About Mark Allan

A semi-retired freelance writer, editor and recipient of the Eric Dunning Integrity Award, Mark Allan draws on more than three decades of journalism experience as a newspaper reporter, editor and publisher. He’s also worked in radio sports departments, watching WHL and Junior B games. As a sports editor, he’s watched NHL games from press boxes in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto. Mark has loved hockey since he was a lad, and in the 1990s wrote for and edited nationally distributed hockey pool mags Sharks and Prey and Hockey Pool Prophet. He’s also written for the Sports Forecaster, Ultimate Pool Preview and, of course, Dobber Sports. As a Dobber correspondent, he currently covers the prospect pool of the New York Islanders. Mark lives on gorgeous Vancouver Island off Canada’s west coast. @Islander2023

Carter Rowney

By |2018-05-16T12:16:51-04:00May 13th, 2018|Prospect - Graduates|

  Carter Rowney, RW/C Shoots: R Height: 6-2 Weight: 201 Born: 1989-05-10 Hometown:  Grande Prairie, AB, CAN Drafted: Undrafted. Signed March 2016 by PGH to two-year entry contract             Observations:   May 2018 – The late-bloomer is a testament to the power of persistence. He didn’t get his NHL debut [...]

Matthew Tkachuk

By |2018-05-15T22:52:15-04:00December 16th, 2017|Prospect - Graduates|

    Matthew Tkachuk, LW Shoots: L Height: 6-2 Weight: 202 Born: 1997-12-11 Hometown:  Scottsdale, AZ Drafted: sixth overall by Calgary, 2016           Observations: Dec 2017 - There are two questions in evaluating the ceiling of Tkachuk. 1. Has he been an option for top line minutes? No, he hasn't. It's [...]

Prospect Ramblings: College UFAs come to those who wait

By |2017-08-26T17:36:12-04:00August 26th, 2017|Feature Story, Prospects Rambling|

Hobey Baker Award recipient Will Butcher will announce Sunday which NHL organization will get his professional services.     If baseball people think the dog days are in August, they should think again. This is the slowest section of the hockey calendar, although there’s always something going on. NHL GMs not still in vacay mode [...]

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