Minnesota-Duluth takes over the top spot The Bulldogs are 7-1-2 on the early season, with sweeps of Michigan Tech, defending champion North Dakota, and St. Cloud State. With that impressive resume, Minnesota-Duluth took over the number one ranking in the USCHO Poll, garnering all 50 first place votes. USCHO Top 20 – As of [...]
The AHL season is in full swing, even if the games played varies from a minuscule six games for the San Jose Barracuda to a high of a dozen for the St. John's IceCaps. But for young players that should be on the radar, the picture is becoming clearer. Out East Kasperi Kapanen continues [...]
Another big night of goalscoring across the NHL as 60 goals were scored in the 10 games played. Lets take a look at which rookies and prospects impacted their teams games... *** Patrik Laine posted his second hat trick in just 14 games played at the NHL level in Winnipeg's 8-2 domination of Dallas. The [...]
Taking a look at which prospects are earning the biggest minutes on their NHL squads, and who may be due for less good luck in this Sunday Ramblings... *** There are an incredible number of rookies and other young players in today's NHL, so much so that they are starting to eat into each other's [...]
Still looking for his first NHL start, Chris Driedger has been sent down to the AHL even though Ottawa is without injured goaltender Andrew Hammond and sometimes misses Craig Anderson when he's with his cancer-stricken wife. November is a time in the NHL season when prospects like Patrik Laine, Auston Matthews and William Nylander [...]
Every month we take a closer look at some of the biggest standout prospects from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, and this month happens to be that of the 14th annual Canada-Russia CHL Series. The puck drops November 7th in Prince George, British Columbia, as the Russians will play in three more games across [...]
The WHL has recently released their rosters for the Canada vs Russia series that is coming up in the next week. Kelowna Rockets defenseman Cal Foote and Brandon Wheat King center Nolan Patrick are the only two draft eligible to be named to team WHL. Nine players from last year's NHL draft were also named [...]
Welcome back to another Wednesday Ramblings! Plenty to sift through from 12 games in the NHL last night, as well as some CHL news and notes. *** Zach Werenski continues what I consider to be the most impressive rookie display of this young season. Not to take away from anything that Auston Matthews, William [...]
The OHL season is in full swing and while it is still early in the season, here are some players you should be watching as the OHL season progresses. Jeremy Bracco (Toronto Maple Leafs prospect) After joining the Kitchener Rangers later in the season last year, Jeremy Bracco has only missed 3 games at [...]
Who are the tricks and who are the treats a month into the season? […]
