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mitchbeck · 4 years

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CANTLON'S CORNER: ARMSTRONG ON BEING HONORARY AHL ALL-STAR CAPTAIN

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - His happiness resounded off the Colorado mountains he was in. Former Hartford Wolf Pack legend, Derek Armstrong, was ecstatic after learning that he and former Pack teammate, goalie, Robb Stauber, were officially named the honorary captains for this year's AHL All-Star Classic. This year will mark the first time that the game will be hosted in a Pacific Division city. The game will be in Ontario, CA, the home of the LA Kings top farm club, the Ontario Reign. “It’s so cool. When I got the call two weeks ago, my schedule synced up with this. I’m truly honored to be named, and along with one of my first teammates in Hartford better,” remarked Armstrong in his singularly well-known gravely voiced and rapid-fired delivery, much like his goals and assists came during his pro career. The Ontario, Canada boy is now thoroughly, So Cal (Southern California for the non-natives). His being able to celebrate both sides of his hockey career is important to him. “My NHL life was here. It's where I really had my best, and longest NHL time, and I met so many important people, such as Luc Robitaille, and Rob Blake. The AHL was also my home and the foundation at the beginning of my career. To get the chance to merge the two at the All-Star Classic is something. I’m so looking forward to it and I'm extremely appreciative of the opportunity. The chance to mingle with the current AHL generation is going to be wild.” In his AHL career, Armstrong skated for Manchester, Peoria, and Worcester, but Hartford is where his heart is. Armstrong’s place in Wolf Pack history is well cemented after having garnered 309 points in 265 games, good for third-best in team history. He made two AHL All-Star Game appearances. He won the Jack Butterfield AHL Playoff MVP in the Wolf Pack’s lone Calder Cup year (1999-00). He was awarded the Les Cunningham AHL Regular Season MVP and the John Sollenberger trophy for winning the scoring title (2000-01). He is the only player to top the century mark in points scored (101 in 2000-01) during the season. That all leaves him as a cornerstone in the foundation that built the Pack franchise. Joking with Muhammad Ali-like bravado, Armstrong lets everyone know his place in Wolf Pack history. “Let’em know, I’m the greatest Wolf Pack player of all time,” Armstrong said with a laugh. Armstrong sending a jab at his lifelong rival, close friend, and former teammate, Brad “Shooter” Smyth, the Wolf Pack’s all-time leading in points, (365 in 345 games). What would have been wonderful to see was his being inducted into the AHL Hall-of-Fame where he would join the other three pillars of the Wolf Pack hockey trinity, Smyth, Ken Gernander, and J.F. Labbe. Armstrong is still involved in hockey on several levels. He is still a coach and still does a FOX-TV pre-game and post-game for Kings games. He is the head coach of the LA Kings U-18 team. Armstrong also works with the Kings' international hockey development program in mainland China, and he'll do a hockey camp for boys and girls this weekend. Armstrong was en route to doing an outdoor hockey camp at Mammoth Mountain (CO) with a group of 80 kids. “This is really an important outreach the Kings are doing because hockey is growing out West. Getting young people involved, learning it the right way, and then they go back to their communities enthused and wanting to be involved. Doing the overseas thing in China has been a very rewarding experience. Doing something so innovative there, in another part of the planet, has been amazing.” Come January 26-27 he will have a national TV presence to celebrate his AHL life and his time in Hartford. NOTES: Keeping with a West Coast theme. The AHL’s longest-serving head coach (1,638 games), Roy Sommer, has been summoned to become an assistant coach with the NHL's San Jose Sharks in the wake of yesterday’s firing of Peter DeBoer. He played just three NHL games with the Edmonton Oilers and scored his one, and only NHL goal, in his first game. Sommer played ten years of minor pro hockey while working his way up the ladder. He started playing in his native Oakland, CA playing high school hockey. He then went on to the Spokane (WA) Flyers of the Pacific Hockey League where he lasted all of two seasons. He primarily played with the Wichita Wind of the old Central Hockey League and played one season in the AHL with the original Maine Mariners, where he won a Calder Cup in 1984-85. His current assistant coaches, Jimmy Bonneau, and Mike Chiasson, the son of late Hartford Whaler, Steve Chiasson, will be the co-coaches for the AHL's San Jose Barracuda for the rest of the season. Sommer’s first game was a 6-3 loss to the New York Rangers. On a sadder note, former Whaler Scot Kleinendorst has serious medical issues. Kleinendorst, 59, was badly injured and is fighting for his life following a heavy machinery accident at the Grand Rapids, MN paper mill, UPM Blandin, over the weekend. "Although it is still under investigation, there was an accident while Scot was operating a piece of heavy machinery at UPM," the family wrote on a Caring Bridge page. "He suffered multiple traumatic injuries, including very serious trauma to the brain. Scot was airlifted to Duluth and eventually stabilized after many blood transfusions. After he was stabilized, he went into emergency surgery to relieve the life-threatening hemorrhage on the left side of his brain." The family said Kleinendorst "pulled through" the surgery on his brain. He also suffered many broken bones in the accident. The incident occurred last Saturday evening, the company said in a statement, reiterating that Kleinendorst was stabilized and flown to a Duluth (MN) trauma center by helicopter. "We are all shocked by this tragic incident and our immediate thoughts are with our employee and family," UPM Blandin spokesperson Marsha Miller said. "We are in contact with the family and will support the family as much as possible in this difficult situation." The state office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration confirmed the investigation. Blandin, which reported the incident, has seven days to respond. If Minnesota OSHA Compliance is satisfied with the response, the incident would be closed, officials said. Kleinendorst played in the NHL from 1982-90, appearing in 281 games for the Hartford Whalers, New York Rangers (53 games two goals and 13 points) and Washington Capitals his NHL totals were 12 goals, 58 points, and 452 PM. With the Whalers, he played five seasons 210 games with nine goals and 40 points. He played collegiately at Providence College then in ECAC, but who are now in Hockey East. He and his brother Kurt were drafted by the Rangers in the 1980 NHL Draft out of PC with Scot going in the 5th round 98th overall and Kurt was taken the round before and 77th overall. Kurt coached in the AHL with Lowell, Binghamton on two different occasions, Iowa and Belleville and presently he coaches Nuremberg Tigers (Germany-DEL) that features ex-Pack players Chris Summers and Chris Brown. Kleinendorst after starring at Grand Rapids High School, where he was first-team All-State defenseman in 1977-78 and part of a Minnesota state championship team in 1976. (Portions of an AP story were used in the formation of this piece) Read the full article

