St. Charles, Mo., isn’t exactly a hotbed for hockey, so Brandon Bollig has not quite grasped just how a kid from the city near St. Louis reached the NHL.
“I honestly am still trying to figure that out,” the Blackhawks rookie said. “Whatever happened, I’m sure glad it did. It has been a wild ride up here and has been a blast.”
The Ottawa Senators recalled goalie Ben Bishop from the club’s American Hockey League affiliate Monday and reassigned fellow netminder Robin Lehner.
Bishop was acquired by the Senators from the St. Louis Blues on Feb. 26 in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2013 draft.
Stars forward Brandon Bollig made his NHL debut on Wednesday night as he took the ice for the Chicago Blackhawks during their 5-4 win against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The Chicago Blackhawks have recalled forward Brandon Bollig from the American Hockey League’s Rockford IceHogs.
Bollig becomes the 46th different IceHogs skater to get recalled to the National Hockey League and fifth during 2011-12 to get recalled to Chicago.
The Blues have traded goaltending prospect Ben Bishop to the Ottawa Senators today in exchange for a second-round draft pick in 2013.
The move ends weeks of speculation following the Blues’ decision to re-sign goaltender Brian Elliott to a two-year extension and entertain offers for Bishop, who was on target to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.
Perhaps Chris Butler has discovered Miikka Kiprusoff’s secret to goaltending supremacy.
“Unfortunately, I came to find out Kipper likes his skates pretty sharp,” the Calgary Flames defenceman said Wednesday, trying to find levity in a situation that’s anything but light.
Devils winger Cam Janssen doesn’t hide his feelings.
He wants to beat the St. Louis Blues when his former team visits the Prudential Center on Thursday night, and he would have no problem fighting friend and former road roommate B.J. Crombeen.
The Colorado Avalanche forward talks about his time in the USHL with the Omaha Lancers, how the League helped to advance his hockey career, and discusses the continuing growth of the USHL.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-signed forward Joe Vitale to a two-year contract extension, it was announced today by executive vice president and general manager Ray Shero.
The deal begins with the 2012-13 season and runs through the 2013-14 campaign, and has an average annual value of $550,000.
Joe Vitale was born August 25, 1985. But early health issues in his infancy created rocky times for his parents, Sam and Mary Anne Vitale.
“Joey, when he was born had two kidney problems. He had two surgeries,” Sam Vitale said. “The one thing I think about all the time is after his second surgery my wife and I were in tears and the doctor said, ‘Don’t feel so bad, your son doesn’t know what he’s going through.
