2017 USHL Player & Goaltender of the Year Matiss Kivlenieks signed an NHL entry-level contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Columbus Blue Jackets announced today that they have signed 2017 USHL Player of the Year Matiss Kivlenieks to a three-year entry level contract. The Sioux City Musketeers goaltender recently completed his first USHL
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Amerks sign Danforth to American League Contract
AMERKS SIGN DANFORTH TO AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE CONTRACT The Rochester Americans announced today that the team has signed forward JUSTIN DANFORTH to a one-year American Hockey League contract for the 2017-18 season. Danforth, 24, scored two goals in five games with the Amerks on an Amateur Tryout last season following a brief three-game stint with
Jets sign Sami Niku to entry-level contract
Niku was drafted in the seventh round of the 2015 NHL Draft by Winnipeg Jets PR @WpgJetsPR / Press Release 28 minutes ago Share The Winnipeg Jets announced they have agreed to terms with defenceman Sami Niku on a three-year entry-level contract with an annual value of $916,700. Niku, 20, played his third season with
Sound Tigers Add Sacred Heart Product Justin Danforth
Courtesy: SoundTigers.com Release: 03/15/2017 The Bridgeport Sound Tigers announced today that Sacred Heart University product Justin Danforth has agreed to terms on an amateur tryout (ATO). Danforth, 23, completed a four-year career with the Sacred Heart Pioneers earlier this season, recording 10 goals and a career-high 22 assists in 37 games. His 32 points
Roundtable: Prospects on getting drafted, their roads to the NHL
Peter Roumeliotis Friday March 10th, 2017 From the instant they get drafted, things change in the life of an NHL prospect. There’s the rush of being drafted, attending their first training camp with the big club and, for a number of them, getting a chance to represent their home countries at the World Junior Championships.
Colorado Avalanche Forward Mikhail Grigorenko Ready to Breakout
Colorado Avalanche forward Mikhail Grigorenko is ready to breakout this season, and his confidence in the preseason should brim-over when the games actually count. RP-by Ross Sellers 21 hours ago Follow @rse21milehigh How could fans of the Colorado Avalanche not be excited by Mikhail Grigorenko this season after watching him pot four goals during the
Winning gold medal at World Juniors has Red Wings prospect Vili Saarijarvi wanting more
By Brendan Savage | bsavage@mlive.com Follow on Twitter on January 17, 2016 at 6:06 AM, updated January 17, 2016 at 6:08 AM FLINT, Mich. – From start to finish, the World Junior Championship couldn’t have worked out any better for Detroit Red Wings prospect Vili Saarijarvi. It began with Saarijarvi’s junior team, the Flint Firebirds of the
#AHLOTB: Matthew Peca making a name in SYR
December 26, 2015 Photo: Scott Thomas By Evan Stockton | AHL On The Beat Archive Put yourself, for a moment, in the shoes of Matthew Peca. You’re a bright-eyed 21-year-old forward who has just completed his senior season at Quinnipiac University (Connecticut), having posted your fourth straight season of 30 points or more. You
Peca Getting Comfortable, Consistent With Crunch
Submitted by jghoughtaling on November 17, 2015 – 09:11 By Jeremy Houghtaling Matthew Peca’s goals in back-to-back games looked eerily similar. The Syracuse Crunch center picked the puck off the half wall, danced through multiple defenders to the slot, and wristed a shot into the back of the net. Peca used his speed and skill
WHL’s top 10 new faces to watch in 2015-16
From Winnipeg Jets draft choice Michael Spacek to Regina Pats prized prospect Jake Leschyshyn, there’s no shortage of highly regarded rookies entering their Western Hockey League careers this season. The top two picks of the 2014 WHL bantam draft – Brandon Wheat Kings winger Stelio Mattheos and Lethbridge Hurricanes centre Jordan Bellerive – are expected