Another big night of goalscoring across the NHL as 60 goals were scored in the 10 games played. Lets take a look at which rookies and prospects impacted their teams games... *** Patrik Laine posted his second hat trick in just 14 games played at the NHL level in Winnipeg's 8-2 domination of Dallas. The [...]
Welcome back to another Wednesday Ramblings! Plenty to sift through from 12 games in the NHL last night, as well as some CHL news and notes. *** Zach Werenski continues what I consider to be the most impressive rookie display of this young season. Not to take away from anything that Auston Matthews, William [...]
Across the NHL last night, a handful of rookies recorded multi-point games. Lets dig a little deeper into those performances and other prospect notes. *** Hey look, that's Auston Matthews leading the league in both points (10) and goals (6). The Leafs took it on the chin last night against the Tampa Bay Lightning, losing [...]
One week of the NHL season is almost behind us, and it's turning out to be a pivotal season for NHL prospects and how the NHL is evolving. The trend over the last couple seasons obviously has been that more and more teams are building their teams with the use of entry level contracts (with [...]
It has been an exciting opening two weeks in College Hockey, after kicking the season off on October 1st. Lets recap some of the storylines, players who performed, and a few of the disappointments of the past ten days. Ice Breaker Tournament Recap Denver, Boston College, Ohio State and Air Force took to the [...]
Last week the Preseason USCHO’s Division I Men’s College Hockey Poll was released. After breaking down teams 20-11 in Part One of this series, we take a closer look at teams 10-1. Each team breakdown will dig a little deeper into the Top 10 and provide some veterans to watch as well as some [...]
This week the Preseason USCHO’s Division I Men’s College Hockey Poll was released. With the college hockey regular season starting in full force on October 1st, I figured now was a good time to dig a little deeper into the Top 20 and provide some veterans to watch and some incoming freshmen to keep a [...]
The NHL Prospects Tournament in Traverse City wrapped up this week with the Carolina Hurricanes finishing off an undefeated tournament with a win over the Detroit Red Wings 6-4 to win the Matthew Wuest Memorial Cup. Carolina trailed just once during the tournament in their first contest against the New York Rangers that was eventually [...]
On September 16th, eight NHL teams will send their selected prospect rosters to the 18th Annual NHL Prospect Tournament in Traverse City, Michigan. The tournament consists of two, four-team divisions named for NHL Hall of Famers Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay. Each team will play a round-robin schedule within their division, with the division [...]
By: Kevin LeBlanc Tying a bow on 2015-16: Carolina has built up their prospect pipeline in the last few seasons by focusing on building around talented players with size. Since Ron Francis took over the reigns from longtime general manager Jim Rutherford, the Hurricanes have not drafted a player under 6’0” tall. A [...]