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holyjost · 7 years

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TEAM LISTS OF UNPROTECTED PLAYERS [source] ANAHEIM DUCKS

FORWARDS: spencer abbott, jared boll, sam carrick, patrick eaves, emerson etem, ryan garbutt, max gortz, nicolas kerdiles, andre petersson, logan shaw, nick sorenson, nate thompson, corey tropp, chris wagner

DEFENSEMEN: nate guenin, korbinian holzer, josh manson, jaycob megna, jeff schultz, clayton stoner, sami vatanen

GOALTENDERS: jonathan bernier, jhonas enroth, ryan faragher, matt hackett, dustin tokarski

ARIZONA COYOTES

FORWARDS: alexander burmistrov, shane doan, tyler gaudet, peter holland, josh jooris, jamie mcginn, jeremy morin, mitchell moroz, chris mueller, teemu pulkkinen, brad richardson, garret ross, branden troock, radim vrbata, joe whitney

DEFENSEMEN: kevin connauton, jamie mcbain, zbynek michalek, jarred tinordi

GOALTENDERS: louis domingue

BOSTON BRUINS

FORWARDS: matt beleskey, brian ferlin, jimmy hayes, alex khokhlachev, dominic moore, tyler randell, zac rinaldo, tim schaller, drew stafford

DEFENSEMEN: linus arnesson, chris casto, tommy cross, alex grant, john-michael liles, adam mcquaid, colin miller, joe morrow

GOALTENDERS: anton khudobinn, malcolm subban

BUFFALO SABRES

FORWARDS: william carrier, nicolas deslauriers, brian gionta, derek grant, justin kea, matt moulson, cal o'reilly, cole schneider

DEFENSEMEN: brady austin, mathew bodie, zach bogosian, justin falk, taylor fedun, cody franson, josh gorges, dmitry kulikov

GOALTENDERS: anders nilsson, linus ullmark

CALGARY FLAMES

FORWARDS: brandon bollig, lance bouma, troy brouwer, alex chiasson, freddie hamilton, emile poirier, hunter shinkaruk, matt stajan, kris versteeg, linden vey

DEFENSEMEN: matt bartkowski, ryan culkin, deryk engelland, michael kostka, brett kulak, ladislav smid, michael stone, dennis wideman, tyler wotherspoon

GOALTENDERS: brian elliott, tom mccollum

CAROLINA HURRICANES

FORWARDS: bryan bickell, connor brickley, patrick brown, erik karlsson, danny kristo, jay mcclement, andrew miller, andrej nestrasil, joakim nordstrom, lee stempniak, brendan woods

DEFENSEMEN: klas dahlbeck, dennis robertson, philip samuelsson, matt tennyson

GOALTENDERS: daniel altshuller, eddie lack, michael leighton, cam ward

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS

FORWARDS: kyle baun, andrew desjardins, marcus kruger, pierre-cedric labrie, michael latta, brandon mashinter, dennis rasmussen, jordin tootoo

DEFENSEMEN: brian campbell, dillon fournier, shawn lalonde, johnny oduya, ville pokka, michael rozsival, viktor svedberg, trevor van riemsdyk

GOALTENDERS: mac carruth, jeff glass

COLORADO AVALANCHE

FORWARDS: troy bourke, gabriel bourque, rene bourque, joe colborne, turner elson, felix girard, mikhail grigorenko, samuel henley, john mitchell, jim o'brien, brendan ranford, mike sislo, carl soderberg

DEFENSEMEN: mark barberio, mat clark, eric gelinas, cody goloubef, duncan siemens, fedor tyutin, patrick wiercioch

GOALTENDERS: joe cannata, calvin pickard, jeremy smith

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS

FORWARDS: josh anderson, alex broadhurst, matt calvert, zac dalpe, sam gagner, brett gallant, william karlsson, lauri korpikosko, lukas sedlak, t.j. tynan, daniel zaar

DEFENSEMEN: marc-andre bergeron, scott harrington, jack johnson, kyle quincey, john ramage, jaime sifers, ryan stanton

GOALTENDERS: oscar dansk, anton forsberg, joonas korpisalo

DALLAS STARS

FORWARDS: adam cracknell, justin dowling, cody eakin, ales hemski, jiri hudler, curtis mckenzie, mark mcneill, travis morin, patrick sharp, gemel smith, matej stransky

DEFENSEMEN: mattias backman, andrew bodnarchuk, ludwig bystrom, nick ebert, justin hache, dan hamhuis, patrik nemeth, jamie oleksiak, greg pateryn, dustin stevenson

GOALTENDERS: henri kiviaho, maxime legace, kari lehtonen, antti niemi, justin peters

