Chicago Wolves head coach Bob Nardella has denied directing a homophobic remark toward an official a day after receiving a 10-game suspension from the American Hockey League.

The AHL said in a statement announcing the suspension Tuesday that Nardella used homophobic language when he was given a game misconduct for abuse of officials in Chicago's 8-5 loss at the Texas Stars on Saturday.

The league did not provide detail on what Nardella is alleged to have said.

Nardella said in a statement released Wednesday that while he admits to losing his temper, he did not say what he is accused of saying.

PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) — Michael Vecchione scored off a rebound at 16:19 of overtime to give the Hershey Bears their 12th American Hockey League title, 3-2 over the expansion Coachella Valley Firebirds in Game 7 of the Calder Cup final Wednesday night.

Connor McMichael and Hendrix Lapierre scored for Hershey in the second period as the Washington Capitals’ top affiliate overcame a 2-0 deficit to tie it. Hunter Shepard made 45 saves for the Bears.

Hershey coach Todd Nelson won his second Calder Cup after guiding Grand Rapids to the 2017 title. He joined Bun Cook and John Paddock as the only head coaches to win Calder Cups with two teams.

Defenseman Ryker Evans and captain Max McCormick scored for Coachella Valley and Joey Daccord made 35 saves. Seattle's top farm club, the Firebirds were the first to reach the final in their first season since the 2010 Texas Stars.

The Calgary Wranglers and Toronto Marlies are facing elimination games on Wednesday in their respective American Hockey League playoff series.

The Wranglers trail the Coachella Valley Firebirds 2-1 in the best-of-five Pacific Division final, while the Marlies trail the Rochester Americans 2-0 in the best-of-five North Division final.

The Firebirds got a goal from Ryker Evans at 11:22 of the third overtime period on Monday night to edge the Wranglers 3-2 to win Game 3 in Thousand Palms, Calif.

The Wranglers outshot the hosts 62-51, including a 19-3 edge in the first overtime period.

WINNIPEG - Jansen Harkins scored at 1:32 of overtime as the Manitoba Moose rallied from behind to edge the visiting Milwaukee Admirals 3-2 in American Hockey League playoff action on Sunday.

With the Moose trailing 3-2 late in the third, and in danger of falling behind 2-0 in their best-of-five Central Division semifinal, Cole Maier scored with 53 seconds left in regulation to tie the game and force overtime at Canada Life Centre.

Nicholas Jones also scored for the Moose, who outshot the Admirals 34-32.

Kiefer Sherwood and Luke Evangelista scored for the Admirals, who won Friday's series-opener 6-2.

TORONTO - The Toronto Marlies scored three second-period goals in under seven minutes and then coasted to a 4-2 win over the Manitoba Moose in Monday's lone game on the American Hockey League schedule.

The Marlies (32-12-2-1), leading the AHL's North Division by 14 points, got goals from Mikhail Abramov, Nick Abruzzese, Alex Steeves and Mark Johnstone at the Coca-Cola Coliseum.

Alex Limoges scored twice for the Moose (24-16-3-2), who sit fourth in the Central Division, one point behind the Rockford IceHogs.

The game was a resumption of play from a Jan. 13 contest that was suspended following the first period. All statistics are retroactive to Jan. 13.

TORONTO - The Toronto Marlies and Manitoba Moose will have to reschedule their all-Canadian American Hockey League clash due to a medical emergency in the stands.

With the teams tied 1-1 on Friday night at Coca-Cola Coliseum, a fan experienced a medical emergency in-between the first and second periods and was attended to by Emergency Medical Services.

According to the Toronto Marlies, after consultation with both teams and the AHL, a decision was made to suspend the game.

The Toronto Marlies and MLSE said they are "grateful to the EMS personnel, and fans, who assisted in attending to the emergency."