Category Archives: NHL

Paul Stastny: Avalanche Mainstay or Trade Bait?

Paul Stastny

Paul Stastny certainly has many ties to the city of Denver and the franchise for whom he plays. His father is Peter Stastny, a Hall of Famer for the Quebec Nordiques and the mentor to a young Joe Sakic.

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Free Agents: Sulzer, Turnbull

Travis Turnbull

Never drafted by an NHL team, Turnbull signed with the Sabres organization as a free agent in April 2009 after playing four years of college hockey with the Michigan Wolverines in the NCAA.

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Butler envious of former mates

Chris Butler

Watching the Buffalo Sabres make their annual crunch-time press for the playoffs has a little bit of sting for former defenceman Chris Butler.

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Bollig knows his role as enforcer

Brandon Bollig

Brandon Bollig was just doing what came naturally. Someone went after one of the Blackhawks’ stars, so he went after that someone.

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Bollig has a shot to stick with Blackhawks

Brandon Bollig

He got lost in the shuffle of the Game 2 heroics of Bryan Bickell and the controversial hit on Mike Smith by Andrew Shaw, but Blackhawks forward Brandon Bollig made some history of his own on Saturday.

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Brandon Bollig embraces enforcer role with Chicago Blackhawks

Brandon Bollig

Former Rockford IceHog Brandon Bollig is not just a fighter; he’s an enforcer who can skate.

And for more than a month now, the Chicago Blackhawks have taken advantage of it.

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Joe Vitale, Marked Man: Penguins forward knocks both Danny Briere, Nick Grossmann out of lineup

Joe Vitale

I can’t say I’ve ever had a single thought about Joe Vitale before yesterday. Safe to say that’s changed. The Penguins forward took out two key members of the Philadelphia Flyers Sunday in what’s almost likely to be just the first of many matchups between these two teams in the next several weeks.

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Senators sign defenceman Chris Wideman to an entry-level contract

Chris Wideman

The Ottawa Senators announced today that the club has signed defenceman Chris Wideman to a two-year entry-level contract.

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Bishop Out For Rest Of Regular Season

Ben Bishop

The Senators won’t have Big Ben Bishop’s presence in the net before the end of the season.

Coach Paul MacLean confirmed Monday the club’s newly acquired backup will miss at least two weeks with what’s believed to be a groin injury he suffered Saturday against the Pittsburgh Penguins.

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First NHL Goals for USHL Alumni

Travis Turnbull

It was a weekend to remember for a pair of USHL alumni as each scored their first goal in the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing in just his second NHL game, Travis Turnbull scored his first goal on his first shot in the league.

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