DETROIT RED WINGS

FORWARDS: louis-marc aubry, mitch callahan, colin campbell, martin frk, luke glendening, darren helm, drew miller, tomas nosek, riley sheahan, ben street, eric tangradi

DEFENSEMEN: adam almquist, jonathan ericsson, niklas kronwall, brian lashoff, dylan mcilrath, xavier ouellet, ryan sproul

GOALTENDERS: jared coreau, petr mrazek, edward pasquale, jake peterson

EDMONTON OILERS

FORWARDS: david desharnais, justin fontaine, matt henricks, roman horak, jujhar khaira, anton lander, iiro pakarinen, tyler pitlick, zach pochiro, benoit pouliot, henrik samuelsson, bogdan yakimov

DEFENSEMEN: mark fayne, andrew ference, mark fraser, eric gryba, david musil, jordan oesterle, griffin reinhart, kris russell, dillon simpson

GOALTENDERS: laurent brossoit, jonas gustavsson

FLORIDA PANTHERS

FORWARDS: graham black, tim bozon, jaromir jagr, jussi jokinen, derek mackenzie, jonathan marchessault, colton sceviour, michael sgarbossa, reilly smith, brody sutter, paul thompson, shawn thornton, thomas vanek

DEFENSEMEN: jason demers, jakub kindl, brent regner, reece scarlett, mackenzie weegar

GOALTENDERS: reto berra, sam brittain, roberto luongo

LOS ANGELES KINGS

FORWARDS: andy andreoff, justin auger, dustin brown, kyle clifford, andrew crescenzi, nic dowd, marian gaborik, jarome iginla, trevor lewis, michael mersch, jordan nolan, teddy purcell, devin setoguchi, nick shore

DEFENSEMEN: matt greene, vincent loverde, brayden mcnabb, cameron schilling, rob scuderi, zach trotman

GOALTENDERS: jack campbell, jeff zatkoff

MINNESOTA WILD

FORWARDS: brady brassart, patrick cannone, ryan carter, kurtis gabriel, martin hanzal, erik haula, zack mitchell, jordan schroeder, eric staal, chris stewart, ryan white

DEFENSEMEN: victor bartley, matt dumba, christian folin, guillaume gelinas, alexander gudbranson, gustav olofsson, nate prosser, marco scandella, mike weber

GOALTENDERS: johan gustafsson, darcy kuemper, alex stalock

MONTREAL CANADIENS

FORWARDS: daniel carr, connor crisp, jacob de la rose, bobby farnham, brian flynn, max friberg, charles hudon, dwight king, stefan matteau, torrey mitchell, joonas nattinen, steve ott, tomas plekanec, alexander radulov, chris terry

DEFENSEMEN: brandon davidson, alexei emelin, keegan lowe, andrei markov, nikita nesterov, zach redmond, dalton thrower

GOALTENDERS: al montoya

NASHVILLE PREDATORS

FORWARDS: pontus aberg, cody bass, vernon fiddler, mike fisher, cody mcleod, james neal, p.a. parenteau, adam payerl, mike ribeiro, miikka salomaki, colton sissons, craig smith, trevor smith, austin watson, colin wilson, harry zolnierczyk

DEFENSEMEN: taylor aronson, anthony bitetto, stefan elliot, petter granberg, brad hunt, matt irwin, andrew o'brien, adam pardy, jaynen rissling, scott valentine, yannick weber

GOALTENDERS: marek mazanec

NEW JERSEY DEVILS

FORWARDS: beau bennett, michael cammalleri, carter camper, luke gazdic, shane harper, jacob josefson, ivan khomutov, stefan noeson, marc savard, devante smith-pelly, petr straka, mattias tedenby, ben thomson, david wohlberg

DEFENSEMEN: seth helgeson, viktor loov, ben lovejoy, andrew macwilliam, jon merrill, dalton prout, karl stollery, alexander urbom

GOALTENDERS: keith kinkaid, scott wedgewood

NEW YORK ISLANDERS

FORWARDS: josh bailey, steve bernier, eric boulton, jason chimera, casey cizikas, cal clutterbuck, stephen gionta, ben holmstrom, bracken kearns, nikolay kulemin, brock nelson, shane prince, alan quine, ryan strome, johan sundstrom

DEFENSEMEN: calvin de haan, matthew finn, jesse graham, thomas hickey, loic leduc, scott mayfield, dennis seidenberg

GOALTENDERS: jean-francois berube, christopher gibson, jaroslav halak

NEW YORK RANGERS

FORWARDS: taylor beck, chris brown, daniel catenacci, jesper fast, tanner glass, michael grabner, marek hrivik, nicklas jensen, carl klingberg, oscar lindberg, brandon pirri, matt puempel

DEFENSEMEN: adam clendening, tommy hughes, steven kampfer, kevin klein, michael paliotta, brendan smith, chris summers

GOALTENDERS: magnus hellberg, antti raanta, mackenzie skapski

OTTAWA SENATORS

FORWARDS: casey bailey, mike blunden, alexandre burrows, stephane da costa, christopher didomenico, nikita filatov, chris kelly, clarke macarthur, max mccormick, chris neil, tom pyatt, ryan rupert, bobby ryan, viktor stalberg, phil varone, tommy wingels

DEFENSEMEN: mark borowiecki, fredrik claesson, brandon gormley, jyrki jokipakka, marc methot, patrick sieloff, chris wideman, mikael wikstrand

GOALTENDERS: mike condon, chris driedger, andrew hammond

PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

FORWARDS: pierre-edouard bellemare, greg carey, chris conner, boyd gordon, taylor leier, colin mcdonald, andy miele, michael raffl, matt read, chris vandevelde, jordan weal, dale weise, eric wellwood

