This week on The Hockey News On The 'A' Podcast with Jacob Stoller and Patrick Williams:

- Coachella Valley Firebirds assistant coach Jessica Campbell joined the show. Campbell became the first female assistant coach in AHL history this season. She discussed Coachella Valley's first year in the AHL, her experience working alongside Dan Bylsma and prospect Tye Kartye while also touching on why it's important that NHL teams construct their hockey ops departments with people from diverse backgrounds.

- Patrick explains how the AHL's Calder Cup playoff format is different than the Stanley Cup playoff format.

- The 2023 Calder Cup playoffs are taking shape. Patrick and Jacob analyze each team that would be battling it out in the best-of-three play-in series if the playoffs started today.

- Thomas Bordeleau is the prospect of the week. The 2020 second-round pick was just recalled by the Sharks yesterday — notching an assist against the Vegas Golden Knights Thursday night — after recording 41 points in 64 games this year. What's his trajectory?

- The Boston Bruins are the team of the week, with a look at the AHL's Providence Bruins. Yes, the Bruins' screw-ups at the draft are well documented, but they quietly have consistently hit on a handful of prospects lately.

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