Coachella Valley Firebirds rookie goaltender Nikke Kokko, who head coach Derek Laxdal referred to last year as the future of the Seattle Kraken, is seventh in the American Hockey League this ...

Starting AHL season as league’s third youngest team, the Firebirds, behind goalie prospect Nikke Kokko, continue to live up to high bar, notching another series over rival ...

Goaltender Nikke Kokko was perfect between the pipes, stopping all 23 shots he faced to earn his first AHL playoff shutout. Mitchell Stephens, who scored his first overtime game-winner for ...

Coachella Valley plays another hard-forechecking game with plenty of shots on goal while Nikke Kokko stars again but loses ...

The Coachella Valley Firebirds came in hot in their inaugural season, finishing second in the division and making their way ...

The Abbotsford Canucks are set to host Pacific Northwest rivals, the Coachella Valley Firebirds, in a pivotal Game 3 of Round 2 in the AHL's Calder Cup Playoffs. Abbotsford is chasing its first ...

Nikke Kokko started in net for CV and had 23 saves. The Firebirds will play the Abbotsford Canucks in the Pacific Division Semifinals. The first game of the best-of-five series will be at Acrisure ...

A late goal by Vancouver’s Kirill Kudryavtsev stuns Firebirds’ Nikke Kokko giving the Canucks a 2-0 lead with 23 seconds late on the clock. This is Kudryavtsev’s first career playoff goal.