DEFENSEMEN: mark alt, tj brennan, michael del zotto, andrew macdonald, will o’neill, jesper pettersson, nick schultz

GOALTENDERS: steve mason, michal neuvirth

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS

FORWARDS: josh archibald, nick bonino, matt cullen, jean-sebastien dea, carl hagelin, tom kuhnhackl, chris kunitz, kevin porter, bryan rust, tom sestito, oskar sundqvist, dominik uher, garrett wilson, scott wilson

DEFENSEMEN: ian cole, frank corrado, trevor daley, tim erixon, cameron gaunce, ron hainsey, stuart percy, derrick pouliot, chad ruhwedel, mark streit, david warsofsky

GOALTENDERS: marc-andre fleury

SAN JOSE SHARKS

FORWARDS: mikkel boedker, barclay goodrow, micheal haley, patrick marleau, buddy robinson, zack stortini, joe thornton, joel ward

DEFENSEMEN: dylan demelo, brenden dillon, dan kelly, paul martin, david schlemko

GOALTENDERS: aaron dell, troy grosenick, harri sateri

ST. LOUIS BLUES

FORWARDS: kenny agostino, andrew agozzino, kyle brodziak, jordan caron, jacob doty, landon ferraro, alex friesen, evgeny grachev, dmitrij jaskin, jori lehtera, brad malone, magnus paajarvi, david perron, ty rattie, scottie upshall, nail yakupov

DEFENSEMEN: robert bortuzzo, chris butler, morgan ellis, carl gunnarsson, jani hakanpaa, petteri lindbohm, reid mcneill

GOALTENDERS: jordan binnington, carter hutton

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING

FORWARDS: carter ashton, michael bournival, j.t. brown, cory conacher, erik condra, gabriel dumont, stefan fournier, byron froese, yanni gourde, mike halmo, henri ikonen, pierre-luc letourneau-leblond, tye mcginn, greg mckegg, cedric paquette, tanner richard, joel vermin

DEFENSEMEN: dylan blujus, jake dotchin, jason garrison, slater koekkoek, jonathan racine, andrej sustr, matt taormina, luke witkowski

GOALTENDERS: peter budaj, kristers gudlevskis, jaroslav janus, mike mckenna

TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS

FORWARDS: brian boyle, eric fehr, colin greening, seth griffith, teemu hartikainen, brooks laich, brendan leipsic, joffrey lupul, milan michalek, kerby rychel, ben smith

DEFENSEMEN: andrew campbell, matt hunwick, alexey marchenko, martin marincin, steve oleksy, roman polak

GOALTENDERS: antoine bibeau, curtis mcelhinney, garret sparks

VANCOUVER CANUCKS

FORWARDS: reid boucher, michael chaput, joseph cramarossa, derek dorsett, brendan gaunce, alexandre grenier, jayson megna, borna rendulic, anton rodin, drew shore, jack skille, michael zalewski

DEFENSEMEN: alex biega, philip larsen, tom nilsson, andrey pedan, luca sbisa

GOALTENDERS: richard bachman, ryan miller

WASHINGTON CAPITALS

FORWARDS: jay beagle, chris bourque, paul carey, brett connolly, stanislav galiev, tyler graovac, garrett mitchell, liam o’brien, t.j. oshie, zach sill, chandler stephenson, christian thomas, nathan walker, justin williams, daniel winnik

DEFENSEMEN: karl alzner, taylor chorney, cody corbett, darren dietz, christian djoos, tom gilbert, aaron ness, brooks orpik, nate schmidt, kevin shattenkirk

GOALTENDERS: pheonix copley, philipp grubauer

WINNIPEG JETS

FORWARDS: marko dano, quinton howden, scott kosmachuk, tomas kubalik, jc lipon, shawn matthias, ryan olsen, anthony peluso, chris thorburn

DEFENSEMEN: ben chiarot, toby enstrom, brenden kichton, julian melchiori, paul postma, brian strait, mark stuart

GOALTENDERS: michael hutchinson, ondrej pavelec

#hockey #it's so much easier to understand when you look at unprotected players rather than protected #mine #misc #nhl #nhl expansion #so much typing let me die in peace #vegas golden knights #welp here they are

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hockeytown-gifs · 7 months

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Scuffle on Stevie - Wings @ Flames - Oct. 27, 1995

#detroit red wings #hockeytown #hockey #steve yzerman #vladimir konstantinov #scuffles #keith primeau #dino ciccarelli #paul coffey #scuffles 1995 #october 1995 #wings 1995 #detroitredwings #red wings #steve chiasson #nhl flames

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goalhofer · 2 years

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Where Every Player Played During The 1994-95 NHL Lockout: Calgary

Didn't Play: Joe Nieuwendyk, Zarley Zalapski, Steve Chiasson, Joel Otto, Wes Walz, Paul Kruse, Sheldon Kennedy, Ronnie Stern, Kevin Dahl, Kelvin Kisio, Mike Sullivan, James Patrick, Sandy McCarthy, Dan Keczmer, Gary Roberts, Vesa Viitakoski, Trent Yawney & Trevor Kidd

AHL: Ed Ward (Cornwall Aces/Saint John Flames), Mark Greig (Saint John Flames) & Cory Stillman (Saint John Flames)

Liiga: Theo Fleury (Tappara) & German Titov (Turun Palloseura)

DEL: Robert Reichel (Frankfurt Löwen) & František Musil (Lausitzer Füchse)

NL: Phil Housley (Zürcher S.C. Löwen)

