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mitchbeck · 2 years

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CANTLON: HARTFORD WOLF PACK OFF SEASON VOL 9

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - The New York Rangers have just four picks in this year's NHL Entry Draft. The Rangers’ highest pick this year is in the second round at No. 63 and is the only pick the Rangers have through the first three rounds. The draft was held in Montreal following a two-year absence because of the pandemic. The Rangers also have a fourth-round pick (#111), which was initially a Winnipeg Jets’ pick but made its way to New York via the Vegas Golden Knights as part of the Brett Howden trade. The Rangers also have pick No. 159 in the fifth round and lastly at number 191 in the sixth round. The Rangers lost their 2022 first-round pick due to the conditions of the trade for Andrew Copp, whom President/GM Chris Drury acquired from the Jets at this year’s trade deadline in exchange for three draft picks and prospect Morgan Barron. The three draft picks were two conditional second-rounders and a 2023 fifth-round selection. The 2022 second-round pick the Rangers sent to Winnipeg became a first-round (number 30) since they reached the conference final, and Copp played in at least half of their playoff games. SECOND PICK For the other conditional second-round pick, the Jets had the option of taking the Blues’ original 2022 pick or the Rangers' in 2023. Instead, Winnipeg decided on this year’s second-rounder (number 55), which the Rangers acquired from St. Louis as part of the Pavel Buchnevich trade that also brought in the recently re-signed Sammy Blais. The Rangers' first selection in the second round (59th overall) was Adam Sykora, no relation to former NHL’er Petr. The young Slovak center showed a lot of little things in all departments, and the Rangers hope he grows into his body. Last week he was the first overall selection by the Medicine Hat Tigers (WHL) in the CHL Import Draft. The second pick in the third round (97th overall) of the draft, the Rangers selected LW Byrce McConnell-Barker. He's a solid 6’1 and 195-pounds with Sault Ste Marie (OHL) and had 23 goals in 68 games in the first season. FOURTH ROUND In the fourth round (111th overall), a center Noah Laba from Lincoln (USHL), a Colgate (ECACHL) commit next year, had 15 goals, 24 assists, and 39 points in 50 games. In the fifth round (159th overall), the Rangers selected a defenseman, Victor Mancini. He didn’t take the usual route. He's 6’3, 215-pounds, and was at the University of Nebraska-Omaha (NCHC). Laba played junior in Sweden for Frolunda HC and was named the team captain in his last season. His father, Bob, was all over the hockey map here and in Europe, from Michigan Tech as a head coach for four years as an assistant at Lake Superior State and Ferris State. He helped develop the fledgling hockey program nationally in South Africa. FIFTH ROUND In the fifth round (161st overall), they took Russian Maxim Barbashav, the younger brother of St. Louis Blue Ivan Barbashav from Moncton (QMJHL). At 6’1, 185-pounds, he has good size, and his first year's numbers include 15 goals and 42 points in 59 games. He was taken as the last pick of the round. The last Rangers pick has a familiar last name, defenseman Zakary Karpa. the son of former Bridgeport Sound Tiger, Hartford Wolf Pack, and Ranger David Karpa from Harvard (ECACHL). Karpa was taken in the sixth round (191st overall). In 33 games in his freshmen year, he had six goals and 12 points. He has a twin brother Jakob. None of these picks will be in Hartford/New York for some time. GEORGIEV FINALLY DEPARTS After five seasons, the Rangers finally traded goalie Alexander Georgiev. The former Wolf Pack was sent to the Stanley Cup champion, the Colorado Avalanche. Georgiev heads west for a third and fifth-draft pick and a third-round selection next year. The strategy increases their draft picks from four to six for Friday’s draft, rounds two through seven. The move came just hours before a CBA imposed the deadline of giving him a qualifying offer of $2.65M. He last played in Hartford for eleven games for the Pack in 2018-19. NHL DRAFT CONTINUED Nick Malik, the goalie son ex-Hartford Whaler, Ranger, Beast of New Haven, and Springfield Falcon, Marek Malik, was taken by Tampa Bay in the fifth round. David Spacek, the son of former Beast of New Haven's Jaroslav Spacek, was called by Minnesota in the fifth round. Landon Sim of London (OHL), the son ex-Sound Tiger Jon Sim, was taken in the sixth round. The youngest son of a former Whaler and the new scout with the Philadelphia Flyers, Sami Kapanen, Konsta Kapanen, was NOT selected. IN MEMORIAM Life intrudes at the worst times. On the eve of the draft, a sad development as former Whaler, a San Jose scout and skills development coach for their AHL team, Bryan Marchment, died suddenly in Montreal at the Sheraton Hotel next door to the Bell Centre at age 53. His son Mason is a member of the Florida Panthers. He also leaves behind his wife Kim, and daughter, Logan. Marchment played for nine NHL teams and was known as an abrasive player in his day, compiling over 2,307 PIM in 926 games and had a long-running feud with Mark Messier and Mike Gartner. QMJHL DRAFT The last of the amateur drafts took place on Monday and Tuesday before the NHL Draft by the QMJHL. The US portion of the league draft took place Tuesday after the main draft saw six members from Connecticut of the 36 players selected. The first one, taken second overall in the US portion, was Lucas St. Louis, the youngest son of current Montreal head coach, Hockey Hall of Famer, and former Ranger, Marty St. Louis. St. Louis, the youngest son of the former Ranger, is regarded as a very talented player from the Greenwich-based Brunswick School and was taken by the Victoriaville Tigres. The following selection was 13th in Stamford’s Matej Teply from the Selects Academy at South Kent Prep by the Acadie-Bathhurst Titan. CT CHIEFS U15 STUD TAKEN Then 17th overall, from Westport, was the Charlottetown (PEI) Islanders took Aryx Siefker of the CT Chiefs U-15 squad (AYHL). He is a Winchendon Prep School (MAPREP) commit next year. Then the following three selections came back-to-back. Taken 22nd was Ryan Lucarelli, from the New Milford-basedthe Val D’Or Foreurs took Canterbury Prep Saints teams. Then Spencer Morrow (Darien), one of the four hockey-playing nephews and nieces of former Whaler and Springfield Indians player Scott Morrow, was selected by the Chicoutimi Sagueneens. Older brother Scott (a Carolina NHL draftee) is at UMASS, and younger sister Sydney is heading to Ohio State (Big 10) in the fall. The youngest Sophie keeps the family tradition alive by playing with the Shattuck’s St Mary’s Sabres (MNPREP). The last Connecticut player was Blake Burke of Trumbull, who went 24th to the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies. MORE DRAFT NEWS The first round of the general regional draft featuring selections from the Canadian territories of Quebec in the Canadian provinces that comprise the Maritimes of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland/Labrador area. Tomas Lavoie, a defenseman, was taken first overall by the Cape Breton (NS) Eagles. He is no relation to former New Haven Senator Domenic Lavoie. Four US players were selected in the first round. First went Bill Zannon, who was taken sixth by the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies from Northwood Prep (NYPREP). Owen Phillips was taken by his hometown Halifax Mooseheads from the Pittsburgh Penguins Elite U-15 (T1EHL) in Pennsylvania. Then Williams Shields of Nova Scotia was taken by Cape Breton at number 11, From upstate NY near Rochester, Bishop Kearney HS (NYPREP). Then the next pick from the Selects Academy program at RI’s Mt. Charles Academy program was Sacha Boisvert by Chicoutimi. The first of four taken from the team. In the later rounds Tyler Wood, a PEI native was drafted from the Selects Academy program at South Kent Prep in the sixth round and 96th overall by Rouyn-Noranda. WOLF PACK 2022-23 Twenty-six players are either under a contract to return on their current contracts for the 2022-23 edition of the Wolf Pack. Even though the team needs an overhaul, there are few roster spots. A particularly vexing issue that has plagued them the past few years is the surplus of defensemen. Zac Jones and Matt Robertson are back under the second year of their contracts for another year. Also, Zach Guittari (Loomis Chaffee) returns on a one-year AHL deal for the Rhode Island native. Another is Nils Lundkvist, who has two years to RFA status and had a less than stellar first year in NY and Hartford, both players are from Sweden. Others who played secondary roles are Brandon Scanlin, Zach Berzolla and Hunter Skinner. Louka Henault was added to the mix. The newcomer just signed from Windsor (OHL). They also just added last year’s training camp invitee among the last cuts Blake Hillman, who split last year with Toledo (ECHL) and s spell with Grand Rapids and most of the second half with Providence to an AHL contract. A question is Jarred Tinordi, a year away from UFA status will he be back reprising the mentor role after being traded at last season’s trade deadline? Up front will see the most significant number of new players. BRODZINSKI BROTHERS Captain Jonny Brodzinski is likely to start the year in Hart City as well as his younger sibling Easton on a new one-year AHL deal. Expected newcomers are Will Cullye (Windsor-OHL), Ryder Korczak (Moose Jaw-WHL), Brennan Othmann (Flint-OHL), and Matt Rempe (Seattle-WHL). From Europe draftee Karl Henrickson, free agent signees Gustav Rydahl (Farjestad BK) and Carl Berglund (who was given a training camp invite), all are from Sweden. Returning on one-year AHL deals are; Tanner Fritz, Alex Whelan and Cristiano Di Giacinto, the last two players were walk-on’s the last two seasons. Patrick Khordorenko comes back on the last year of his contract, and Bobby Trivigno from UMASS will have an entire season to marinate Add one more name to the list, Ryan Lohin, who split last year between Charlotte and Allen (ECHL). Gone is forward Anthony Greco, off to Frölunda HC (Sweden-SHL, whoo was a Group 6 UFA. On the bubble as Group 6 (have reached age 25 and not playing enough NHL games under the CBA) is Kris Merkley and Maxim Letunov (UCONN-HE) both were acquired at the trade deadline. Likely neither will be back. RONNING Reports are that Ronning may sign with the hometown Canucks and be sent to Abbottsford (AHL) nearby. The other returning question marks are forward Lauri Pajuniemi, who has one year left before RFA status and had a rocky relationship with the team in the second half while being injury-riddled. Likely gone are underperforming Justin Richards, Mike O’Leary, and fill-in James Sanchez. Three players who had minor roles have gone to three different teams in Slovakia Abbott Girduckis (HC Presov), Liam Pecararo (HC Slovan Bratislava), and defenseman Hamden’s Mike Lee (HC Nove Zamsky). In goal, expect a whole new cast of characters. Already under contract on a three-year ELC coming in Dylan Garand (Kamloops-WHL) and Olof Lindbom (Kristianstads IK Sweden-Allsvenskan) and a new veteran goalie will more than likely be acquired to shepherd them the. through their pro baptism. Likely to be gone will be Keith Kinkaid, Adam Huska (UCONN-HE), and Tyler Wall. LUKE MARTIN On Friday, defenseman Luke Martin was signed. He played a half-dozen games last year with Colorado (AHL) and most of the year with Utah (ECHL) and earned all ECHL Rookie team status. He has an interesting connection to current and past Wolf Pack and Rangers. He played under the stewardship of current Wolf Pack GM Ryan Martin at the US National Development program. Among his teammates then and is a new teammate are Patrick Khordorenko and current Rangers Adam Fox and Ryan Lindgren were USNDTP teammates. He follows a long line of Michigan hockey players to suit up in Hartford from Chris Summers, Chris Brown, Steven Kampfer, Al Montoya and Director of Player Development, Jed Ortmeyer. His older brother Kenny is retired from hockey by nine years was a four-year player and senior captain at Yale. MORE CHANGES Coming in at goal under a three-year ELC deal is Dylan Grand (Kamloops (WHL) and Olof Lindbom, with a two-year ELC from Kristianstads IK (Sweden-Allsvenskan). Add to the training camp net menagerie now is Parker Gaghan who spent part of the year with Florida (ECHL) who went to the Kelly Cup final in a backup role and some time with Milwaukee. Then CT's own Charlie Leddy of Fairfield who spent one year at Avon Old Farms (CTPREP) from the US National Developmental Team (USHL) and played for the US WJC Team was taken by the Devils in the fourth round. He is BC (HE) bound in the fall. HARTFORD WOLF PACK HOME Read the full article

