The Columbus Jackets made about a big a move as a team can make in 2016-17 and there is excitement heading into Training Camp this season with the possibility of an even better (on paper at least) team this season. The Jackets will open camp on Thursday (Sept. 14, 2017) with 60 players (34 forwards,
Since selecting Alex DeBrincat in the Second Round (39th Overall) at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft, the Chicago BlackHawks organization has seen he can give it quantity as he racked up back-to-back 100-plus point seasons with the Erie Otters of the Ontario Hockey League. On Tuesday (Sept. 12, 2017), the 19-year-old winger from Farmington Hills,
Alex De Brincat’s goal with 3:25 to go lifted the BlackHawks Prospects to a 4-3 win in its Gordie Howe Division game against the Detroit Red Wings Prospects at the Matthew Wuest Memorial Cup Tournament at Traverse City on Saturday (Sept. 9, 2017). Both the Hawks and Wings were coming off previous day defeats and
When the Columbus Blue Jackets Prospect team takes the ice at the annual Traverse City Prospects Tournament on Friday, it will have a pair of USHL graduates guarding the crease. Since the end of the 2016-17 NHL season, the Blue Jackets have signed both Matiss Kivlenieks, the 2016-17 USHL Goaltender of the Year from the
On one hand, parity is at a premium in the United States Hockey League to the extent that it was not unusual to see teams rise or fall two positions or more in a weekend through the second half of the 2016-17 season. But, on the other hand there was the Chicago Steel and Sioux
A 40-save shutout effort from goaltender Ales Stezka helped the Chicago Steel to a 2-0 United States Hockey League East Conference Semi Final series clinching win against the Youngstown Phantoms on home ice at the Fox Valley Ice Arena on Tuesday (April 25). After capturing wins in the opening two games, the Steel were forced
