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The Laval Rocket remain atop this week’s AHL Power Rankings. See where your favorite team ranks based on the Power Rankings and follow them throughout the season to see how your club rises or falls. You can also see the full AHL standings here to see how it compares with our FloHockey AHL Power Rankings.

1) Laval Rocket (--)

This past weekend contained a bit of turbulence for Laval, even with a solid win at Rochester. They took a 7-2 thumping Monday afternoon at Toronto. Cayden Primeau has allowed 10 goals on 36 shots in his past two starts, though he could not be faulted much against the Marlies amid several defensive-zone breakdowns. This week begins a run of 12 of 16 games at Place Bell, where they have the second-best home performance in the Eastern Conference (.727). That starts Wednesday with a winnable match-up against Manitoba.

2) Texas Stars (--)

Points are points, but the Stars did only manage a split in their two-game set at Manitoba.

3) Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (--)

Having Joel Blomqvist back from the Pittsburgh Penguins did not yield much in the win-loss column as Wilkes-Barre/Scranton went 1-1-0-1 in his three starts. They have been through constant change in net with Blomqvist, Tristan Jarry, Filip Larsson, and Sergei Murashov all having recorded decisions this month. They salvaged their 3-in-3 weekend with a win at Lehigh Valley to close it out. That game began a run of seven consecutive road games.

4) Ontario Reign (+5)

It was a statement weekend for the Reign, who went to Calgary and took back-to-back overtime wins against the Pacific Division-leading Wranglers. Erik Portillo, who had struggled earlier, earned both of those victories as well. A home-and-home series with San Jose begins Wednesday. After this coming weekend, the Reign will face a run of nine road games in a 24-day stretch. They do own the Western Conference’s top road mark (.738), however.

5) Toronto Marlies (+2)

A mini-stumble gave way to a win that gave the Marlies a split of their home-and-home match-up with Belleville. Their blowout of Laval followed. Between a 10-game road trip and a challenging home schedule that followed, the Marlies have faced their share of challenges in the past month-plus.

6) Hershey Bears (+2)

Clearly the Bears listened to head coach Todd Nelson after he ripped them publicly following a 5-0 home loss to Syracuse. They opened last week with an emotional win at home against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, the archival that had dealt them a 9-0 road loss Jan. 29. Then they pulled off a third-period comeback to set up a 4-3 overtime win against that same Penguins team in that same building in which they had been routed on their previous visit. A challenging two-game trip down to Charlotte is up next. That franchise-record 10-game road trip in March isn’t far away, either.

7) Rochester Americans (-3)

Only an overtime win at Utica helped the Amerks to make something of their 3-in-3 weekend. They allowed five goals in home losses to Syracuse and Laval. Three challenging visitors are on this week’s schedule – Cleveland, Belleville, and Toronto before Wilkes-Barre/Scranton comes to town at the end of the month. The Amerks are in the middle of a jammed-up North Division race in which five points separate first-place Laval and fourth-place Cleveland. 

8) Calgary Wranglers (-3)

A slide in which the Wranglers have won once in their past seven games (1-2-3-1) has left their grip on the Pacific Division lead more tenuous. Even with an injury and time on NHL recall, Devin Cooley’s 32 games still lead all AHL goaltenders. There’s a heavy schedule ahead for Cooley and the Wranglers as well. Starting Saturday through March 23, they will see Coachella Valley, one of their pursuers, five times. After a (relatively) quiet first half, Martin Frk is heating up with eight goals in his past 10 games.

9) Colorado Eagles (-3)

After burning opponents for 26 goals in five games, the Eagles came back to reality in managing a combined two goals in a pair of losses at Abbotsford.

10) Charlotte Checkers (+2)

The Checkers won the games that they are supposed to win, sweeping fading Hartford on back-to-back afternoons this past weekend. Next up are the Bears this weekend on home ice. Like Hershey, now is a good time to sock away points. Their March schedule will be an absolute grind in which they face 15 games in 30 nights, including a punishing six-game North Division swing. All but two of their games in March will be against opponents above the playoff line at the moment.

11) Cleveland Monsters (--)

12) Coachella Valley Firebirds (+1)

13) Abbotsford Canucks (+2)

14) Providence Bruins (-4)

15) San Jose Barracuda (-1)

16) Milwaukee Admirals (--)

17) Belleville Senators (+6)

18) Chicago Wolves (--)

19) Grand Rapids Griffins (--)

20) Lehigh Valley Phantoms (+1)

21) Bakersfield Condors (-4)

22) Springfield Thunderbirds (-2)

23) Syracuse Crunch (-1)

24) Rockford IceHogs (+2)

25) Henderson Silver Knights (-1)

26) San Diego Gulls (+3)

27) Tucson Roadrunners (--)

28) Utica Comets (-3)

29) Hartford Wolf Pack (-1)

30) Iowa Wild (--)

31) Manitoba Moose (--)

32) Bridgeport Islanders (--)

Out of the Top 10: Providence Bruins

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