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russianwhl · 3 years

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Anna Shokhina • Tornado Dmitrov #97 • right wing

#anna shokhina #tornado dmitrov #zhhl #russian whl #st. petersburg #february 2020

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klingb3rg · 4 years

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Hey folks! If you’d like to follow women’s hockey happening outside of North America, I run two blogs that you might be interested in:

NaistenLiiga has content about the top-tier league in Finland (the Naisten Liiga), Finnish players in other leagues (SDHL, ZhHL), and the Finnish national and U18 teams

RussianWHL has content about the top-tier league in Russia +China (the ZhHL/Russian WHL/ЖХЛ) and the Russian national team. I just started this one so there’s not much posted yet but the playoffs are in full swing so it will probably be fairly busy for the next few weeks.

I try to keep a balance of official team content and player social media so you can get a more complete picture of players as athletes and as people.

My goal is to make it easier to follow non-North American elite players, since language barriers and limited content can make them seem totally inaccessible. In the future I hope to make a blog for the SDHL/Damkronorna and possibly other leagues and national teams, but I’m just one person and I have a full time job so I can’t promise that I’ll be able to maintain that many blogs. Please let me know if there is a player or team or league that you would like to see more content for though!

It’d be really great and I’d appreciate it so much if you wanted to follow either blog (or both!). Thanks 👍

#woho #womens hockey #women’s hockey #naisten liiga #russian whl #feb20

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naistenliiga · 4 years

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Noora Räty • goaltender • Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays #41

with her husband, Karel Popper, and dog, Dino

nooraraty41 Thankful 🥰! #Happy #thanksgiving #america

#noora räty #krs vanke rays #russian whl #zhhl #november 2019 #players’ social media

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toronto-six · 3 years

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Watch Tornado - SCSO of the WHL here

Tornado (Moscow region) is up 2-0, after the first period. There is even live coverage in Russian. SCSO is from Ekatarinburg.

#whl #khl #women's khl #women's hockey #woho #scso #tornado moscow #the dude doing play by play sounds like he's working from home but it's better than nothing #or it would be if i spoke russian i guess #sray this is your time to practice your russian!!

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juhollamago · 3 years

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Russian women’s league are playing finals this week! Due covid outbreak during the original finals week and the world championships being moved, the league is playing final games now before starting next season.

