Stastny was released from his professional tryout agreement by the Blues on Thursday.
Stastny has not played in North America since the 2009-10 season, split between St. Louis and AHL Manitoba. The 33-year-old spent last season with the Schwenningen Wild Wings of the DEL, where he logged 20 points in 38 contests.
McCadden played two years at Michigan Tech and then finished college at D-III St. Norbert. He spent the last two years with the Columbus Cottonmouths in the SPHL and had two call-ups to the ECHL.
As if you weren’t already, you should keep an eye on Penn State hockey’s captain David Goodwin and defenseman Vince Pedrie — the pair was just named to the Big Ten’s preseason watch list.
The Topeka RoadRunners of the NAHL are proud to announce defenseman Will Scherer has committed to play NCAA Division I hockey for Brown University in Providence, RI.
Between them, the Blues’ Paul Stastny and Kevin Shattenkirk have represented the United States in three Olympics and four world championships, so they’re no strangers when it comes to the Stars and Stripes and international hockey.
The Topeka RoadRunners send a player on to the Division One level. Will Scherer committed to play at Brown University.
The 18-year-old defenseman has played in the NAHL for the Springfield Junior Blues and Topeka RoadRunners.
Vitale (concussion) has been ruled out for the season by Red Wings general manager Ken Holland, Mike Halford of NBCSports.com reports.
Vitale suffered the concussion after a fight with Boston’s Kevan Miller last October, and was limited to just the one game.
The Fargo Force have named their captains for the upcoming United States Hockey League season. Blake Lizotte will be captain, while defenseman Bradley Johnson and forward Grant Meyer will serve as assistant captains.
Trent Frederic’s four-point game Sunday was enough to net the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey freshman the Big Ten Conference’s second star of the week.
After the UW-Stevens Point men’s hockey team captured its fifth national championship, former players Joe Kalisz (Davison, MI/Davison), Evan Dixon (Novi, MI), Sean Gammage (Wildwood, MO) and Logan Lemirande (Janesville, WI) all signed professional contracts today, continuing their playing careers.
