The Grand Rapids Griffins, top minor league afiliate of the Detroit Red Wings, officially opened camp at the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids Monday (Sept. 28) with 22 players in attendance including: Forwards — Martin Frk; Marek Tvrdon; Jeff Hoggan; Kurt Etchegary; Alden Hirschfeld; Jean-Paul LaFontaine; Evan Rankin; Joel Rechlicz; Josh Shalla; Tyler Sikura;
The Rockford Ice Hogs officially opened camp with 24 players Sunday (Sept. 27) at the BMO Harris Bank Center with 24 players on the opening day roster. The group included three goaltenders (Shane Owen, Mac Carruth and Mark Visentin) along with 10 defensemen (Patrick Koudys, Ben Marshall, Kevin Quick, Kirill Govtovets, Sam Jardine, Nick Mattson,
The Lake Erie Monsters officially began a new era Sunday (Sept. 27) as the official top level minor team for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Previously playing out of Springfield, MA; the Jackets moved into Cleveland for the new season with an opening day roster of 24 players including three goaltenders (Anton Forsberg, Joonas Korpisalo and
The Minnesota Wild made some major roster adjustments on Sunday (Sept. 27), sending nine players to the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League and releasing another four from professional tryout contracts. The following players have been reassigned to the Iowa Wild at Des Moines. Christoph Bertschy – A 21-year-old, 5’10,” 190 lbs. forward from Le
The Columbus made a major cut to its training camp roster on Friday (Sept. 25) dropping 14 players. Nine of them were re-assigned to the Lake Erie Monsters of the American Hockey League while two others were put on waivers with the purpose of having them join their other teammates on the Monsters. Three others
The Minnesota Wild made some moves on Thursday (Sept. 24) which cut eight members from its training camp roster. Six players were re-assigned to the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League, one was returned to junior and one was released from an amateur tryout contract. Moving on to Des Moines are: Raphael Bussieres –
