Category Archives: NHL

Bruising Bollig Looking To Cement Himself In Calgary

Brandon Bollig

One of the additions to the Flames in the off-season was Brandon Bollig, acquired from the Chicago Blackhawks at the draft for a third round pick.

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Ducks’ Patrick Maroon gets first-line crack to address scoring slump

Pat Maroon

Although Maroon is in the middle of a 15-game goal-less skid that has featured 31 shots getting denied, Ducks Coach Bruce Boudreau placed Maroon on the first line with Anaheim’s points leader, Ryan Getzlaf, and potent-scoring Corey Perry.

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Senators Recall Defenseman Chris Wideman from Binghamton

Chris Wideman

The Ottawa Senators (@Senators) announced today that the club has recalled defenceman Chris Wideman from its American Hockey League affiliate, the Binghamton Senators. The NHL recall is the first of his career.

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Ben Bishop Woes Against The Pittsburgh Penguins Continue

Ben Bishop

Ben Bishop has enjoyed a great deal of success since coming over to the Tampa Bay Lightning, becoming a Vezina Trophy finalist last season. After years of bouncing between the AHL and NHL with multiple teams, he has finally found a home with the Lightning.

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Blues’ Butler is happy to be home

Chris Butler

Chris Butler was 10 or 11 when he got one of his favorite Christmas presents ever: A gold, aluminum Easton Brett Hull-model hockey stick. For a kid in St. Louis who loved to play hockey, what could possibly be better than that?

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Stamkos, Bishop key Lightning past Sabres, 5-0

Ben Bishop

Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist during Tampa Bay’s three-goal second period, Ben Bishop made 13 saves, and the Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-0 on Thursday night.

Butler has a solid debut for hometown Blues

St. Louis native Chris Butler admitted to having some nervous energy in his Blues’ debut Sunday, but overall his performance was solid, coach Ken Hitchcock said.

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Kyle Palmieri, Patrick Maroon score as Ducks outlast Coyotes 2-1

Pat Maroon

Barely three minutes later, Maroon knocked home the rebound off Sami Vatanen’s thunderous shot from the point for the 2-0 advantage. Kesler won the faceoff and dropped the puck right back to Vatanen, giving him 11 assists this season.

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Bluenotes: Oshie wouldn’t mind more ice time with Stastny

Paul Stastny

“He said we might be switching,” Oshie said. “I thought we were really good. Me and ‘Stas’ showed up on the minus-sheet, but as far as the (offensive) zone play and reading off each other, it got better and better as the game went.

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Butler joins the Blues after “humbling” AHL stint

The start to Chris Butler’s seventh season of professional hockey wasn’t exactly picturesque. In fact, it was a rather disappointing beginning to the defenseman’s tenure with St. Louis.

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