QMJHL Report - October 2019 The QMJHL season is in full force and the scoring pace has been fast and furious with the league seeing an average of 6.7 goals per game through the first month of play. That goal production is good enough for second in the CHL with the [...]
WHL REPORT - OCTOBER 2019 We are well underway and what a way we are under. With the announcement of Brayden Tracey returning to Moose Jaw, that leaves just the third overall pick in 2019 remaining in the NHL with Kirby Dach and the Blackhawks. Injury has played a real role in delaying the [...]
Overview: Justin Barron is a 2020 NHL Draft-eligible prospect, who could potentially be a top-20 draft selection. Barron is a Halifax, Nova Scotia native and grew up playing in the Halifax ACCEL Hawks organization. After he completed his two bantam seasons in 2016, he suited up for the Halifax McDonald’s for one season. Throughout [...]
Welcome to the Thursday ramblings! This week with the start of the NHL season at least eight days old I decided to give some random thoughts on the current season in various leagues. First, here is my #GoodTweet of the week {source} <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Wait... Do some people think high [...]
Photo Courtesy of https://twitter.com/BadgerMHockey The University of Wisconsin Badgers come into the NCAA season tied with the University of Minnesota Gophers as the youngest team in Division One hockey. The Badgers are bringing in not only one of the best Freshman classes they’ve ever had, but one of the best anyone has [...]
Photo courtesy of https://www.championshockeyleague.com/en/ Welcome to my weekly Wednesday ramblings! No more bi-weekly Friday thoughts, now you'll get me mid-week, every week! Today we're going to take a look at some of the early returns from the 2019 NHL Draft. Who's been hot to start the year and who is already making [...]
Episode 63 Peter opens with a review of the NHL Central Scouting Players to Watch List. 26 players were given an A grade indicating early first round potential and Peter ranks his early top ten. Following up on last episode and rookies and prospects to look at for a fantasy hockey impact, or breakthrough based [...]
OHL action has started and picked right back up from an exciting finish last season. Many 2020 NHL Draft entrees are making noise and jockeying for (early) draft positioning. We’ll take a look at a few names that will be read in Montreal this summer as well as a few others that already have [...]
Here are some of my thoughts about 20+ European prospects that I’ve been watching lately. When I wrote the Deep Dive of Anton Lundell (2020), he was stuck on HIFK’s third line. Since then, he’s been promoted to the top line and he’s been one of the best players on the team. Things [...]
Cut from the Philadelphia Flyers while on-site with the team prior to the start of their NHL season in Prague, prized prospect Joel Farabee looks to use his demotion to Leigh Valley as motivation to start his professional career with a spark. --------------------------------------------------- Happy Hockey Season everyone! Welcome back to your second AHL report [...]