Czech Extraliga: František Musil (H.K. Sparta Praha)

#Sports #Hockey #Hockey Goalies #NHL #AHL #Canada #Ontario #New Brunswick #Finland #Germany #Switzerland #Czech Republic #1990s

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thrashermaxey · 5 years

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Lining Up: Gourde’s Hot Start, Getzlaf Underappreciated, and More – November 13

In this week’s installment, we take a look at one hot line and one cold line. The temperature of these lines was determined using Dobber’s Line Production Tool to compare even-strength production over the past 10 games. I compiled a list of the highest scoring line for each team at even strength. Here’s the list…

Team

Line

Points

Buffalo

Jeff Skinner – Jack Eichel – Jason Pominville

Islanders

Anders Lee – Brock Nelson – Josh Bailey

Colorado

Gabriel Landeskog – Nathan MacKinnon – Mikko Rantanen

Tampa Bay

Yanni Gourde – Brayden Point – Tyler Johnson

Montreal

Tomas Tatar – Phillip Danault – Brendan Gallagher

New Jersery

Taylor Hall – Nico Hischier – Kyle Palmieri

Pittsburgh

Carl Hagelin – Evgeni Malkin – Phil Kessel

Winnipeg

Nikolaj Ehlers – Mark Scheifele – Blake Wheeler

Nashville

Filip Forsberg – Ryan Johansen – Viktor Arvidsson

Columbus

Artemi Panarin – Pierre-Luc Dubois – Cam Atkinson

Philadelphia

Claude Giroux – Sean Couturier – Travis Konecny

Ottawa

Ryan Dzingel – Matt Duchene – Mark Stone

Carolina

Micheal Ferland – Sebastian Aho – Teuvo Teravainen

Calgary

Matthew Tkachuk – Mikael Backlund – Michael Frolik

Florida

Mike Hoffman – Aleksander Barkov – Evgenii Dadonov

Washington

Alex Ovechkin – Nicklas Backstrom – T.J. Oshie

San Jose

Tomas Hertl – Logan Couture – Timo Meier

Edmonton

Alex Chiasson – Leon Draisaitl – Tobas Rieder

Vegas

William Carrier – Pierre-Edouard Bellemare – Ryan Reaves

Arizona

Brendan Perlini – Derek Stepan – Christian Fischer

St. Louis

David Perron – Ryan O’Reilly – Zach Sanford

Minnesota

Jason Zucker – Eric Staal – Mikael Granlund

Boston

Brad Marchand – Patrice Bergeron – David Pastrnak

Chicago

Brandon Saad – Artem Anisimov – Patrick Kane

Toronto

Zach Hyman – John Tavares – Mitchell Marner

Vancouver

Loui Eriksson – Elias Pettersson – Nikolay Goldobin

Rangers

Chris Kreider – Mika Zibanejad – Mats Zuccarello

Anaheim

Pontus Aberg – Ryan Getzlaf – Rickard Rakell

Los Angeles

Tyler Toffoli – Jeff Carter – Ilya Kovalchuk

Detroit

Michael Rasmussen – Jacob De La Rose – Gustav Nyquist

Dallas

Valeri Nichushkin – Tyler Seguin – Devin Shore

Yanni Gourde – Brayden Point – Tyler Johnson

At any point in the season, if you ask me who Tampa’s top scoring line is, I’ll go with the safe answer of the Kucherov-Stamkos line. But that answer doesn’t seem so safe anymore, as Gourde and Point continue to prove that their success last season was no fluke.

Yanni Gourde has been fantastic this season, with 17 points in 17 games. While I don’t think he’ll maintain a point-per-game pace throughout the season, I believe he can replicate last year’s 64-point total. His ice-time is up a minute and a half from last season, so maybe there’s potential for 70?

Brayden Point is one of the most talented players on a truly talented team in Tampa. Try saying that five times fast. Already with 19 points in 17 games, I’m gonna go ahead and make a ‘bold’ prediction that Point finishes second in team scoring – behind only Nikita Kucherov. The 22-year-old definitely has the tools to be a point-per-game player in the NHL, but maybe 70-75 points is a more realistic expectation this season.

I don’t think Tyler Johnson will ever replicate his magic from 2014-2015 – during which he tallied 72 points in 77 games – but I do believe he’s a solid 55-point player with value in deeper leagues.

Considering they’ve been one of the hottest lines over the past 10 games, it’s no surprise that Gourde, Point, and Johnson have comfortably out-chanced their opponents (62 scoring chances for vs. 48 against). Unlike a lot of high-scoring lines that are mostly deployed in the offensive zone, this trio has an offensive zone faceoff percentage of just 39.68%. Since they’re relied upon at both ends of the ice, it seems logical that they don’t get separated once they hit that inevitable cold stretch.

As I was searching for highlights for this line, I typed ‘Point Gourde scores’ into YouTube. I want you to say, ‘point gourde scores’ out loud. Tell me that doesn’t sound like Steve Carell as Gru from Despicable Me, calling a basketball game (point guard haha). I’ll see myself out…

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Pontus Aberg – Ryan Getzlaf – Rickard Rakell

During the past couple of seasons, a lot of Ducks have been sitting. But injuries aren’t the only reason Anaheim has struggled this season, off to a 7-8-3 start (2-6-2 in their last 10). I’m not sure if they’d have a single win without spectacular goaltending from John Gibson and Ryan Miller. They’ve been an extremely boring team to watch, and I hardly ever feel like their offense is threatening to score.

