Brian Elliot made 25 saves to help the visiting St. Louis Blues grab a pre-season win at the American Airlines Center in Dallas Tuesday (Sept. 29). Mattias Janmark tipped a shot by Elliot 3:46 into the second period for the lone Dallas goal, but the Blues responded with three before the end of the middle

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 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 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,