Category Archives: Tier 1 – Canada

Blake Clarke battles injuries, aiming to become top prospect again with Saginaw Spirit

Blake Clarke

Blake Clarke made his return to the lineup Friday, Jan. 16 scoring a goal in a 4-1 win over Sudbury. It marked the first game for the 18-year old since breaking his hand and wrist in the third game of the season at Sault Ste. Marie.

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Ottawa 67’s Jeff Brown, on ‘horrible’ night coaching against his son, Windsor Spitfires’ Logan Brown

Logan Brown

One suspects it is rarer still to get such a candid take on what that is really like than what  Ottawa 67’s coach Jeff Brown offered after coaching against his son, 16-year-old Windsor Spitfires centre Logan Brown.

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Brown to face father’s team

Logan Brown

While players filed onto the bus after Wednesday’s overtime win in Belleville, Windsor Spitfires rookie Logan Brown met up with his family and headed to Ottawa with them.

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Oshawa Generals Acquire Dakota Mermis from the London Knights

Dakota Mermis

Oshawa Generals General Manager, Roger Hunt announced today that the Oshawa Generals have acquired Michael McCarron and Dakota Mermis from the London Knights in exchange for Cliff Pu and Josh Sterk.

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Mermis emerges as leader

Dakota Mermis

Dakota Mermis has a thankless job with the London Knights this year.

There is no glory in being the designated shutdown defenceman on an inexperienced blue-line, especially for an over-ager trying to impress pro scouts for the last time.

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Spits rookies Stanley, Brown to represent Canada

Logan Brown

While most of the Ontario kids have crossed paths growing up, Brown, who is from Chestefield, Missouri, is actually more familiar with the National Development Team Program’s under-17 team, which will represent the United States.

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Chatham hat trick propels Plymouth Whalers

Connor Chatham

Well, they made the most of it with Saturday’s 8-4 thumping of visiting Peterborough to improve to 3-3-1-0 thus far in the young 2014-15 season.

Leading Plymouth was Connor Chatham, who netted a hat trick while five other players tallied single markers.

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Dakota Mermis is a keen mentor to a younger Knights team

Dakota Mermis

Despite an 89-player training camp roster, the London Knights start Friday with just one certainty on their back end.

Dakota Mermis is going to play — a lot.

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Spitfires trade six draft picks to land top prospect Brown

Logan Brown

The Windsor Spitfires acquired top prospect Logan Brown from the Niagara IceDogs for six draft picks Tuesday.

Brown, the sixth overall pick in this year’s OHL draft, is a six-foot-five, 215-pound centre who had 19 goals in 19 games with the Indiana Ice Midget U16s last year.

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IceDogs still in the hunt for Brown

Logan Brown

The Niagara IceDogs hope to have a resolution to the Logan Brown situation by the first week of August.

The IceDogs have yet to sign Brown, their top draft choice in the 2014 Ontario Hockey League Priority Selection, but have keep in constant contact with the talented centre and his father, former National Hockey League defenceman Jeff Brown.

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