I know I spent the entirety of the above paragraph dumping on the Ducks, but that doesn’t mean you can’t find fantasy value in Anaheim. Maybe I’m out of touch with prevailing hockey opinions, but I feel like nobody realizes just how good Ryan Getzlaf is. While everyone (myself included) complains about how many shots the team gives up, Getzlaf has quietly put up 11 points in 12 games. I’m such a huge fan of guys like Getzlaf and Rakell because they are the most offensively gifted players on a team with a great off-day schedule. While most teams play on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays during the week, you’ll rarely have to sit your Ducks, as 63% (highest in the league) of their games are played on Monday/Wednesday/Friday/Sunday. Now is a great time to buy low on Rickard Rakell, who I believe will improve on his current 54-point pace.

In terms of scoring chances, the Aberg-Getzlaf-Rakell line has allowed as many as they have generated. As I mentioned, the Ducks allow like a million shots a game, so it’s refreshing to see that this trio has a 55.68 Corsi for %. Pontus Aberg has been impressive for stretches this year, with five goals in 12 games. I don’t see him being someone you hold onto for the whole season, but he’s proven he can score every now and then. He definitely hasn’t secured a spot on the top line just yet.

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Notable Line Changes

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Anders Lee – Mathew Barzal – Josh Bailey (Source)

Brock Nelson moves to a line with Jordan Eberle and Andrew Ladd.

Drake Caggiula – Connor McDavid – Leon Draisaitl (Source)

Interesting to see Ryan Nugent-Hopkins away from McDavid. Draisaitl has proven he can perform without McDavid, but we’re well aware of the magic they can create together.

Nick Schmaltz – Jonathan Toews – Patrick Kane (Source)

Don’t know how long this will last, but this hurts DeBrincat’s value in the short term as he is moved down to the third line (I type this as he scores against the Hurricanes). The Blackhawks are currently on an eight-game losing streak. So I expect the lines to be shuffled a bit more before they find a winning combination.

Jeff Skinner – Jack Eichel – Sam Reinhart (Source)

If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Well, apparently Sabres’ coach Phil Housley doesn’t subscribe to that logic as he breaks up the hottest line in the league. Obviously, this is great news for Reinhart owners and awful news for Pominville owners. Sam Reinhart is still available in 57% of leagues, and should make a great addition to your roster.

Nikolay Goldobin – Elias Pettersson – Jake Virtanen (Source)

Shotgun Jake on the top line with rookie sensation Elias Pettersson! Virtanen – the sixth overall pick of the 2014 draft – already has seven goals in 19 games.

from All About Sports https://dobberhockey.com/hockey-home/nhl-line-combinations/lining-up-gourdes-hot-start-getzlaf-underappreciated-and-more-november-13/

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Capitals try to forget Cup celebrations as NHL camps open

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Capitals try to forget Cup celebrations as NHL camps open

When Alex Ovechkin embraced Josh Norman in a meeting of two of Washington’s biggest sports stars, the Redskins cornerback had a question for the Capitals’ Stanley Cup-winning captain.

“You still celebrating?” Norman asked.

“We’re done,” Ovechkin said. “We’re done for right now.”

The Capitals seemed to celebrate as hard as any champion in NHL history. When they get on the ice for the first practices of training camp Friday, they will be just one of 31 teams chasing a title all over again.

“We have to forget already about that and focus,” center Evgeny Kuznetsov said. “We have to move forward. When you taste that win, you want to do it over again. To do that, it’s not easy.”

A year after being written off as title contenders, the Capitals are now a focal point of the NHL as camps open. Elsewhere in the Eastern Conference, the rival Penguins will look to rebound from a second-round postseason exit, the Lightning are stacked even after general manager Steve Yzerman stepped down and the Maple Leafs look like Cup favorites after adding John Tavares.

The Western Conference-champion Golden Knights won’t have Nate Schmidt for any game in the preseason or the first 20 of the regular season after a performance-enhancing drug suspension , while the Blues loaded up on centers in a bid to move past recent

playoff disappointments — like the Capitals did a year ago.

Some things to watch from training camps around the league:

TRYOUT TIME At least 20 players will attend camps on professional tryout agreements, with defenseman Brandon Davidson in Chicago and winger Scottie Upshall in Edmonton among those most likely to earn a contract. The Oilers — who have the selling point of playing with Connor McDavid — also invited defenseman Jason Garrison and former Capitals forward Alex Chiasson to camp. Edmonton is the land of opportunity this month after missing the playoffs by 17 points last season. The young Bruins are bringing in veterans Daniel Winnik, Lee Stempniak and Mark Fayne on tryouts. Each one will have to wow the coaching staff to make it.

WHO’S NOT THERE A handful of restricted free agents remain unsigned around the league, including Maple Leafs forward William Nylander, Golden Knights defenseman Shea Theodore and Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse. Nylander wasn’t listed on Toronto’s 73-player training camp roster released Wednesday. RFAs lack leverage and time, with the season coming up fast next month. Still, such situations are usually resolved before the opener and Nylander, Nurse, Theodore and the others should all sign before Oct. 3.

NEW COACHES Washington’s Todd Reirden is one of six new coaches, but he has been on Barry Trotz’s staff the past four seasons and had a hand in winning the Cup. Rod Brind’Amour has plenty of familiarity with the Hurricanes after seven seasons as an assistant but an entirely different challenge as he looks to end a league-worst nine-year playoff drought. New faces in new places include Trotz taking his Cup ring to the Islanders, former Carolina coach Bill Peters in Calgary, Jim Montgomery in Dallas and David Quinn with the Rangers. Peters faces big expectations in trying to get the Flames back to contending status in the West.

