Brandon Saad is earning some big money with the Blue Jackets this season and he showed in the team’s latest pre-season test Tuesday (Sept. 29) the money was likely well spent. Saad scored twice and added a couple of assists in a 5-2 win for the Blue Jackets at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The Jackets
With 26 players still in camp, the Minnesota Wild headed north to Duluth for a bonding trip to practice at the AMSOIL Arena, home of the Minnesota Duluth NCAA team. After a stretch that saw the team play five pre-season games in a week, the Wild will get a bit more time for on ice
The latest pre-season test for the Detroit Red Wings took place in Boston where a 31-save performance from Jimmy Howard helped the team capture a 3-1 road win. A number of young hopefuls were included in the Red Wings’ lineup and some of them proved their worth. Andreas Athanasiou put the Wings up 3-0 in
The Chicago Blackhawks cut loose a pair of veterans who were trying to make the team on Professional Tryout Contracts Monday (Sept. 28). Forward Tomas Kopecky and defenseman Lubomir Visnovsky both have long NHL careers but were cut loose by Hawks entering the latter stages of the team’s training camp. Tomas Kopecky – A 33-year-old,
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 moved another step closer to the NHL regular season with an impressive pre-season showing against the Winnipeg Jets on home ice at the Xcel Energy Center Sunday (Sept. 27). On the same day the squad trimmed its roster to 27 players, the Wild put a veteran-heavy lineup on the ice to record
