On Thursday, Colorado Avalanche center Paul Stastny finalized a contract that will see him play for EHC Red Bull Muenchen for the remainder of the NHL lockout. In Muenchen, he will join a team that is currently in 12th place in the 14-team DEL (Germany’s top hockey league), and has been ravaged by injuries.
Devils right winger Cam Janssen had planned to be facing the Islanders Saturday night at Nassau Coliseum. Months ago he hoped a lengthy labor battle between NHL owners and players would be avoided so that a full season could be played.
In wake of Hurricane Sandy, Cam Janssen and several other professional hockey players have banded together to create the “Cam Janssen Fights Sandy; Hockey Helps Rebuild” Fundraiser.
Join us on November 17th at the Hardees IcePlex in Chesterfield, Missouri for an exciting hockey game featuring Cam Janssen, Barret Jackman, Alex Pietrangelo, Brian Elliott, and many other St. Louis hockey favorites. Puck drops at 7:30pm.
Brandon Bollig was never drafted by an NHL team. Despite that, he made his NHL debut last season with the Chicago Blackhawks. To celebrate that accomplishment, his father framed his first NHL jersey, which you can see to your right.
The Chicago Blackhawks have assigned forwards Kyle Beach, Brandon Bollig, Terry Broadhurst, Rob Flick, Byron Froese, David Gilbert, Jimmy Hayes, Marcus Kruger, Peter LeBlanc, Jeremy Morin, Philippe Paradis, Brandon Pirri, Brandon Saad, Andrew Shaw and Ben Smith, defensemen Adam Clendening, Klas Dahlbeck, Shawn Lalonde, Joe Lavin, Nick Leddy, Dylan Olsen and Ryan Stanton, and goaltenders Mac Carruth, Carter Hutton, Alec Richards and Kent Simpson to the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs.
St. Louis Blues Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced Friday the club has assigned 24 players to the Blues’ American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Peoria Rivermen.
In addition, the club has assigned three players to their junior and European teams.
The players assigned to Peoria include goaltender Mike McKenna and forward Philip McRae.
Brandon Bollig stayed behind long after others, including some of his Blackhawks teammates, had left on Thursday. He had soaked in all he could during the NHLPA meetings, which once again ended with players unified in their cause, but nowhere near a new collective bargaining agreement with the NHL.
It looked more like a hockey game than a football game when Christian Brothers College High School hosted their rivals on Saturday afternoon in St. Louis.
That’s because CBC alum and Penguins forward Joe Vitale was honored with a halftime ceremony where his No. 16 high school hockey jersey was retired. Vitale was joined by his wife Brianna, daughter Summer, mother Mary Ann, dad Sam and a number of aunts, uncles and cousins.
How have the Blackhawks been spending their offseason? chicagoblackhawks.com recently sat down with Brandon Bollig to see how his summer has gone so far and discuss some of his aspirations for the 2012-23 NHL campaign.
The Colorado Avalanche Hockey Club announced today that forward Gabriel Landeskog has been named team captain. Landeskog was appointed captain by Avalanche head coach Joe Sacco after Milan Hejduk informed the coaching staff that he has relinquished his role.
Hejduk, who served as captain during the 2011-12 campaign, will remain as an assistant captain this upcoming season along with Paul Stastny.
