Technically, the Grand Rapids Griffins already started the three-game winning streak it is currently riding earlier in the week, but the weekend return of Andreas Athanasiou from the Detroit Red Wings certainly didn’t hurt. The 21-year-old native of London, ON returned from a half-dozen games with the parent team and his first NHL goal. If he
After five straight on the road, the Chicago Wolves, American Hockey League affiliate of the St. Louis Blues split a pair of home games this past weekend (Nov. 20-22), dropping a 2-1 decision to Grand Rapids Griffins on Saturday but rebounding with a 2-1 win on Sunday. Griffins 2 at Wolves 1 Saturday’s 2-1 loss
The Iowa Wild trimmed eight players from its American Hockey League roster Sunday (Oct. 4) and got to its required 24 players to open the AHL season next weekend. The team sent three players: forwards Raphael Bussieres and Olivier Archambault along with defenseman Alex Gudbranson to the Quad City Mallards, ECHL affiliate of both the
With its two pre-season games finished, the short training camp for the Chicago Wolves moved into regular season mode Sunday (Oct. 4). To get to 24, the Wolves re-assigned or released 15 players. The Wolves released: forwards Sergei Barbashev; Zach Cohen; Dan DeSalvo; Jaedon Descheneau; Alexandre Mallet; Joe Perry; Luke Sandler and Collin Valcourt; defensemen
Compared to the other Midwest-based teams, the Detroit Red Wings left a large number of players in camp for longer, but on Sunday (Oct. 4) the long awaited deep cuts came getting the team close to a final roster. The Wings forwards: Andreas Athanasiou; Louis-Marc Aubry; Tyler Bertuzzi; Colin Campbell; Anthony Mantha; Zach Nastasiuk; Tomas
The Columbus Blue Jackets trimmed six more players from its pre-season trainining camp roster Sunday (Oct. 4) after wrapping up a 5-2-1 pre-season run. The team re-assigned forwards Kerby Rychel and Markus Hannikainen along with defenseman Dean Kukan to the Lake Erie Monsters while forward Michael Chaput and defenders Andrew Bodnarchuk and Justin Falk were
