In round 5 the Wings had the 102nd overall pick and took Timmy Makowski a 5’11” 146 LB, 98 born, LH Defenseman from Ballwin, MO. “Timmy is one of the top 98 defenseman in the country, he has a solid skill set that will deepen our back end” Timmy spent last season with the St. Louis AAA Blues U18 team, in 32 games played he has 1 goal and 3 assists.
The Northeast Generals will make their debut in the North American Hockey League next fall, playing out of the New England Sports Village in North Attleboro. Yesterday, the new junior hockey program made a splash by choosing several players with local ties in the NAHL’s annual draft.
“People want winners and I was fortunate enough to be on a winning team,” Tkachuk said. “I think a lot of people like that.”
Matthew Tkachuk knows just what kind of grind it is to make it as a National Hockey League player. He got to see first-hand just how his father, Keith, was able to play over the course of an 18-year career.
Trent Frederic was an unheralded member of this season’s rendition of the United States National Development Team program, serving as the team’s second line centre and one of its most valuable special teams players on the penalty kill.
*Prospect Matthew Tkachuk, and son of Keith Tkachuk, is keeping a blog diary during the NHL scouting combine weekend in Buffalo.
“I trained pretty hard for it at Wisconsin for a good month or so,” Kunin said. “I was happy with my results so it was a good time. My trainer, Jim Snider at Wisconsin, he does a real good job training me for it. He’s done it in the past for guys like Jake McCabe so he’s the one I wanted to train with.”
I agree that Tkachuk would make the Oilers happy, as skilled and gritty power forwards are hard to come by. They’re not quite the unicorns of the NHL, but if you see one, you certainly want to grab him.
Matthew Tkachuk is “gaining momentum,” as one executive put it, days after the London Knight bulled his way through the Memorial Cup. You know the NHL’s preoccupation with skilled power forwards, and he certainly qualifies.
The New Jersey Devils had three players to either sign or effectively let go today from 2014: winger Connor Chatham, winger Brandon Baddock, and defenseman Ryan Rehill.
