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,
Class of the Central Division for much of the last decade, the Chicago BlackHawks will open the doors on its 2017-18 NHL Training Camp with some definite adjustments to be made. The Hawks open camp on Friday (Sept. 15) with 57 players – 32 forwards; 19 Defense and six goaltenders on the opening day rosters.
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,
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 NA3HL’s Championship Trophy has been renamed to honor of the greatest league builders. Robert ‘Fraser’ Ritchie succumbed after a hard-fought battle with Cancer earlier this summer, preventing him from entering his ninth season as Director of Hockey Administration for the North American Hockey League, NA3HL and NAPHL and he also worked as the HockeyTech
St. Louis Jr. Blues turned the tables on its host Sunday (Sept. 10, 2017), scoring the first four goals of the game on its way to a 5-2 win in one of two NA3HL games featuring Midwest Region teams. After going to overtime the previous day, the Toledo Cherokee lessened the drama in its wrap