You can watch Kunlun vs Agidel on WHL’s YouTube

#hockey #women's hockey #tiia takes hockey seriously

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axiomsofice · 3 years

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Group A:

Owen Power, D, NCAA

This is likely the only pick that we’ll be able to predict with much conviction. It’s a package that is impossible to ignore, a huge frame, good passing skills, and already contributing at a high level. Seeing as the second-to-last defenceman to go 1st (Ekblad, get well) just started to transform into his best self, and with Dahlin posting uneven results early in his journey, there shouldn’t be an expectation for Power to make the jump to Buffalo next season. Especially given he’d be headed back to Michigan, a higher level than junior, this should be an ideal place for him to hone his craft for a year or two before the Sabre slide him into their top 4.

Group B: 2nd to 10th

Some consensus should be coming as we approach the draft, but in general it wouldn’t be surprising for these players to be selected anywhere in this range. Central accounting’s lists were quite surprising and I definitely take their opinions to heart, along with many other opinions as well. I’ve divided them by position.

Defence:

Brandt Clarke, D, Slovakia (via OHL)

Clarke went overseas to find playing time this season, playing pro in Slovakia. He’s got a lot of agility, or shiftiness, with and without the puck. He’s aggressive in pursuing offence with his passing and skating, and has the quality to make plays and even score goals when he jumps up into the play.

Luke Hughes, D, USNDTP

The third instalment of the Hughes Brothers (Quinn and Jack), Luke is bigger than his brothers and amongst the youngest of the draft class. He has all the tools we’ve come to expect from the family interns of puck skills and skating prowess, although time will tell maybe not quite to the level of his brothers, but nonetheless standouts amongst this draft class. Given his age, and playing at a lower level than the rest of these top ranked defenders, the baseline of at least one more year before thinking about jumping to the NHL might be 2 for Hughes. With patience and development, Hughes could prove to have the most upside among blueliners in this class.

Simon Edvinsson, D, SHL

Not quite as tall as Power, but Edvinsson a big person in his own right. He uses this size and his skating to be a really effective defender. His offensive game, especially his passing and decision making, or perhaps better framed as transitions, is still a bit raw. Surviving in the SHL at this age is definitely an accomplishment, and the hope is that next season he can make a bigger difference in that league. It seems all but guaranteed he’ll be able to contribute in the NHL at some point, the question is more about how much.

CENTRE

Matt Beniers, C, NCAA

Beniers is definitely the prospect I’ve seen the most of in the class, and especially early in the season I had almost cone to terms with ranking him number 1. Although it is significant to me that Central Scouting had him as their 6th NA skater. He’ll be described as a 2-way centre, maybe a 2nd line type of centre, and I wonder if it’s mostly due to a perceived lack of upside that others might have jumped past him. Regardless, he’s already succeeding in at Michigan and played a big role on the Gold Medal U20 US team. He supports his teammates all over the ice and is a great passing outlet from breakouts to zone entries. He does have some skill and is probably my favourite to go 2nd overall at this point (June).

Mason McTavish, C, SUI (via OHL)

Another OHL top prospect who had to venture overseas for ice time, McTavish performed really well in a men’s pro league. Perhaps a bit more powerful in skating and style than Beniers, the situation with the OHL, a strong U18 performance, and a high season end Central Scouting Ranking (2nd NA), it’s likely McTavish will be considered a late riser, even though it’s not as if a strong development curve wasn’t expected. Especially as we get closer to the draft we should expects to see his name solidify itself in this 2-10 group, especially given his position.

WINGS

William Eklund, W, SHL

Eklund posted really good results in the SHL this year. He is able to contribute offensively in many ways, and at this point his game seems to be more effective than astounding. Having succeeded at such a high level already it’s hard to imagine he won’t be able to make a difference on an NHL roster in a year or two.

Kent Johnson, W, NCAA

Johnson might be a good foil to Eklund in that his play oozes skill, often able to makes and see plays at an extremely high level. He was able to translate it into both a strong performance at Michigan, and a high spot on Central Scoutings’ List. The fact that they ranked him above Beniers is very interesting to me, and says that scouts think his game will take well as he moves into higher levels. He is very fun to watch and attacks laterally in a way that only the high quality players can.

Dylan Guenther, W, WHL

19/20 was strong for Guenther, and a short and strange season for the WHL was enough for him to grow his reputation. He averaged both a goal and an assist per game in 24 games this season, basically playing as well as he could have. The CHL leagues were probably most affected among top development leagues, so it’s hard to know how much that affected things. That being said, should he return to the WHL it’ll be a tall task to improve his offensive output. Despite playing at a lower level he is very much in the mix with Eklund and Johnson, and it is quite likely there will be nothing close to a consensus on which order these wingers are selected.

Goalie

Jesper Wallstedt, G, SHL

More and more often were seeing really high ranked goaltenders, and as more of them start to pan out, it’s hard to make a case picking against Wallstedt. Posting great numbers in the SHL as a skater is impressive, but in net the accomplishment becomes truly rare among draft eligibles. The position is volatile, and it often takes time to find the metal stability to be an NHL starter. That’s why despite the dominant results in the SHL, it’s probably best to err on the side of patience. That being said, it’s exciting to conceptualize that he might be able to make a difference at the NHL level in 2-3 years vs in his mid to late 20s as is common for netminders.

Group C

This group I would call likely 1st rounders, obviously some of this caliber of player can fall into round 2, even in more normal years. Some might even be able to push over some of the group B prospects ranked ahead.

WINGS

Matthew Coronato, W, USHL

The Chicago Steel have a great program, and seem to have a more consistent line of talent than most of the others in their league, perhaps similar to the London Knights of the OHL. That being said Coronato scored at a ridiculous pace, even compared to his teammates. In part thanks to the Steel this league is being seen as more and more credible when it comes to drafting prospects. It is still not quite as strong of a league as the SHL or NCAA, but it might be the only thing that keeps him from going in the top 10.

Nikita Chibrikov, W, KHL

There is debate about who the best Russian forward prospect is between Chibrikov and Svechkov. In Chibrikov’s favour is the ranking from Central Scouting as well as a really strong U18 performance. It seems every year that the best Russian prospects don’t garner much respect from those who aren’t scouting the region specifically, so it shouldn’t be a surprise for all 3 Russians in this range (Chibrikov, Svechkov, and Chayka) to be selected earlier than one might expect.

Fabian Lysell, W, SHL

He is not quite as good a prospect as Lucas Raymond from the 2020 draft, yet the two are similar in that they are small, offensively capable wingers who didn’t get much ice time in their draft years, and who are much better at pressuring the puck all over the ice than given credit for. It wouldn’t be a surprise for him to fall a bit due to his stature, but Lysell still figures to go I. The first round.

Isak Rosen, W, SHL

Simon Robertsson, W, SHL

Brendan Othmann, W, SUI

Othmann has the size, power, and skating skills that figure to translate well to the pros. He has the shot and puck skills to be dangerous on the rush and gets a lot of chances to do so thanks to his abilities in transition and counter attacks.

