In the first of two pre-season matches between the Manitoba Moose and Iowa Wild to be played in North Dakota, it was goaltender Eric Comrie leading the Moose to a 3-0 win with a 27-save shutout at Grand Forks. The Minnesota Wild American affiliate couldnt’ find an opening past Comrie who backstopped Moose, top affiliate of
The Grand Rapids Griffins started off its pre-season with a 5-1 win against the new Lake Erie Monsters Friday (Oct.2) at Bowling Green State University Ice Arena. Jared Correau was less than three minutes away from a shutout when Christian Isaakson cut into a 4-0 Griffins lead with the lone goal of the contest for
The Chicago Wolves and Rockford Ice Hogs both kicked off their American Hockey league pre-season schedules at the BMO Harris Bank Metro Center in Rockford Thursday (Oct. 1), the Wolves relying on shootout goals by forward Evan Trupp and defenseman Jordan Schmaltz for a 3-2 edge against the host Ice Hogs. Trupp and Schmaltz scored
The St. Louis Blues moved a little closer to its final roster, moving forward Jordan Caron and goaltender Pheonix Copley to the Chicago Wolves, its American Hockey League affiliate team. Caron, a 24-year-old, 6’3,” 205 lbs. forward from Sayabec, QC was selected in the First Round (25th Overall) of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft by
The Wild made what are likely its final roster moves of the pre-season Friday (Oct. 2), returning Zac Dalpe to the Iowa Wild along with forward Brett Bulmer and defenseman Tyson Strachan. Dalpe had been set to Iowa earlier but was called up to play in the final pre-season game for the Wild last night.
The Columbus Blue Jackets recalled seven players Friday (Oct 2) previously reassigned to the Lake Erie Monsters. Forwards Oliver Bjorkstrand, Alex Broadhurst, Ryan Craig, Sonny Milano , Lukas Sedlak and T.J. Tynan all returned to Columbus along with goaltender Brad Thiessen, presumably to play in the team’s final pre-season games over the weekend. With this
