Original Article by Brad Coccimiglio, SooToday.com A busy weekend around the Ontario Hockey League continued on Saturday night. In Erie, Connor Brown set up four goals as the Erie Otters beat the Ottawa 67’s 6-2. Travis Dermmott set up three goals while Dane Fox scored twice in the win. Connor McDavid had a goal and
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Khabibulin a 40-year-old backup, but doesn’t think that way
Original Article by George Castle, NWITimes.com CHICAGO | With 21st century sports medicine and workout routines, a 40-year-old apparently can still properly condition himself to perform like an armored-up gymnast while possessing stereoscopic vision behind a mask fit for a horror film. If he didn’t think his middle-age muscles, sinew and eyesight-triggering-brain impulses could
Khabibulin Reflects on Decade Since Lightning Cup Win
CHICAGO — Nikolai Khabibulin doesn’t go out of his way to watch replays of his 2003-04 Stanley Cup run with the Lightning. But if he is sitting at home watching the NHL Network and the highlights come on “and I have nothing to do,” Khabibulin will watch and remember “it was a lot of fun.”
NHL goalies’ contracts continue to come up short of Rinne’s
Published September 3, 2013 by David Boclair It has been more than 20 months since Pekka Rinne signed a seven-year, $49 million contract with the Nashville Predators, and more than a year since that deal took effect. At that moment (Nov. 3, 2011) the timing seemed prudent. After all, the franchise locked him up when
BLUEPRINT SERIES: MIKHAIL GRIGORENKO
Original Article on sabres.com Monday, 09.09.2013 / 2:23 PM / Features By Kevin Snow – Sabres.com (@kwsnow) If Mikhail Grigorenko was able to collect frequent flier miles last season, he’d be in line for one heck of a vacation. With the lockout delaying the start of the NHL season by almost four months, Buffalo’s first pick
Inaugural Elite Prospect Camp a Resounding Success
Last week, 33 of the most talented 95-99 prospects from around the globe descended on Florida’s Gulf Coast for PuckAgency and Hockey International’s (http://hockeyinternational.net/) Elite Prospects Camp. Players received on ice coaching, overspeed training and off-ice skills development from Hockey International’s Brett Strot, skating coach Natalia Zagorodnikova, and former RPI head coach Dan Fridgen. Goalies
Panthers Agree to Terms with Butler & Selleck
By: San Antonio Rampage Media Relations 06/24/2013 3:22 PM 06/24/2013 3:22 PM–SUNRISE, Fla.- Florida Panthers Executive VP/General Manager Dale Tallon announced today that the club has agreed to terms with F Bobby Butler on a two-year contract. In addition, the club announced today that they have agreed to terms with F Eric Selleck on a
PuckAgency and Hockey Internal Host Innaugural Summer Camp
PuckAgency, in conjunction with Hockey International (www.hockeyinternational.net) is proud to announce our inaugural International Summer Camp in Tampa, FL. Our camp is a one-of-a-kind hybrid program, which provides world-class coaching experience to players from both Europe and North America, allowing players to improve by competing both with and against their elite counterparts from around the
Makarov bests former QMJHL mate
By Daniel Nugent-Bowman, The StarPhoenix Andrey Makarov was one of the biggest reasons the Saskatoon Blades shocked the heralded Halifax Mooseheads 5-2 Sunday in their second Memorial Cup round robin game. However, the 29-save performance by the Blades goaltender wasn’t the least bit astonishing to Stefan Fournier. Fournier, the Mooseheads captain, and Makarov were teammates
Grigorenko Barnstorming Tour is Over for 2013
Buffalo fans never cease to amaze. You people can never be called “bandwagon fans”. The overwhelming majority of you support your team through the good times, and the ugly times. As witnessed by this recently concluded failure of a season. The Sabres have experienced monster growth in their local TV rating and they have YOU