CENTRES

Aatu Raty, C, SML

At one point a favourite to be the top ranked prospect in this class, Raty stock has cooled recently thanks to some less than promising results in the Finnish pro league. He’s big and strong enough to be effective along the walls in zone offence, and is able to find open ice in shooting positions. Typically, the Finns employ a utilitarian skillset, disposed to strong 2-way play or substance over style. I believe that this often causes the offensive capability of Finnish prospects to be undersold (thinking of Anton Lundell from the 2020 draft). If supported in the right way Raty could be a steal, especially given the scarcity of strong centres in this class.

Fedor Svechkov, C, KHL

Cole Sillinger, C, WHL

Chaz Lucius, C, USNTDP

DEFENCE

Corson Cuelmans

Carson Lambos

Daniil Chayka

Group D

This group is players I have a first round grade on, but are by no means a lock to be selected afterwards. No doubt that some of this group will be selected from the mid second round and later. At this point there is a greater number of prospects, so I’ll merely name a few that I feel strongly about.

Forwards

Logan Stankoven

Zachary L’Heureux

Chase Stillman

Defence

Scott Morrow

Stanislav Svozil

#nhl #nhl draft

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marcorossi · 4 years

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your interest in wild prospects is NOT a secret but... in your opinion who's the most over/underrated? alt: just tell me something about khovanov. i know nothing

shut up!! i try to stay quiet about it!!

overrated - jack mcbain. he’s definitely. fine. his skating sucks and he’s really only considered up there because he’s 6’4”. hes been pretty disappointing in college and has yet to really prove he’s more than a fine all around bottom six. or. in other words.

underrated - i think a problem with having the top nhl prospect in your system is that everyone else kinda. fades into the background. but im gonna have to go with brennan menell. because he’s my favorite.

menell is the classic underdog story, cut from his varsity and ushl team, made the nahl only to decide to follow his friend to the whl where he played for the vancouver giants for two years before being traded (?) to the lethbridge hurricanes where he, ironically, played with addison. hes been killer in the ahl, hes easily the leagues best offensive defenseman, and was DEFINITELY a finalist for their best defenseman this year. on 90% of other teams he would’ve already graduated the nhl. definitely not a top pairing guy, but i could see him being a bottom 4 if needed. scott wheeler says he ‘processes the game quickly’ so. make of that what you will. he’s not an excellent skater, which, since he’s under 6 foot could b kinda killer but i still believe in him.

alexander khovanov is very easily the wilds second line center in the coming years. he was widely considered to be the second best russian in his age group (only behind andrei svechkiov) however had his draft stock because of his illnesses. not injuries. illnesses. he got hep a and was sick during the hlinka gretzky cup, so he was taken in the third round. in his second year it turned out he had a benign bone tumor so that had to be taken out. his THIRD year of juniors he was healthy, finally, and was second in the QMJHL in scoring (behind only lafriene) with 99 points and was the first line center for team russia in world jrs where they won silver (which, he also played amazing in.) because of covid he has chosen to play with the Ak Bars of the KHL, where he can hopefully continue to develop. (hes already under contract with us, unless the khl wants a scandal its unlikely he will continue to play there without wild approval) he’s an all around great player, score, play make, and be pretty good defensively. hes gonna be the guy in the 2018 draft in which everyone regrets not taking him, hopefully

#long post #sorry folks. wrote this on my phone.#no can make it read under text

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lovisaselander · 4 years

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Women’s U18 Day One Game One Recap - CAN vs RUS (December 26, 2019)

okay so i don’t know how well i’ll keep up with this but i’m going to be trying to do recaps for each day of the Women’s U18. I missed some games today and couldn’t pay attention to the ones i did watch but hopefully starting tomorrow i’ll be able to put more detail and work into this.

Other Recaps From Today: USA/FIN - SUI/CZE - SWE/SVK

Brief Recap:

Canada vs Russia - 5:30am - Canada wins 3 - 2 in overtime

In-depth Recap

Game 1 of the First Day (Game 1 of Tournament) - Canada vs. Russia - 5:30am

Final Score: Canada - 3 / Russia - 2 (Canada wins in overtime)

Canada Goal Scorers: Anne-Frederik Naud (1), Sarah Paul (1), Nicole Gosling (1)

Russian Goal Scorers: Veronika Korzhakova (1), Kristi Shashkina (1)

Box Score:

1st Period:

CANADA GOAL - Scored by Anne-Frederik Naud, assisted by Maya Labad and Anne Cherkowski

2nd Period:

CANADA GOAL - Scored by Sarah Paul, assisted by Maddi Wheeler

3rd Period:

RUSSIA GOAL - Scored by Veronika Korzhakova, assisted by Polina Luchnikova

RUSSIA GOAL - Scored by Kristi Shashkina, assisted by Veronika Korzhakova and Polina Luchnikova

Overtime

CANADA GOAL - Scored by Nicole Gosling, assisted by Jenna Buglioni

Russian Player of the Game: Goaltender Anna Alpatova (33 of a possible 36 saves, 0.916 save %)

Canadian Player of the Game: Forward Ann-Frederik Naud (1 goal, 66.67 FO%, 3 shots on goal)

Players to Watch Out For: If this game is ANYTHING to go on, Veronika Korzhakova has a very bright future. She was Russia’s second best player in this game in my opinion (Alpatova was just too good to beat for the best Russian player spot) getting a goal, an assist, and SEVEN shots. She’s also fairly good on faceoffs (41.18 FO%) and at only 16 already has an impressive resume, with 21 points in 43 WHL (the Russian league) regular season games, 3 points in 6 WHL playoff games, AND a WHL championship under her belt, I’m excited to see more of her!

This was a game I didn’t watch any of. Unfortunately, I completely forgot the U18s started today (thank you to @bestkesselrun for making the posts about it and reminding me!) so I actually slept through this game. From what I’ve gathered though, it was an entertaining game for sure and I wish I had been up in time to watch it! Penalties were abundant but even (8 penalty minutes for both teams) and although Canada dominated for most of the game, especially in the shots, Russia’s goalie, Anna Alpatova, stood tall. The 17 year old goalie made 33 of a possible 36 saves, including 11 of 12 in the first period where she managed to carry Russia through a shotless 20 minutes. Russia had 16 total shots, with a whopping 11 of them coming in their scoreless second period. Canada looked to have the game in the bag with just under ten minutes to go, leading 2-0, thanks to a first period goal from Anne-Frederik Naud and a second period goal from Sarah Paul. But 50:35 into the game (and with just 9:25 left in regulation), Veronika Korzhakova made it 2-1. Then, just 3:14 later, Kristi Shashkina tied it up with 6:11 left in regulation. It was a rough period for 16 year old Eve Gascon, making just 3 saves on 5 shots. Unfortunately for Russia, the comeback was all for naught, as 3:12 into the overtime Nicole Gosling scored the game winning goal for Canada.

#woho #women's hockey #u18 championships #iihf #iihf championships #idk how to tag this lmfao #u18 championship recaps 2020 #that'll be my tag yeehaw #i hope this is okay i dunno lmfao im trying something different

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fromthe-point · 5 years

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The 2019-20 Canadian Hockey League season is officially underway and early performances by six players from coast-to-coast have earned them a position in the debut edition of the Vaughn CHL Team of the Week.

This week’s forward group is headlined by Peterborough Petes centre Semyon Der-Arguchintsev, a Toronto Maple Leafs prospect who led the circuit with seven points, all coming as helpers, as he was dubbed the OHL On the Run Player of the Week. The Russian-born forward’s efforts guided the Petes to a 1-1-0-0 showing to begin the year.

