Anaheim defenseman Shea Theodore is singing that old Otis Elevator hit Baby I've Had My Ups and Downs. Shea Theodore is getting a sense of how difficult it used to be to crack an NHL lineup in the Original Six days. True, there were no international players (with the rare exception of someone like [...]
Biggest prospect news from last night, Mitch Marner left the game early after crashing awkwardly into the boards after a hit with Boone Jenner. He played a few more shifts, but just didn’t seem to feel right. He was favouring his right arm on the bench. Marner left the game with 15 minutes left in [...]
Wrapping Up the Beanpot On Monday night, the 2017 Beanpot was decided at TD Garden in Boston with #3 Harvard facing off against #4 Boston University in the tournament's championship game. Earlier in the day, Northeastern defeated #11 Boston College 4-2 in the third place game, with goals coming from Matt Filipe (CAR - 2), [...]
TSN Analyst Bob McKenzie lends his insight to help you find some potential fantasy hockey free agent prospects in his TSN column where he features Ohio State defenceman Josh Healey and Czech defenceman Jakub Jerabek. McKenzie calls Healey a “throwback blueliner” as he is known as a big 6-0, 196 pound 22-year-old senior who throws [...]
Comparing current rookie to historical trends in this Sunday Ramblings... *** Full disclosue - I'm writing this a bit prematurely. For fellow readers enjoying the long weekend here in BC - enjoy some relaxation with me in spirit. For everyone else - I apologize for the slightly out-of-date numbers you're about to read. [...]
The Winnipeg Jets' No. 1 goaltending job is available for Connor Hellebuyck. All he has to do is seize it. Injuries are inevitable in sports. Sometimes they can cost a hotshot newcomer a rookie-of-the-year award. For example, Connor McDavid last season. Promising careers have been ruined as up-and-coming youngsters never get untracked due to [...]
The Beanpot tournament began tonight and first round winners Boston U. and Harvard will meet next week for the final. Boston University and Boston College are two teams loaded with top NHL prospects and there were several strong performances. {source}<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here's how <a href="https://twitter.com/TerrierHockey">@TerrierHockey</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/BCHockey">@BCHockey</a> will line up for [...]
CHL Top Prospects Game an Exciting Showcase Monday night the CHL Top Prospects took to the ice in Quebec City in a best-on-best style format that pitted Team Cherry against Team Orr. Headlined by top prospects Nolan Patrick and Nico Hischier, the game played out in exciting fashion, with Team Cherry taking the victory 7-5. [...]
Checking out the AHL All-Star lineup in this Sunday Ramblings... *** The All-Star break isn't just for NHL standouts - right now the cream of the AHL crop is also on leave and ready to put their talents on display in the skills competition tonight, followed by the game tomorrow. Let's take a look [...]
Although he's been assigned to the Tucson Roadrunners so he can play in the AHL all-star game, Christian Fischer scored in his first two NHL games and will likely be recalled by the Arizona Coyotes. After mentioning a week ago that RW Christian Fischer had been promoted by the Coyotes, the 2015 second-rounder [...]
