The Ducks have recalled center Peter Holland and left wing Patrick Maroon from the Norfolk Admirals, Anaheim’s primary development affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL). In addition, the club has reassigned right wing Emerson Etem to Norfolk.
It was one of those rare occurrences that is certainly noteworthy when talking about NAHL alumni. NAHL alums face one other on a nightly basis in the National Hockey League (NHL), but on Saturday night, two former NAHL goaltenders that played for the same NAHL team, put on a show during Hockey Day in Canada and gave everyone a night to remember.
NAHL and Texas Tornado alum Al Montoya was in goal for the Winnipeg Jets as they traveled to Ottawa to take on the Senators, who were backstopped by fellow NAHL and Texas Tornado alum Ben Bishop.
Ben Bishop came up big, but not big enough apparently.
The Senators backup goalie made only his second start Saturday in the club’s 1-0 loss to the Winnipeg Jets. While Bishop did a good job with 36 stops, it wasn’t enough.
It took him seven games, but Paul Stastny found the perfect time to score his first two goals of the season.
With the score deadlocked at 3-3 late in the third period, Stastny scored the winner on a power play and then added an insurance goal to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 6-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Thursday.
Forward Cam Janssen, a former Albany River Rat who has played 311 career NHL games, cleared waivers today and likely will be assigned to Albany, although no official transaction has been sent.
Having three goaltenders on the Senators roster was a bit like cramming three large, padded men into a phone booth.
Comfortable it was not.
Senators general manager Bryan Murray finally put an end to the discomfort, sending prospect Robin Lehner back to AHL Binghamton Tuesday while Ben Bishop remains in Ottawa to back up red-hot starter Craig Anderson, now 2-0 on the season.
Most of us who follow hockey may not have known that the job even existed – NHL practice goalie.
Today, Frank Cusumano introduces us to a young man who is stopping pucks against the games best, although he actually wasn’t even good enough to make his high school team.
He really is living a dream.
Former SUNY Potsdam men’s hockey player Kevin McFarland ’12 is spending the National Hockey League preseason in St. Louis Blues camp. The goaltender, who set the Bears’ single-season save percentage mark (.914) in 2011-12, is enjoying every second of his experience while it lasts.
They may not add goals to the scoring column, but enforcers have always been considered an important aspect of any professional hockey club.
Last season, the New Jersey Devils were fortunate enough to have two. Cam Janssen and Eric Boulton carried the load for the organization with 190 penalty minutes while only adding one total point in a combined 99 games.
As the NHL lockout drags on, a fourth member of the Avalanche signed with a European professional hockey team.
Paul Stastny, the Avalanche’s highest-paid player, signed a provisional contract Thursday with a team in Munich — Red Bull Munchen — and might play his first game with the team Friday night.
