Category: Puck Blog

Tonight will be very special for former New York Rangers defensemen Brian Leetch, as he will be inducted into the US Hockey Hall of Fame tonight in Denver. Leetch, along with Mike Richter, Brett Hull and Cammi Granato, will be given one of hockey’s greatest honors. All four inductees were also honored last night prior

New Jersey Devils blueliner Anssi Salmela will be paired with Colin White when he makes his NHL debut on Friday night at the Rock versus the New York Islanders. Salmela made the team out of training camp, which even he was not expecting to do. However, Salmela impressed head coach Brent Sutter so much, that

Lethbridge goaltender Juha Metsola stopped 39 shots in last night’s 5-2 win over Swift Current, improving his record to 5-2 with a 2.40 GAA and .928 (10th in the WHL) save percentage. Metsola has picked up exactly where he left off last season, having already posted two shutouts on the season. Metsola had 33 saves

Finnish import Anssi Salmela recorded his first goal of the pre-season last night in a 3-0 victory over the Islanders. Salmela scored with the Devils up 2-0 and a little less than six minutes remaining in the game. The Devils’ coaching staff has been impressed with the Nokia, Finland native, and have rewarded him with

New York Rangers 2007 1st Round draft choice Alexei Cherepanov scored the game-winning goal today in the 3rd period of Omsk’s 4-3 win over Torpedo Novgorod. Alexei is off to a great start this season (his 3rd with Omsk), already having scored 6 goals, which is good for 2nd on the team (behind Jaromir Jagr’s

When you are vying to make the team, you need to stand out from your competition. That’s exactly what New Jersey Devils defenseman Anssi Salmela did last night in his pre-season debut against the New York Rangers. Anssi logged 17:42 of ice time and delivered 5 hits in last night’s game, while also seeing some

Farjestad goaltender Johan Gustafsson was named the best goaltender at the TV-Pucken tournament, which concluded yesterday. TV-Pucken is Sweden’s national tournament for players under 17; the tournament consists of 24 teams. Johan finished 7th in save percentage (.930) and 9th in goals against average (2.25) in the tournament for Team Västmanland. Johan is currently the

Three questions: Anton Babchuk Submitted by chipalexander on 09/19/2008 – 12:28 Defenseman Anton Babchuk is back with the Hurricanes after playing last season for Avangard Omsk in the Russian Superliga, signing a one-year, $1 million contract. During the 2006-2007 season, Babchuk was briefly suspended by the Hurricanes when he refused an assignment with the AHL’s

Dynamo Moscow defenseman Danny Markov scored his first goal of the season, a powerplay goal at the 13:38 mark of the 3rd period, in yesterday’s 4-1 win over Torpedo. Markov, who was offered a contract by the Los Angeles Kings prior to the start of the KHL season, recently signed a 3-year contract with Dynamo

Sergei Shirokov has began the KHL season on fire, entering today’s game against Vityaz Chekov with a team-leading 3 goals, 5 points and a +4 plus/minus rating. A 5’10”, 175 lb winger, Shirokov was a 6th Round draft pick by Vancouver in 2006 and has developed nicely playing in Russia; this is his fifth season