Topi Niemelä is a 17-year-old right-handed shot defenseman who plays for Kärpät in the Finnish Liiga, the top men’s level in the country, and he is eligible for the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. Here are the basic facts of him: Name: Topi Niemelä Team: Kärpät (Liiga) Position: defenseman Date of Birth: March 25, [...]
One Season Ends, Another Begins The winter freeze is melting down and the action in the QMJHL is heating up as well. With the change of the seasons comes the fast-approaching second season of junior hockey, the playoffs. The standings are beginning to be marked up with Xs and Ys as teams lockdown [...]
Shane Wright of the Kingston Frontenacs playing in his Exceptional Status season in the OHL Howdy, y’all! Can you believe it is March already?! That means the regular season is almost over as every team has three weeks left until the end of the season. For some, that means they can forget [...]
Welcome to the February edition of the 2020 NHL Draft Report! This monthly column will take an in-depth look at the prospects eligible for the 2020 NHL Draft. Each month we will have a feature story, prospect spotlight and a “Team of the Month”. If there is any prospect you’d like to hear a [...]
New Isles forward Jean Gabriel Pageau Welcome to the NHL trade deadline day! Many outlets have a live blog breaking down each deal and how they will affect each club's playoff chances and where the teams go from here but not many really go in-depth and tell you who the prospects traded [...]
The Bakersfield Condors hosted the Ontario Reign on Field Trip Day at Rabbobank Arena in Bakersfield, CA. Photo by Owen Main - Fansmanship.com. 11/29/18 (Image: credit to mayorsmanor.com) As the NHL trade deadline quickly approaches chances are your fantasy deadline is not far behind, so I thought it would be beneficial [...]
Gabe Vilardi happy to be back in hockey after back injuries threatened his career. Photo Courtesy of https://mayorsmanor.com/ Welcome back to the AHL Report! For our February edition, we are going extend upon our January report by taking a special focus on “standout” players. Now a month further along inthe AHL season, [...]
Northeastern celebrates their 2OT goal to win the Beanpot. Photo courtesy of Josh Tessler. It has been a great month for college hockey. The Northeastern University Huskies wonthe Beanpot in a thrilling matchup against the Boston University Terriers in double overtime onMonday night at TD Garden. The University of North Dakota Fighting [...]
Jake Sanderson, Stanislav Svozil, Emil Andrae, Marat Khusnutdinov and Roni Hirvonen were some of the stars of the U18 Five Nations tournament in Czech Republic. Last week, under-18 teams from Finland, Sweden, Russia, Czech Republic and USA got together in Czech Republic to play a Five Nations tournament. European teams have these kind of [...]
World Junior Wrap-Up Congratulations to Canada and Russia on another classic battle for World Junior gold. Like many expected, Alexis Lafreniere was outstanding all tournament long and earned the honors of tournament MVP. With his performance, Lafreniere has almost certainly cemented his spot at the top of the 2020 NHL Draft rankings. [...]