Topping the charts in the WHL was Everett Silvertips captain Bryce Kindopp, who led all league scorers with six points counting three goals and three assists to help his club earn a split through the first two games of the new campaign. The veteran forward was recognized as the WHL On the Run Player of the Week.

Rounding out the forward ranks is Quebec Remparts right-wing Pierrick Dube, who potted a hat-trick Sunday to lead his club to a 6-4 victory over the Drummondville Voltigeurs. Across two contests, Dube has collected five points to come away as the Ultramar QMJHL Player of the Week.

The blue line begins with Erie Otters defenceman and 2020 NHL Draft prospect Jamie Drysdale, who matched a franchise record Saturday in recording five points counting one goal and four assists in an 8-5 triumph over the Hamilton Bulldogs. The high-water mark draws Drysdale even with Steve Montador and David Froh as the only Erie rearguards to have scored five points in one game. Drysdale’s five points lead all OHL defenders.

Partnering on the back end is 19-year-old defenceman Seth Bafaro of the Vancouver Giants whose five points including two goals and three assists lead all WHL blue-liners in the season’s early goings. Bafaro enters Friday’s contest against the Portland Winterhawks as his club’s leading scorer.

Between the pipes, the top performance came from Seattle Thunderbirds netminder Roddy Ross, whose lone appearance proved to be busy as he turned aside 50 shots in an eventual 4-1 decision versus the Kamloops Blazers, giving the Philadelphia Flyers sixth round pick a leading .980 save percentage

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CANTLON: HARTFORD WOLF PACK OFF-SEASON 6

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - The New York Rangers season ended in six games to the two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Tampa Bay Lightning, now seeking a three-peat against the Colorado Avalanche starting on Wednesday. So now, the off-season will be upon us after Monday’s exit interviews and the traditional locker room clean-out. For cap reasons, the lineup will change in New York and Hartford by the fall training camp. In Hartford, the work for the new season begins with the release of five guaranteed home dates, including a late home opener on October 22, of the 72-game universal AHL schedule. Also coming is a 32nd AHL franchise, the Coachella Valley (CA) Firebirds. They will likely play in the Pacific Division and be the farm team of the Seattle Kraken. They will likely play its home games at the newly constructed $250 million Insura Arena in the Southern California desert to be open play in November. The Pack is assiduously working on completing the schedule for next year. Cristiano DiGiacinto was a walk-on training camp invitee from Canadian university hockey. He made the Hartford Wolf Pack team while playing 47 games and was rewarded with a new one-year AHL deal mid-week. Alex Whelan (Quinnipiac University), a training camp invitee two years ago, minted a new one-year AHL contract. Joining him was defenseman Zach Giuttari. They all received deals in the entry-level range of $70-$80K. KRAVTSOV SIGHTING The mercurial former ninth overall selection in the NHL Draft by the Rangers two years ago last season bolted back to Russia rather than playing in Hart City. He amassed 13 points in just 19 KHL regular-season games and another 10 points in 15 playoff games. In an interview with Sports.RU, Traktor Chelyabinsk’s General Director of his KHL team, said he turned down a contract for next season. On Sunday, Kravtsov signed a one-year extension at $875K one-way money NHL/AHL. It looks like Kravtsov wants a North American redux, and that’s where it gets interesting. Before this extension, the Rangers held his NHL rights until July 13 (free agency when he could have become an RFA-restricted free agent), and Traktor holds his KHL rights. It seems highly unlikely that Hart City is in his future. Instead, the Rangers seem likely to tinker with its lineup through the draft. Has Chris Drury decided to still give him a chance in NY or pending trade, and has he found that trading partner? Can he get Kravtsov here, to begin with? Sources have said once the Stanley Cup finals end and the NHL Draft expect a lot of movement. The present global sanctions on Russian human and commercial cargo imposed by the US and Canada and its Western, Central, and Eastern European allies might complicate that effort. Carolina’s legal rep found a loophole to get goalie Pyotr Kochetkov here. He came in the early spring at the end of the regular season, which saw him play late in the season in a relief effort, and even started a playoff game when ex-Ranger Antii Raanta went down with an injury. He is helping Carolina’s farm team, the Chicago Wolves, in the AHL Calder Cup Western Conference final against the Stockton Heat. He couldn’t come directly from Russia to Canada or the United States. So instead, he went to Austria for a month to travel on a third-party country, an Austrian passport, a member of the EU. Will that travel loophole window be closed as sanctions tighten from the Western nations against Russian malign behavior in its invasion of Ukraine? Much of this is unknown to how far the NHL will go in cutting off contact with Russia? The CHL (WHL, OHL, and QMJHL) have banned all Russian and Belarussian players from their CHL Import Draft, which will be held a week after the NHL Draft next month. The NHL has not stated its policy regarding drafting Russian and Belarussian players at the NHL Draft and whether there was a stipulation if they could only be selected if they played junior hockey in Canada or the US last season. ECHL KELLY CUP FINALS It was s a battle between the Florida Everblades and Toledo Walleye but was won by Florida in five. Florida is coached by ex-Springfield Falcon Brad Ralph and had playing is ex-Falcon Alex Aleardi on the roster, but did not play or dress was former UCONN star goalie Tomáš Vomáčka. While Toledo had two ex-Pack players, John Albert and TJ Hensick, who was involved in their only goal of the game and the last one of the seasons scored by Albert, and Henick had the secondary assist, who has played his last pro game, plus they had former Wolf Pack training camp player last year defenseman Blake Hillman, who played in Providence in 2021-22. ARIZONA IS BUILDING A BUILDING The city council of Tempe, AZ, by a 5-2 margin, voted to negotiate with the Arizona Coyotes on a 46-acre parcel of land, almost a $2 billion property west of downtown Tempe, in what’s called the “Tempe Entertainment District,” near the Sky Harbor Airport. There is a proposed 16,000-seat arena. But instead, they will play in a 5,100-seat new college arena at ASU for the next three years that has never sold out at either of the other two arenas they’ve been in. The lease at the Gila River Arena was terminated by the city of Glendale at the end of the season, forcing the ASU situation. In a seven-hour meeting, the proposal plans to build an arena with a proposed promise of hotels, retail space, office buildings, and even 9,800 housing units. The NHL is also seeking a 30-year no-relocation clause. A long-time source opined, “The leaders of the City of Hartford and the State of Connecticut are probably saddened they don’t have an economic driver of an NHL or NBA team because they didn’t build a new arena in downtown to keep the Whalers or put themselves in position when the expansion came around. Now we’re through two (expansion) cycles, and 25 years later, they aren’t even in the discussion about getting an NHL team. They have to be kicking themselves. If they didn’t agree to build them a new building at whatever price tag, it was ($170 million) than at today’s going rate (of $1 billion).” Another long-time source who was in private meetings when the Whalers exited told us many years ago that a plan to start a seed fund on a new building was talked about then by private business and state officials. Too bad nothing was done at that time. The CRDA now waits on a last-ditch proposal by new building management company OVG to bail them out and invest the necessary capital in renovating the arena to modernize the XL Center to 21st century standards knowing they have a zero chance of attracting the NHL or NBA to the Connecticut capital. Look north at Quebec City, with a rabid, passionate fan base, built a brand-new 18,000-plus building to NHL specs. The NHL still has not said yes, five years since they filled out the expansion application or even now with MLB flirting with Montreal. UCONN UCONN Head Coach Mike Cavanaugh signed a new contract retroactive to May. Cavanaugh will lead the men’s hockey program for $3.58 million over the next six years. Cavanaugh listened to the initial post-season interest from Boston College when their head coach, Jerry York, stepped down. Cavanaugh doesn’t wish to rehash it, but like Quinnipiac’s Rand Pecknold, who dangled himself leaving for UMASS five years ago to get another five-year deal with the Bobcats. UMASS got Greg Carvel instead and a national title. What Cavanaugh was coy about was specifics about the meeting between the two sides. Howlings learned from several sources that they couldn’t agree on the terms of the deal, neither the length nor the dollars, and he pulled himself from consideration. He lost his nine-year assistant Joe Peirara recently to BU. He added two new assistants in West Haven’s Mike Peirara, Joe Peirara’s younger brother from Avon Old Farms. He played and coached there. He also added one-time player Joe Ferriss who is in his second go-round (first time in four years) as an assistant coach after being an assistant coach last year at D-3 Wesleyan University (Middletown) (NESCAC). This offseason, Cavanaugh lost 14 players from his roster. Nine went to graduation, one left early to go pro, and four have transferred out. PLAYER MOVEMENT Two Wolf Pack players from last year’s team who had minor roles have left for Slovakia on different teams. Abbott Girduckis wore #17, a number that should have been retired long ago. Girduckis is a Belleville, Ontario native who got to play one of his six games in his hometown but spent most of his year in Jacksonville (ECHL) has signed with HC Presov (SLEL). Liam Pecararo was a mid-season call-up on an emergency basis for five games when the NHL taxi squad was reformed. He was with the Greenville Swamp Rabbits (ECHL) and was loaned briefly to the Charlotte Checkers. He signed a deal with HC Slovan Bratislava and MODO (Sweden-Allsvenskan). Two ex-Bridgeport Sound Tigers goalies are heading to new locations. Mikko Koskinen departs the Edmonton Oilers for HC Lugano (Switzerland-LNA). At the same time, Kristers Gudlevskis leaves Brynas IF (Sweden-SHL), and the former Latvian Olympian signs with the famed program at MODO (Sweden-Allsvenskan). Former Hartford Whaler, New York Ranger, Hartford Wolf Pack, and Avon Old Farms assistant coach Ulf Samuelsson was relieved of his duties by the Florida Panthers. Five more AHL players head to Europe. First, Otto Sompii of the Syracuse Crunch returns to Finland. Next, Luko Rauma (FEL) and Tyler Lewington of the Providence Bruins sign deals with EC Salzburg (Austria-IceHL). Next, Josef Korenar of the Tucson Roadrunners heads back home to the Czech Republic (Czechia) and HC Sparta Prague (CEL). Finally, Dmitri Zavgorodny heads from the Stockton Heat to HK Sochi (Russia-KHL) and Artem Servikov of the Chicago Wolves to Spartak Moscow (Russia-KHL). A total of just 14 players have signed deals so far. MORE PLAYER MOVEMENT Ex-Sound Tiger Troy Vogelhuber is named the new head coach of the Cleveland Monsters. It bumps him up from assistant coach. Brandon DeFazio, a former Sound Tiger and the son ex-New Haven Nighthawk Dean DeFazio continues his career in Germany, going from ERC Ingolstadt to Schwenniger (DEL) next year. Ex-Pack/Ranger Oscar Lindberg heads from Dynamo Moscow (Russia-KHL) to SC Bern (Switzerland-NLA) another Ukrainian war defection. from the KHL. Brady Shaw, the son of former Whaler Brad Shaw, who’s interviewing for the Vancouver job, changes European teams from Fehérvár AV19 (Hungary-IceHL) to HC Innsbruck (Austria-IceHL). Max Gavin, the son of former Whaler Stew Gavin, departs the University of Vermont Catamounts (HE) as Director of Hockey Operations and takes the assistant coaching job for the varsity women’s team at Dartmouth College (ECACHL-W). Ex-Wolf Pack Garth Murray, the current head coach of Norway’s Aalborg Pirates, won the national league title, The Canadian U-17 camp has selected its 100 players to participate in their camp, including Ryder Ritchie, the son of ex-Beast of New Haven Byron Ritchie, who’s the property of the Prince Albert Raiders (WHL). The camp takes place July 10-16, and Ritchie will be at the Markin MacPhail Centre at WinSports at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary. The U-17 2022 World Challenge tourney will be held in Delta and Langley, BC from November 5-12. After the week-long camp, sixty-six players will be selected to go to their final three evaluation camps in the Canadian region. The expansion Savannah (GA) Ghost Pirates announced they would be affiliated with the NHL Vegas Golden Knights/AHL Henderson Silver Knights next year. In addition, they named former Ranger and Springfield Indian Ric Bennett, formerly of Union College (ECACHL) as it first-ever head coach. 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New Look Sabres: 2019 NHL Draft

