One of the newest faces in the lineup of the defending Stanley Cup Champion Chicago Blackhawks lineup helped his new club start out the pre-season right, Trevor Daley‘s overtime tally lifting the Hawks to a 5-4 win at the United Center against the visiting Detroit Red Wings. The Hawks opened up a 2-0 first period lead

The Minnesota Wild and host Winnipeg Jets played 64:12 before Matt Dumba finally found a way past Connor Hellebuyck in a 1-0 overtime thriller played in Winnipeg. Niklas Backstrom, locked into a fierce three way battle for the position of goaltender helped his own cause in a big way with a 28 save shutout effort

Home ice was meaningful in a pair of split squad games played between the Columbus Blue Jackets and St. Louis Blues Tuesday night (Sept 22). In Columbus, the Blues Jackets earned a 3-1 win while St. Louis grabbed a 5-2 edge at the Scottrade Center. It was the first two games of the pre-season for

The St. Louis Blues made its first cut of the pre-season, returning six players — five forwards and a goaltender, to their respective junior teams Wednesday (Sept. 23). Samuel Blais – Selected in the Sixth Round (176th Overall) of the 2014 NHL Entry Draft by the Blues; Blais is a 19-year-old forward from Quebec who

The St. Louis Blues began preparations for the 2015-16 season on Saturday (Sept. 19) with 62 players on the ice, including 32 forwards, 17 defensemen, six goaltenders and seven other players on professional tryouts. The players were divided into two groups scheduled to undergo practices and scrimmages on both Saturday and Sunday before preparing for its

Given a brief glimpse of life on a National Hockey League team, the Minnesota Wild sent six players back to their junior hockey teams on Monday (Sept. 21), three defensemen and three forwards. Gustav Bouramman –  an 18-year-old defenseman from Stockholm, Sweden was selected by the Wild in the Seventh Round (201st Overall) of the NHL Entry