Category Archives: NHL

Joe Vitale placed on injured reserve after fight in debut

Joe Vitale

The Arizona Coyotes have recalled forward Matthias Plachta from Springfield of the AHL and placed center Joe Vitale on injured reserve with an upper body injury.

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Senators’ Chris Wideman relishes first taste of NHL

Chris Wideman

Or about a few other spots along the way where others thought his hopes of playing in the National Hockey League were a ridiculous dream.

“I’m not blessed with the size (5-10, 180 pounds) and the skill of most guys,” Wideman said after his NHL debut for the Senators in the 4-3 shootout loss to Nashville.

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Ben Bishop Takes His Place Atop The Lightning All-Time Goalies List

Ben Bishop

Ben Bishop is the best goaltender in Tampa Bay Lightning history.

Saturday, he made it official.

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2016 NHL Draft: Matthew Tkachuk, Logan Brown & Max Jones

Logan Brown

The first Hockey Prospects show of the season aired today on Sirius XM’s NHL Radio with hosts Shane Malloy and Russ Cohen. HockeyProspect.com’s Mark Edwards did a quick 10 minute segment and spoke briefly about Matthew Tkachuk, Logan Brown & Max Jones.

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Ben Bishop makes 23 saves, including two penalty shots as Bolts win season opener 3-2 in overtime

Ben Bishop

The NHL moved overtime from 4-on-4 to the new setup this season.

Tampa Bay’s Ben Bishop faced his second penalty shot 1:27 into overtime and made a pad save on Scott Laughton.

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Picking No. 1 goalie, Stastny among Blues’ X-factors

Paul Stastny

Paul Stastny thrives as the No. 1 center: The Blues signed Stastny to a four-year, $28 million contract in 2014 to become their top center. But Stastny, who had 46 points in 74 games last season, was mostly relegated as the No. 3 center with Patrik Berglund and Dmitrij Jaskin.

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Flames notes: Bollig a lean, mean machine

Brandon Bollig

“We have to be fair with Bolls. That trade” — the 2014 draft day deal that brought him to Calgary in exchange for a third-round draft pick — “probably surprised him and even shocked him a little bit. So it took him time. He’s a great team guy and everything but towards the end of (last) year we saw, I think, the real Brandon Bollig.

“He’s had a great summer. I’ve talked to him many times over the summer. So have Jacques (Cloutier) and Marty. He came to camp in great shape and he’s been a very positive story for us.’’

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Senators’ Wideman impresses by quietly going about defensive business

Chris Wideman

It has been a fairly quiet training camp for Wideman, who appears on the cusp of landing an NHL job for the first time in his career by taking the spot left open by Chris Phillips. Phillips suffered a cracked vertebra during rehabilitation over the summer following back surgery.

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Getting To Know The Blues Luke Opilka

Luke Opilka

Opilka was selected by the Kitchener Rangers of the OHL in the 2013 Priority Draft. He had signed a Letter of Intent to attend and play hockey for the University of Wisconsin Badgers before being selected by the Blues in the fifth round of this year’s NHL Draft.

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Bishop makes preseason debut as Bolts top Florida

Ben Bishop

Tampa Bay Lightning G Ben Bishop made his preseason debut Friday as the Lightning knocked off Florida 4-1 at Amalie Arena.

Bishop did not play in either of the first two preseason games but split time with G Kristers Gudlevskis, who had not played since suffering an upper-body injury in a prospect tournament game on Sept. 15.

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