Nobody’s perfect. That fact became abundantly clear on Monday (Sept. 11, 2017) at the Matthew Wuest Memorial Cup tournament in Traverse City when round robin play wrapped up and nobody was left with a perfect 3-0 record. The Columbus Blue Jackets, winners of four of the past five versions of this event which has run
The five Midwest-based NHL Prospect Teams opened play at the Matthew Wuest Memorial Cup Tournament in Traverse City on Friday (Sept. 8, 2017). Eight teams in total are taking part – four (Chicago BlackHawks, Detroit Red Wings, Carolina Hurricanes and New York Rangers) competing in the Gordie Howe Division while the other four (Columbus Blue
The Columbus Blue Jackets made its first cut of the pre-season Wednesday (Sept. 23) following its split squad games with the Blues the previous night. The Jackets returned seven players to their respective junior clubs while assigning another five to the Lake Erie Monsters in Cleveland, one to his team in Finland and handing out
The Columbus Blue Jackets Prospects bounced back from a rough game at the end of round robin play to claim the championship of the annual Traverse City NHL Prospects Tournament for a second straight season. With a 5-2 win the Jackets both claimed the title and denied the host Detroit Red Wings a chance to
Two days into play at the Traverse City Prospects Tournament, the Columbus Blue Jackets find themselves on track to defend its championship. In a game that pitted both of the first day winners against each other, the Jackets Prospects took control of the Ted Lindsay Division with an 8-5 win against the Minnesota Wild Prospects.
Team USA has begun preparations for this December’s IIHF World Junior Tournament with an Evaluation Camp held in Lake Placid this week. Exhibition matches involved head to head action with ‘White’ and ‘Blue’ USA teams to start and eventually Sweden and Finland — also in the midst of picking their own squads, provided the opposition.