ROOKIE WATCH Buffalo No. 1 pick Rasmus Dahlin is the player to watch in the preseason to see if the smooth-skating Swedish defenseman can make the NHL look as effortless as previous endeavors. Dahlin will make the Sabres’ roster and could contribute immediately on a blue line that needs it. A handful of other top-10 picks have a chance to play on opening night, including Carolina’s Andrei Svechnikov, Ottawa’s Brady Tkachuk and Detroit’s Filip Zadina.

By STEPHEN WHYNO,Associated Press

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CANTLON'S CORNER: WOLF PACK OFF SEASON VOLUME 16

BY: Gerry Cantlon, Howlings HARTFORD, CT - Teams are all in the home stretch preparing for the 2018-19 season and this was a busy week. PLAYER & COACHING MOVEMENT Ex-Hartford Wolf Pack forward, Chad Wiseman, gets a league upgrade. Wiseman was named the new assistant coach for the Guelph Storm (OHL). Last month, he was named the head coach for his hometown Burlington Cougars (OJHL) a Junior A league after being a development coach last year. Former Bridgeport Sound Tiger head coach, and former New Haven Nighthawks player, Lane Lambert, was a part of the Capitals Stanley Cup winner, follows head coach Barry Trotz to the Islanders. Lambert was named associate head coach. Another former Nighthawk and player, as well as a Rangers assistant coach, replaces him. Scott Arniel was hired to be an assistant coach for the defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals. He joins former QU Bobcat Reid Cashman, who was promoted to assistant coach from Hershey, on Todd Reirden’s staff. Ex-Pack Marty Wilford was elevated from the San Diego Gulls to be an assistant coach with the Anaheim Ducks. The San Jose Barracuda (AHL), the Sharks top farm team, adds two new assistant coaches. They are moving two scouts up the ladder. Long-time AHL tough guy, Jimmy Bonneau, and Michael Chiasson, the son of a former Whalers player, the late Steve Chiasson. The late rearguard’s other son, Ryan Chaisson is at SUNY-Plattsburgh (SUNYAC) a Division III program. Another AHL’er heads to Europe as Niki Petti Laval signs with Mora IK (Sweden-SHL). Andrew Crescenzi also flies over the ocean leaving the Ontario Reign and signs with HC Bolzano (Italy-AEHL). Ex-Pack, Francois Bouchard, last playing for GHC Bordeaux (France-FREL) and after a year off, has signed for this season with the Dundee Stars (England-EIHL). Ryan Verbeek, the nephew of former Hartford Whalers and NY Rangers great, Pat Verbeek, who's now Tampa Bay’s assistant GM and Director of Player Development, leaves Canadian college hockey Dalhousie University (AUAA) for HC Lyon (France-FREL). He canceled a deal he first signed with Cergy (France-FREL). Hayden Verbeek, Pat's his other nephew, will be with Laval (AHL) this season. According to a team press release, ex-Pack, Daniel Paille, has had his career cut short because of a concussion. He had just signed a two-year extension with Brynas IF (Sweden-SHL) before a vicious blindside hit from one-time Springfield Falcon, Thomas Larkin, of Adler Mannheim (Germany-DEL) in a Champions Hockey League tourney game. Paille, a new father, not only lost his career but most likely, also lost a chance to be on the Canadian Olympic Team in PyeonChang, South Korea because of the injury. Larkin received only a four-game suspension. View it HERE. Shane Prince, who played four games with the Sound Tigers last year on an injury rehab, heads to HC Davos (Switzerland–LNA). Three former UCONN Huskies have changed addresses. Johnny Austin, who after the season ended up playing nine games with the Laval Rocket who he got his first pro point, has signed with the Wilkes Barre/Scranton Penguins. Goalie Garrett Bartus, from the last UCONN (AHC) team, goes from Ft. Wayne (ECHL) to Greenville (ECHL). Shawn Pauly, from UCONN’s first Hockey East team, goes from Kansas City (ECHL) to Coventry Blaze (England-EIHL). He canceled his HC Lyon Lions (France-FREL) deal to sign with Coventry. Ex-Pack, Joey Leach, who had five games with the Wolf Pack last season, re-signs with the South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL) for this season. Jared Fiegl is another NCAA grad signing a pro deal going from Cornell University (ECACHL) to Orlando (ECHL). That makes 171 Division I players that have signed pro deals in North America and 225 total players have signed North America and Europe. The US Hockey Hall of Fame has released its Class of 2018. Heading the list is the long-time University of Michigan head coach and a former NHL player, George “Red” Berenson. He coached 33 years with 22 consecutive NCAA appearances and an overall record of 848-426-92. He coached 1,366 games and won NCAA titles in 1996, and in 1998. In the old CCHA conference, the Wolverines finished first and second 20 of 23 years of the conference's history. Berenson played 987 NHL games, primarily with the St. Louis Blues. He was with Montreal early in his career before spending 49 games with the Rangers in the mid-1960’s before being traded to the Blues. Berenson then spent five years with Detroit and finished out his career with St. Louis his last four years. Minnesotan, Natalie Darwitz, won three Olympic medals (two silvers and a bronze) and was the youngest woman selected to play with the national team at age 15. She holds the NCAA women’s regular season scoring record at 114 points and is presently the coach at Hamline University in Minnesota in the Division III MIAC conference. David Poile has worked for USA hockey for over 30 years in various capacities. He is the current GM of Nashville Predators and is the longest-serving GM in the NHL with 36 consecutive years. He started out with Washington. Read a nice feature piece on Jack Finley, son of ex-Wolf Pack Jeff Finley HERE At the WJSS (World Junior Summer Showcase) we got to see another Drury score a game-winning goal. Jack Drury, the son of Ted Drury, an ex-Whaler, and the nephew of Chris Drury, the Wolf Pack