A starting goaltender going under the knife is never what a team wants to hear.
But in this case, the Kitchener Rangers didn’t really have a choice. A doctor told the St. Louis Blues that goalie Luke Opilka needed surgery. The Blues told the Rangers they were doing it now, to help the player long term.
The Corpus Christi IceRays of the North American Hockey League (NAHL) are proud to announce the commitment of forward Brady Crabtree to Hamline University, a NCAA Division III program in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC), for the 2016-17 season.
In round 5 the Wings had the 102nd overall pick and took Timmy Makowski a 5’11” 146 LB, 98 born, LH Defenseman from Ballwin, MO. “Timmy is one of the top 98 defenseman in the country, he has a solid skill set that will deepen our back end” Timmy spent last season with the St. Louis AAA Blues U18 team, in 32 games played he has 1 goal and 3 assists.
The Northeast Generals will make their debut in the North American Hockey League next fall, playing out of the New England Sports Village in North Attleboro. Yesterday, the new junior hockey program made a splash by choosing several players with local ties in the NAHL’s annual draft.
Matthew Tkachuk is “gaining momentum,” as one executive put it, days after the London Knight bulled his way through the Memorial Cup. You know the NHL’s preoccupation with skilled power forwards, and he certainly qualifies.
With the 2016 NAHL Entry Draft less than two weeks away, the Bismarck Bobcats kept their busy week of transactions going: sending a fifth round draft pick to the Kenai River Brown Bears for forward Austin Junger.
The Ontario Hockey League today announced that 2016 NHL Draft prospect Matthew Tkachuk of the London Knights is the Pioneer Energy OHL Player of the Week for the playoff week ending May 8 recording six points in two games including three goals and three assists with a plus-minus rating of plus-2.
That was the sentiment from co-captain Christian Dvorak, as the London Knights’ Matthew Tkachuk was praised to no end by his teammates on Saturday evening.
The Sioux City Musketeers saw an opportunity in the first round of the United States Hockey League Phase II Draft and took advantage.
Round 17: Bud Winter, forward, Affton Americans.
The Dubuque Fighting Saints hockey staff selected the “Class of 2016” during Phase II of the USHL Draft on Tuesday morning. Below are the selections, by round.
