USHL Playoffs Primer and Regular Campaign Review By Kevin Wickersham With Saturday’s USHL regular season finish the Clark Cup Playoffs are upon us. For those new to the league here’s how it works. The top four spots in each conference qualify. The number one and four seeds from each conference face off, as do [...]
The Expansion Draft is a difficult thing to predict, not only do you have no idea how each of the 30 teams and GMs are planning to use their protection list, but also how Vegas is going to build their team. There’s also the matter of side deals, where George McPhee (Vegas GM) can make [...]
With the first round of playoffs just finishing up, it's time to highlight some of the top performers in playoffs. For anyone not closely following here's how the series turned out (Best of Seven Series): Regina 4-0 over Calgary Swift Current 4-3 defeats Moose Jaw in seven Medicine Hat sweeps Brandon 4-0 Lethbridge comes back [...]
By Kathryn Jean Every season the OHL conducts a poll among its coaches to recognized the top players in 20 skill categories. Coaches vote on their top three players from both the Eastern and Western Conferences. This poll was released a couple weeks ago and here are some of the biggest winners among NHL prospects. [...]
As the season slowly winds to a close and teams are quickly eliminated from their fantasy playoffs, the urge to consider next season is natural and enticing. After months of diligent work, you’re left with a, ‘better luck next year’ and a kick in the ass. Now begins the work for 2017-18 and with it, [...]
Roope Hintz was drafted in the 2015 entry draft, by the Dallas Stars (second round, 49th overall). He has since played with the HIFK. In 44 games this season, he has 19 goals and 11 assists. Hintz shattered the previous season's totals of 20 points in 33 games. At times, he has been the [...]
The 2016-17 SHL regular season wrapped up last week and saw the Vaxjo Lakers capture the regular season crown after the 52 games schedule, besting HV71 by one point in the overall standings led by such ex-NHLers as Dennis Everberg and Ville Leino. The honor of scoring leader went to Joakim Lindstrom who scored 18 [...]
Welcome to the first edition of the DobberProspects Mock draft for the 2017 NHL draft. Many of the DobberProspects staff of scouts and writers have contributed to this project to give you as close to an accurate mock draft as possible. This mock draft was held on the message board of our fantasy league the [...]
KHL season wrap up and playoff update Skaters Nikita Gusev (TB) – Gusev finished the KHL season with 71 points in 57 games as he continues to be one of the best players in the KHL. He was one of four players from SKA in the top five scoring showing how dominate [...]
Games are the hallmark of goalie development. Sure, players work on all facets of their game, but as a prospect knocking on the door for an NHL job, nothing beats game situations for player development. With the NHL welcoming in the Vegas Golden Knights and presumably opening up four jobs (if they get their own [...]