Rasmus Dahlin is a hard act to follow. I think part of the reason Alex Nylander went through such Sabres popular opinion hell was because he was the first round pick the year after Jack Eichel’s Draft. Maybe that’s me projecting because my little Sabres heart hadn’t been broken for a while at that point. I really only jumped on the Sabres wagon at the beginning of the decade so my biggest lived disappointment in this team was the 2011 First Round against the Flyers. Picking Alex Nylander was a curve ball that year and he didn’t pan out immediately. That failing to hit on high draft picks was part of then-General Manager Tim Murray’s undoing and part of what ruined rebuild 1.0. That’s not to mention how bad GMTM was for Nylander’s development thrusting him right into the AHL. You couldn’t put all that on Nylander. I hoped so hard going into this Draft that whoever gets drafted the year after Dahlin isn’t under that kind of microscope right away. Nylander had a tiny little renaissance during his callup last season but he’s still not quite there yet. He’s about to enter what-the-hell-are-you territory but to be very honest his name coming up in trade talks made me a little angry. Hold back your snide tweets, apparently they’re informing the real insiders! I can’t imagine anything like the Nylander Saga repeating itself, but this is the Buffalo Sabres we’re talking about.

The Draft last year felt like a coronation for Sabres fans but just because we’re not getting a generational talent this go around doesn’t mean this draft isn’t ripe for drama. Rewind back about a month and Buffalo was once again the home of the NHL Combine. The event that now will be in Buffalo for several years to come saw the genesis of a few Draft narratives for the Sabres. The most notable one is the Alex Turcotte story. Apparently Sabres brass interviewed Turcotte and… his dad? The reports were conflicting but Turcotte definitely represented a big blip on the radar. The young Mittelstadt-color-palate-swapped center is from Chicagoland and was probably not likely falling any further than 7 – Buffalo’s first pick. Turcotte was a popular choice to go to the Blackhawks in many mock drafts because of the Chicago connection. Jason Botterill and the funky bunch also interviewed one London Knights forward Conor McMichael. Sabres bloggers smarter than I say he was an intriguing option for the other first round pick... that’s if we have that second first round pick because with other teams wheeling and dealing for a week plus going into the Draft Jason Botterill was quiet. There had been rumors galore connected to Buffalo from Tampa to Vancouver which made the lack of movement that much more peculiar. Add onto all this the debut of a Vegas Gold look for the Sabres “Golden Season” instead of royal blue and it was a wild week going into the Draft.

