Utica Comets’ rookie defenceman Brogan Rafferty continues to lead the AHL in defencemen scoring and closes in on the overall rookie lead after receiving his first All-Star nod. --------------------------------------------------- Welcome back to the AHL Report! For our January edition, we are going to take a special focus on “standout” players. A little past the [...]
On Friday, the OHL had their trade deadline. Let’s catch you up to speed on which prospects went where. Player (New Team, Draft Eligible or What Farm System They Are In) Ryan Suzuki (Saginaw, Carolina Hurricanes) Martin Hugo Has (Guelph, Washington Capitals) Akil Thomas (Peterborough, Los Angeles Kings) Cameron Butler (Niagara, [...]
The 2019 NHL Entry Draft is more than 200 days old and we’re approaching the halfway point of their D+1 season. Today seems like a good day to begin looking back at how some of the players from the first round of that draft have developed and progressed. Over the next several weeks, using [...]
Connor McMichael and Liam Foudy celebrate their WJC win. Photo Courtesy of https://russianmachineneverbreaks.com/ Happy New Year y’all! I hope everyone had a nice and safe holiday and enjoyed those World Juniors. Many stars are back with their respective teams and the trade deadline is right around the corner so let’s jump right [...]
https://twitter.com/iihf_wjc Welcome back to my Thursday ramblings. I cannot let the World Juniors go by without a final recap on some stand outs I watched. I hope you watched as well since the tournament was fantastic as usual. Just my annual reminder to not over value prospects based on their [...]
Back to normal life resumes as the holiday season has concluded along with the World Junior Championship. There has been so much excellent WJC coverage here I decided to go back to a more regular ramblings style, so here goes. On Wednesday I am going to watch the Utica Comets in Bellville as the Canucks [...]
Photo Courtesy of kelownadailycourier.ca The World Junior Championships are an annual tradition around the holidays for hockey fans. With it being the top U20 tournament around the world, it has become an event known to be dominated by 19-year-old players. Every year there are a few draft-eligible players that get into the [...]
The 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship tournament is now over. Canada got the gold, leaving Russia to take home the silver, and Sweden got the bronze. It was an entertaining 11 days of great hockey action, and I was lucky enough to be able to watch 25 out of the 31 games played in that [...]
Welcome back for another edition of the Calder Power Rankings. As we make our way into the New Year (and apparently decade… that seems to be a big deal), the rankings are becoming more impacted by injuries and certain players’ mid-season surges. The top of the rankings have been relatively consistent since the beginning [...]
Happy New Year and best wishes to you all in 2020! With the prosperity and excitement that comes with ringing in the new year, we find ourselves in the thick of the World Juniors, looking to the CHL prospects game in Hamilton, turning the corner on the halfway point of the QMJHL season and [...]
