Mike Drover Many were calling the 2017 NHL Draft particularly thin and it appears the Bruins bought into that idea coming to the draft table this June. The Bruins traded picks or moved down the board a couple of times this season and were left with only a first, a second, a fourth, a sixth [...]
It was nothing short of some turbulent couple weeks leading up to the 2017 NHL entry draft for the Coyotes. Here’s a brief rundown of what happened: Andrew Barroway bought out the team’s minority owners, becoming the Coyotes sole owner. Shane Doan, long time Yote and face of the franchise was told he will not [...]
The Anaheim Ducks came into the draft with five draft picks, none in the first round but two in the second. Bob Murray and his scouting staff went heavy on forward again, selecting two centers, a left and a right wing, and one goalie. Here is the low-down on their selections. Maxime Comtois: 2nd round, [...]
We’re back again for another rousing edition of the DobberProspects’ Mailbag! The Entry Draft has just concluded, and now you need to know who’s worthy of being selected for this coming year and long term as well. Many of these questions were posed and answered pre-draft but we’ve always got next month to hone in [...]
Chicago Steel USHL 2017 Clark Cup Champions By Kevin Wickersham With Tuesday night’s 2-1 overtime victory the visiting Chicago Steel won their first USHL Clark Cup, defeating the Sioux City Musketeers three games-to-two. In the battle between the Eastern and Western top seeds, right wing Tyler Gratton a 17-year-old Penn State commit, landed the [...]
While the NHL playoffs have just crossed the three-quarter mark, the 2016-17 Swedish Hockey League season wrapped up three weeks ago. In the league final, HV71 prevailed over Brynas IF in a hard-fought seven-game series, the championship game being decided in overtime. Simon Onerud wins it for HV71 with his league-leading 10th of [...]
The playoffs are over and we have our Liiga champion! Tappara defeated KalPa in six games. It was a slow start for Tappara. Actually it was so slow that they were down 0-2 before getting their first win. Once they got going, they rolled through with four wins in a row for the championship. [...]
DobberProspects’ Fantasy Mailbag: May Edition Yakkity Yak Yak… It’s the fantasy hockey offseason, the draft is inching closer each day, and most people have gone from knowing very little about this upcoming crop of draft-eligible players to being immeasurably intelligent experts in the span of a few short weeks. Now’s the time to [...]
Solid performances in the Calder Cup playoffs could enhance the chances of several netminders making NHL rosters next season. 1 - Jack Campbell Yes, the Reign bounced out of the Calder Cup Playoffs in Round One, but Campbell's reclamation off the scrap heap of misfit prospects looks to at least be floating. A first-round [...]
The final battle for the President’s Cup begins tonight in Saint-John, when the Sea Dogs host the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada. It's sure to a series of good-quality, entertaining hockey as both teams come in red-hot and have been preparing for this for a long time. The Sea Dogs have dropped only two games all [...]