GM and Assistant GM with the Rangers, completed a two-on-one break. Like his uncle did on many occasions, he snapped a shot high over the glove hand of Finnish goalie, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, with 7:19 to go in regulation. The goal would turn out to be the game-winner in a 2-1 US victory. Darien’s Spencer Knight (Avon Old Farm’s) had a strong performance in the game’s second half with nine saves for the red, white and blue. In Sunday’s wild 6-5 loss to Canada, QU's Keith Petruzzelli had a tough afternoon in Kamloops, BC. He gave up five goals on 20 shots and was pulled for Cayden Primeau. Drury set up Paul Cotter for a goal with 2:35 left in regulation to draw the US closer to 6-5. Primeau earned a win for the US in the teams first game a 5-4 OT win over Sweden. This weekend, the Ivan Hlinka-Wayne Gretzky Cup will be played in Red Deer, AB, and Edmonton, AB. It will be on the NHL Network. The semifinals are on Friday. Saturday is the bronze medal game and the Gold Medal Game on Sunday at 5:00 pm EST. The US team video coach is the current and long-time Wolf Pack assistant GM Pat Boller (Danbury). Canada’s goaltending consultant is all-time Wolf Pack great, Jason LaBarbera. Canada won its opener 10-0 over Switzerland. The US blanked the Czech Republic 6-0. The Czech goalie was Nick Malik, the youngest son of former Whaler, Ranger, and Beast of New Haven defenseman, Marek Malik. He gave up the first four goals on 25 shots before being pulled. With little time for a true search for a new assistant coach to replace the recently departed Brendan Buckley (Boston College), UConn did the next best thing. They went in-house to round out head coach Mike Cavanaugh’s coaching staff for the season. The Huskies promoted Joe Pereira (West Haven/South Kent Prep) to associate head coach and hired Tyler Helton as an assistant coach and Joe Ferriss as a graduate assistant to work under Cavanaugh. Pereira has been a part of Cavanaugh’s staff since his first season. He begins his sixth year on the bench this fall. He has played a significant role in the program’s recruiting efforts during his tenure with the Huskies. Helton has been a part of the program since his freshman year in Storrs in 2012. He begins his first season as a full-time assistant coach in 2018-19. He will assist the program working with the Husky defensemen, special teams and assisting with all aspects of recruiting. Helton initially joined Cavanaugh’s staff in the fall of 2013 and has worked with the program as a student assistant and graduate manager over the past five seasons. Ferriss returns to his alma mater for his first collegiate coaching job. He will assist the program with the video breakdown of games and practices, developing scouting reports, and practice plans. Ferriss graduated from UCONN in 2016 with a degree in exercise science after playing 120 games during his four-year career on the ice for the Huskies. One-time Quinnipiac University (ECACHL) assistant coach, and CT Nighthawks (EHL) head coach, Graham Johnson, is named head coach at Milwaukee's School of Engineering (WIAC), a Wisconsin-based Division III program. RIP to the great Stan Mikita who spent his entire NHL career in Chicago. Mikita is the only player in NHL history to achieve the trophy hat-trick consisting of the Art Ross Trophy (Scoring), Hart Trophy (MVP) and Lady Byng Trophy (sportsmanship). He achieved that not once, but twice and not just twice but in back to back years, 1966-1968. That's a feat that neither Gretzky, Lemieux, or Orr ever accomplished. He won four NHL scoring titles as part of the Original Six. In 1,394 games, Mikita tallied 1,467 points and is the all-time leading scorer in Chicago BlackHawks history. Mikita's earning The Lady Byng trophy was amazing. Early in his career, he was known to have a hair-trigger temper and was a willing and able fighter despite being just 5’9. He toned down his play and never again crossed the 100-minute mark after his sixth season. Mikita escaped from then communist Czechoslovakia. He was born in Sokolce in what is now the Slovak Republic. He arrived in Canada and had a great junior career in St. Catharines winning the league scoring title. Later, when his hockey career began, Mikita settled into Chicago. In the Windy City, Mikita became an icon along with Bobby Hull in the 1960’s. Mikita also created the first deaf and hearing impaired hockey academy in North America. It would help youngsters with those disabilities to learn to develop their hockey and socialization skills. WJC SCHEDULE RELEASED At the WJC tournament in Vancouver, and Victoria, BC December 26th-January 5th, it will not feature a preliminary round, USA-Canada game on New Year’s Eve. Rather it will be against Russia. The only time the two North American countries can meet is in the medal round games. The official schedule because of the West Coast time difference will mean some holiday late nights and DVR recording. The US preliminary game schedule is; Dec. 26 vs. Slovakia 6:30 pm Dec. 28 vs. Kazakhstan 10:30 pm Dec, 29 vs. Sweden 10:30 pm Dec. 31 vs. Finland 10:30 pm The elimination and medal round games start January 2nd. All USA games will be shown on the NHL Network as they pick up the feed from TSN in Canada. OUTDOOR HOCKEY SOUTH AMERICAN STYLE Playing outdoor hockey right now to some is laughable, but at the southernmost latitude where Chile and Antartica meet, an outdoor game took place. Read about this unique event. HERE. REASON 1,500 TO HATE THE HURRICANES To include the fabled "Brass Bonanza" as one of the eight finalists for a Hurricanes goal celebration song, for many here in Connecticut, it's offensive. Consider that the team did leave here and the former owner forbade the name to be uttered in the office no less, just is a slap in the face to those who still long to see the team here. Read about this HERE. Read the full article

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