Jack Hughes and Kappo Kakko went first overall as expected. The Alex Turcotte watch was short lived, but he didn’t go third overall to Chicago as many predicted. He had to wait all the way to number 5 when the LA Kings scooped him up. Conor McMichael went 25th overall to Washington but this is a Sabres blog so you’re probably waiting for some Sabres talk. With the 7th overall pick the Buffalo Sabres selected WHL center Dylan Cozens. Once again, smarter bloggers than I say that selection was solid because the first round of this draft was really three tiers: the top two, two through about ten and then everyone else. The Red Wings threw a curve ball and selected Disney Channel star Moritz Seider throwing off everyone’s top ten but for the most part there weren’t many surprises. I was on the Cole Caulfield bandwagon, but he probably wasn’t a wise choice at seven. When he began to drop I even entertained the idea of Botterill trading up with that second first rounder to get him, but this was not one of those drafts and he went 15th overall to… Montreal. Ugh. How about something funny? The Panthers picked goalie Spencer Knight with their 13th overall. That was funny too, but this joke is a Sabres joke: Cozens is the first WHL draft pick in Jason Botterill’s time as General Manager of the Buffalo Sabres. This is a real, deep-cut Sabres joke but there is some humor to that. I think the social media guy for the team knew it too because one of the first photos from them after his pick was Sam Reinhart greeting him. Sam is the last WHL guy to be drafted onto the Sabres. Again, it’s deep cut joke about how Botts hates the WHL so it’s not going to get the whole room but there you go: Humor. I’m not going to pretend to know how to project out Cozens because again, I’m not the smart guy in the room; but I will say it is great to start to replenish the center depth in the organization which dropped off a cliff only a few guys down the depth chart.

The Sabres used the 31st overall pick to… just make a pick. No trades in the first round. As Day One wound down the swell of energy that it may happen dissipated and they picked USHL Defenseman Ryan Johnson. I am all for picking lefthanded D to help build up that side of the defense but the buzz around the pick was a guy with a Russian name who will certainly make me regret not knowing his name. Johnson could’ve easily fallen into the second round, but the pick was in and another defenseman is in the pipeline. Trades, at least the variety from the Sabres, were scarce in the remaining rounds on Saturday. The Sabres traded some late round picks but no real consequential trades on Draft weekend for Buffalo put a little bit of a damper on it all for me. I don’t really subscribe to the idea the yet-to-be-announced salary cap number is really what’s stopping trades. PK Subban got traded to the Devils for a bunch of no names and low picks while we wondered if Sabres 3rd round pick goalie Erik Portillo is in fact named after a type of pepper. The lack of movement right now isn’t something worth panicking about but if we’re sitting here next Monday on Free Agency Day wondering if we’re crazy I’m not going to blame anyone for hitting the panic button. Botterill has signaled a renewed faith in Rasmus Ristolainen probably egged on by the new coach so… you can fall either way on whether the OG Rasmus needs to go. I lean toward trade him but that doesn’t have to be right now. We’ll address all this stuff in the free agency blog so let’s take a look at who else was picked. I mentioned Portillo and we won’t see him even in Rochester for a couple years but that’s fine, the goalie depth was beginning to get shallow. Botts said openly he doesn’t want to rush Ukko Pekka-Lukkonen who will probably make his Rochester Americans debut this coming season. That is smart and frustrating because goalies take a long time to develop when you do it right but… uh… did you watch the second half of last season? Part of that collapse was the goalie tandem coming back down to earth hard. Folks were clamoring for UPL, probably a little too hastily but that’s what eight years out of the playoffs will do to you. I am not particularly jazzed about the other three guys we got. You take flyers on guys that far down in the draft and the chances are better than not all three of these guys I am about to mention don’t make the NHL: Aaron Huglen, Filip Cederqvist and Lukas Rousek. Hopefully one of them is a diamond in the rough. Perhaps it’s unfair for us to be so underwhelmed. Sean Tierney at Charting Hockey placed the Sabres in a top six of teams who did well at the Draft. He’s worth follow if you want to understand how you can make a graph of average likelihood to make the NHL because Lord knows I can’t explain that.

Like, share and comment on the New Look Sabres blog. It’s great to be back at it. You can expect the post on the 2019-2020 NHL Schedule later this week. By the sounds of it that will be released by the league either tomorrow or Wednesday. We already have the preseason, season opener and home opener but I’ll save all that analysis for that blog. Then later on next week you can expect a Free Agency Recap. Normally by the fourth of July the action quiets down. Jeff Skinner happened in August last summer but hey, I’m not psychic. Thank you to everyone who responded kindly to me dropping off the map for a couple days. My wife and I had a family emergency that we needed to address so we put everything on hold. We’re back now and things are going to be alright. Your support means a lot to me and I hope if you ever need something I can be there for you as well. To lighten the mood: let’s hope we don’t need to be here for each other after a worst-case scenario offseason! Pieces are moving and for all the rumors the Sabres are in on this guy and that guy there hasn’t been a lot to actually talk about. I guess we’ll see. It wouldn’t be fun if we knew the ending, eh? Let’s Go Buffalo!

Thanks for reading.

P.S. That Moritz Seider was shocked to go as high as he did. The gif of his reaction is some precious draft video for the ages.

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This Week in Caps: Personnel

Welcome to This Week in Caps, a weekly newsletter where I recap everything important that’s been going on in the world of the Washington Capitals this past week. This week I’m continuing on introductory material, and today’s post will feature and recap coaches, broadcasters, and everyone else important to the Capitals.

Coaches

Todd Reirden

Head coach of the Washington Capitals. This is his first year as head coach, replacing Barry Trotz. He served as associate coach from 2016 to 2018, and as assistant coach from 2014 to 2016, specializing in defense and with working the defensemen. Before that, he spent four years on Pittsburgh’s coaching staff. Before that, he joined the organization at the AHL level at 2008 as an assist for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, and spent two seasons as their head coach.

Blaine Forsythe

Assistant coach for the Capitals. He’s been a part of the organization since the 2006-07 season, and has been assistant coach since 2009-10. He specializes in the power play and centers. Previously, he has worked for the Calgary Hitmen (WHL), and has a business degree from the University of Minnesota. And he is definitely not a robot.

Scott Arniel

Assistant coach for the Capitals. A new hire this offseason, Arniel will work specially with the wingers and on the penalty kill. Arniel spent the previous five seasons as an associate coach for the New York Rangers, was the head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets from 2010-2012, and spent five seasons as a head coach in the American Hockey League.

Reid Cashman

Assistant coach for the Capitals. A new hire this offseason, Cashman will work specially with the defensemen. Cashman spent the previous two seasons as an assistant coach with the Hershey Bears, and before that had a long tenure as a coach at Quinnipiac University.

Scott Murray

Goaltending coach for the Capitals. He has been the primary goalie coach since 2017 when Mitch Korn stepped back his role, and he has been in the Capitals organization working with the Hershey Bears and the Capitals since 2013.

