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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USNTDP’s Matt McNeely turning heads in his own right
Perhaps forgotten in all the hype surrounding NHL Central Scouting’s top-rated North American goaltender for the 2011 Entry Draft — John Gibson of the U.S. National Team Development Program — was the play of his backup, Matt McNeely. But unlike his partner at the USNTDP, McNeely was a tad more flashy and daring. That style