Firebirds lost to the San Jose Barracuda 1-0 in overtime on Wednesday at Acrisure Arena. The game featured plenty of fights and penalties. The Firebirds and Barracuda have a bit of a rivalry brewing, one we could see in the first round of the 2025 Calder Cup Playoffs.
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Thousand Palms, Calif. (KESQ) The Coachella Valley Firebirds clinched a playoff berth for a third straight season. 
@Firebirds | #CalderCup pic.twitter.com/1p1asU9WSJ— American Hockey League (@TheAHL) April 7, 2025 The Firebirds just needed the Bakersfield Condors vs Tucson Roadrunners game to finalize to punch their ticket to the postseason. Sunday’s @TheAHL #PlayoffPrimer is here:
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Thousand Palms, Calif. (KESQ) The Coachella Valley Firebirds lost to the Henderson Silver Knights 4-1 on Saturday at Lee’s Family Forum. Scoreless in the first, the Silver Knights opened the scoring with two unanswered goals by Kai Uchacz and Dysin Mayo. Ryan Winterton put the Firebirds back within reach to end the second frame. wints finds
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Thousand Palms, Calif. (KESQ) The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the Henderson Silver Knights 3-1 on Friday at Lee’s Family Forum. The Silver Knights opened the scoring with a goal from Jonas Rondbjerg, but the Firebirds responded quickly with two goals by Nikolas Brouillard. tied game! pic.twitter.com/7AvvdjgAH4— Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) April 5, 2025 2-1 THANKS
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Thousand Palms, Calif. (KESQ) The Coachella Valley Firebirds lost 3-1 to the Colorado Eagles on Wednesday at Acrisure Arena. The Eagles scored two unanswered goals in the first and second periods by Jayson Megna and Devante Stephens. It wasn’t until the final frame of play for the Firebirds to get on the board. In only
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Thousand Palms, Calif. (KESQ) The Coachella Valley Firebirds shutout the Chicago Wolves 4-0 on Sunday at Allstate Arena. In the first period, Ben Meyers scored his 22nd goal of the season to put the Firebirds in front by one. BIRDS STRIKE FIRST pic.twitter.com/ZfArdHRm84— Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) March 30, 2025 The Firebirds wasted no time
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Thousand Palms, Calif. (KESQ) The Coachella Valley defeated the Chicago Wolves 3-2 in overtime on Saturday at Allstate Arena. The Firebirds trailed early in the first period after Justin Robidas scored the opening goal for the Wolves. Ryan Winterton made the game even at one in the final stretch of the first period. that's how
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PALM DESERT, CA (March 19, 2025) — The Coachella Valley Firebirds fell to the Henderson Silver Knights on Wednesday night by the final score of 2-1. Firebirds fall yet again to the last-place Henderson Silver Knights, losing their 4th straight game. Coachella Valley is top 3 in the division but just 1-5 against Henderson this season.
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the San Diego Gulls 6-5 on Friday at Pechanga Arena. Jani Nyman opened the scoring, but Jan Mysak answered with a goal of his own to make the game even at one. Not even a minute later, Tucker Robertston helped the Firebirds get in front once more. back in the
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the San Jose Barracuda 5-3 on Sunday at Acrisure Arena. This is the first win against the Barracuda this season for the birds. The Firebirds fired on all cylinders in the opening period. Jani Nyman scored 48 seconds, and Gustav Olofsson scored five minutes and 41 seconds into the first
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the Tucson Roadrunners on Wednesday night by the final score of 5-2. Jani Nyman led the way with a pair of goals while Ty Nelson and Luke Henman each scored in the Firebirds’ 27th win of the season. Philipp Grubauer stopped 22 of 24 Tucson shots to secure his first
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the Bakersfield Condors 4-3 in the shootout on Sunday at Acrisure Arena. The Condors held the Firebirds scoreless in the opening period but added a goal of their own by Phil Kemp. Jacob Melanson tallied the game-tying goal in the second frame, which would be the lone goal in the
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds lost to the San Diego Gulls 5-3 on Saturday at Acrisure Arena. Justin Bailey gave the Gulls the 1-0 lead, but Ben Meyers erased that deficit on the power play after deflecting Nikolas Brouillard’s shot. POWER PLAY GOOOALLLLLtied game 1-1 pic.twitter.com/D3ZeMoq1qJ— Coachella Valley Firebirds (@Firebirds) February 16, 2025 San Diego scored
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the San Diego on Friday night at Pechanga Arena in overtime by the final score 3-2. Daniel Sprong scored the overtime game-winner and Philipp Grubauer made 30 saves to help earn the Firebirds their 24th win of the season. The overtime win was Coachella Valley’s third straight in the extra
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The two-night AHL All-Star Classic concluded Monday night at Acrisure Arena with the All-Star Challenge, a round-robin series of games with teams representing the AHL’s four divisions. WE (the central division) ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!
With a shootout victory, the Central Division takes the 2025 #AHLAllStar Challenge presented by Spotlight 29 Casino
️ pic.twitter.com/a0ciLqW4TA— American Hockey League (@TheAHL)
Day one of the 2025 AHL All-Star Classic at Acrisure Arena is in the books. Day One of the AHL All-Star Classic is in the books. Team East won the Skills Competition 19-13 over Team West, but what a fun night it was at Acrisure Arena. @KESQ @BlakeArthur24 @TheAHL @Firebirds @AcrisureArena pic.twitter.com/GofDNu8FT4— Kenji Ito (@KenjiitoKESQ)
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the Texas Stars 3-2 in overtime on Saturday at H-E-B Center at Cedar Park. Former Firebirds Cameron Hughes and Kole Lind helped the Stars take a 2-0 lead in the first. Less than a minute later, Ben Meyers tallied his 14th goal of the season to cut the deficit down
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The Coachella Valley Firebirds defeated the Texas Stars on Friday night at H-E-B Center in overtime by the final score 2-1. Jani Nyman tipped home the game-tying goal with 8:32 left in the third period and Ben Meyers’ overtime game-winner earned the Firebirds their 23rd win of the season. FIREBIRDS WIN IT IN OT!! pic.twitter.com/oH29BNW1vb—
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Coachella Valley Firebirds forward Jani Nyman was selected as a replacement player for the 2025 AHL All-Star Classic, the team announced today. NEWS: #CVFirebirds forward Jani Nyman has been named to the 2025 @theAHL All-Star Classic, presented by Spotlight 29 Casino!Nyman will replace defenseman Cale Fleury on the Pacific Division roster. 
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The AHL All-Star Classic logo was set in place at Acrisure Arena for the 2025 two-day competition. Plenty of people, such as Senior Vice President of Acrisure Arena John Page, Vice President of Operations Phillip Ransford, Firebirds staff members, and AHL Vice President of Marketing and Licensing Sean Lavoine, were all in attendance. This is
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