Brett Leonhardt

Video coach for the Capitals. The man nicknamed “Stretch” has been a member of the Caps organization for a long time; from 2007 to 2011, he worked as the team’s web and video producer. Then he worked in Toronto NHL’s video manager for hockey operations, and then returned to the Capitals in 2012, and has been working as video coach ever since. He has been the Caps emergency backup goalie in the past, and a few times has actually had to suit up. You may also know him as the man who made the Stanley Cup into a giant margarita.

Tim Ohashi

Video analyst for the Capitals. This season will be his third as an analyst; he previously worked as a coaching staff intern. He is a native of Bethesda, MD and grew up a Capitals fan. He received his master’s in Sports Industry Management from Georgetown University.

Front Office and Ownership

Brian MacLellan

General Manager and Senior Vice President of the Capitals. Has been in this position since the 2014-15 season after being a fixture of the organization in various scouting and front office roles for the past 13 years. Was also a former NHL player.

Ross Mahoney

Assistant General Manager of the Capitals. Entering his fourth season AGM. He served as the Caps' director of amateur scouting for the previous 16 seasons. He oversees the club's developmental programs and the organization's amateur scouting staff.

Don Fishman

Assistant General Manager and Director of Legal Affairs of the Capitals. 13th season with the Capitals and ninth as assistant general manager and director of legal affairs. In this role, he handles player contract negotiations, player contract research and analysis, the club's day-to-day salary cap position, team salary cap strategic planning, the salary arbitration process, and more.

Ownership

Monumental Sports and Entertainment is the company that owns the Capitals. They also own the Washington Wizards (NBA), Washington Mystics (WNBA), Washington Valor (AFL), Baltimore Brigade (AFL), and Capital City Go-Go (NBA G-League). They run Monumental Sports Network, a platform that broadcasts local sports games and provides additional content for all their sports teams. MSE also owns Capital One Arena and manages Medstar Capitals Iceplex and Eaglebank Arena (Fairfax, VA).

Ted Leonsis

The chairman of Monumental Sports and Entertainment and principal owner of the Washington Capitals. He bought the team in 1999 and completely revitalized the franchise. He was instrumental in drafting and caring for Alex Ovechkin. Leonsis and his family has been pretty involved in the success of the franchise and making Capitals games and subsequent entertainment an enjoyable experience.

Dick Patrick

Vice Chairman, Chief Operating Officer and Capitals President. He has been part of the Washington Capitals organization since 1982 and was one of Ted Leonsis' original partners when Monumental Sports & Entertainment was formed in June 2010. Mr. Patrick is president of the Capitals and vice chairman of Monumental Sports & Entertainment.

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Broadcasters

NBC Sports Washington

NBC Sports Washington is the regional network that broadcasts Capitals games. You can catch the games on TV or streaming online through their website if you have a cable subscription to the channel. They also have a lot of content online, including videos, interviews, and articles.

Joe Beninati (“Joe B”)

The TV play-by-play commentator for the Capitals. He is a longtime sports announcer, and he has been announcing Capitals games since 1994. He also will occasionally do play-by-play for other sports, including lacrosse and other college sports, during the offseason. Joe B is synonymous with Caps games, and is one of the best in the business. He has won D.C. Sportscaster of the Year multiple times, and has won 12 Capital Emmy Awards. He will also appear at Capitals events, visit as a guest analyst on TV on occasion, and moderate events such as the Stanley Cup parade.

Craig “Locker” Laughlin

The TV color commentator/analyst for the Capitals. He has been announcing Capitals games since 1990, and he and Beninati are the longest-running TV duo in the NHL. Laughlin is a former NHL player, and played for the Capitals from 1982 to 1988 and was part of the group that brought the Caps to their first playoff appearance. Laughlin is very involved in Capitals media content, appears in analytical roles on TV and online, and he is involved in Capitals alumni events and charity work in the area. His daughter, Courtney Laughlin, also works for the Capitals and does analysis for the Capitals on TV and online.

Alan May

Studio analyst for the Capitals on NBC Sports Washington. Mostly he works and does analysis in studio, but occasionally he will work as the between-the-benches reporter for Capitals games. A former NHL player, he played for the Capitals from 1989 to 1994. He has two distinctions as a player: in his career, he was traded at the trade deadline four times, which stood as an NHL record until it was met by Thomas Vanek in 2018; he also ranks fourth all-time on the Capitals franchise PIMs list.

“Smokin” Al Koken

Longtime reporter and host for the Capitals. During games, he will make reports, wander around the arena, and interview players during intermission. Has been covering D.C. sports and the Capitals since 1974, when the Capitals first came into existence.

Rob Carlin

Anchor, host, and reporter for the Capitals and NBC Sports Washington. Hosts pregame and postgame content along with hosting multitudes of other media content for the team. Most of the time appears onscreen alongside with Alan May.

Caps Radio 24/7 (Broadcasted locally on 106.7 The Fan)

John Walton

The play-by-play commentator for the Capitals on the radio. The radio voice of the Capitals since 2013. Walton does a phenomenal job on the radio, and has done other radio work in the past, along with doing TV play-by-play for women’s hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Walton also does some reporting, announcing, and emceeing work for the Capitals, particularly at Capitals events. He also co-hosts “Two Man Update” with reporter Mike Vogel where they give updates on the Capitals and preview upcoming matchups and games.

Beat Reporters

Isabelle Khurshudyan

Capitals beat reporter for the Washington Post. She live tweets games, writes amazing articles, and provides updates on the team that you can’t get anywhere else. She is my number-one, top source for Caps updates and coverage and even if you don’t get the Washington Post, I recommend following her twitter immediately, it’s a vital follow. Fun fact: Isabelle speaks Russian, thus a lot of her stories feature great content from Russian players that you definitely wouldn’t be able to get otherwise.

Mike Vogel

Capitals reporter; he works for Monumental Sports Network, the company that owns the Capitals, so the Caps utilize him for a lot of content. He writes stories, articles, and game updates that go on the Monumental website and the NHL website. He also interviews players for Rinkside Update videos, and he co-hosts “Two Man Update” with radio announcer John Walton where they give updates on the Capitals and preview upcoming matchups and games. He also provides in-game updates on his twitter and is another vital source of Capitals information.

Chris Kuc

Capitals beat reporter for The Athletic. He was just hired this offseason as The Athletic expanded to DC, so he’s new on the beat. I don’t know a lot about him, but in all likelihood he’s going to provide Capitals updates and write about them, so let’s see how he does this upcoming season.

Other Important People

Wes Johnson

The PA announcer for Capitals games at Capital One Arena. Super good at getting the fans hype and making Capitals games a fun experience. Also does voiceover for Capitals media and hosts Capitals events.

Horn Guy

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Actually named Sam Wolk; a fan who sits inside the arena for home games. He has a horn and uses the horn blasts to start the “Let’s Go Caps” chant.

T-Shirt Guy

Actually named Charlie McManus; a fan who makes customized homemade shirts featuring Caps players faces, and they are amazing. He can be seen at Caps home games and events and featured on social media wearing his unique apparel.

Red Man

A fan who paints his entire body red for Caps games. He can be seen around at home games.

Ovie the Bulldog

A bulldog named after Alex Ovechkin. Originally from the Maryland area and now in Southern California, this dog is by far the best part of Caps fandom.

Up next: a complete recap and summary of the Caps preseason!

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