Kris Versteeg has played a part in two of the three Stanley Cup championships with the Chicago Blackhawks, but he will miss the banner raising for a second time as well. The Hawks traded Versteeg and Joakim Nordstrom to the Carolina Hurricanes for defense prospects Dennis Robertson and Jake Massie as well as a third round pick
Eight teams, including all five of the Midwest-based entries will be taking part in the Annual Traverse City NHL Prospects Tournament beginning Friday in both the Davids rink and West rink at the Traverse City Center Ice Arena. With training camps following immediately after the completion of the tournament, this is effectively, a kickoff to the 2015-16
The Rapid City Rush hockey team announced on Aug. 12 it had been invited to be the lone ECHL affiliate for the Arizona Coyotes. The Rush has been Independent in previous seasons while the Yotes affiliated with the Gwinnett Gladiators in the ECHL. The Coyotes will keep its AHL affiliation with the Springfield Falcons.
Another disappointingly early exit from the post season brought at least one huge off season move for the St. Louis Blues. For a second straight season the Blues finished on top of its division, but couldn’t put together fourth playoff wins, falling this time in the opening round to the Minnesota Wild. Not that the
The Minnesota Wild appears ready to go with mostly the same guns counting on a year of experience to finally get it to the top of the always tough Central Division in the 2015-16 season. In each of the past two seasons the Wild has advanced past the opening round but ran into the Chicago
