Instead, Jack Combs made a statement of his own.
The league’s point and goal leader scored four goals as the Allen Americans beat the Mallards 5-2 at the Allen Event Center in the team’s first meeting since the Americans beat the Mallards in Game 7 of the Central Hockey League Ray Miron President’s Cup semifinals.
Gorsuch gets call up. Michigan Warriors starting goaltender Trevor Gorsuch received a call up Friday, Dec. 5, to the Waterloo Black Hawks of the United States Hockey League.
Gorsuch, 20, was 38-41-9 in four seasons with the Warriors, tallying a 2.64 goals against average and .921 save percentage. He posted six wins, including three shutouts, and 1.23 goals against average last year in the playoffs for Michigan, which advanced to the Robertson Cup semifinals.
The Iowa Wild AAA Elite are proud to announce that #U18Wild Forward Austin Rueschhoff has been called up to the Janesville Jets this weekend while #U18Wild Defenseman Samu Suominen has been called up for the second weekend in a row to the Austin Bruins of the NAHL.
Luke Opilka came very close to quitting hockey before realizing his true calling as a goaltender during an open skate at a friend’s birthday party.
“I was never too good a player; the only goal I ever scored was on my own net,” Opilka said. “I really thought I actually scored a goal so I began celebrating. I was probably a mite [8 years old] then and I probably should have known better, but I didn’t.”
Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist during Tampa Bay’s three-goal second period, Ben Bishop made 13 saves, and the Lightning beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-0 on Thursday night.
Forward Kyle Kraemer has signed a contract to return to the Colorado Eagles.
Kraemer joined Colorado in the middle of last season after he was traded by the Ontario Reign. In 30 games with the Eagles he had 12 goals and 20 points.
The group — defenseman Matt Berkovitz, winger Matt Freytag, center Luke Kunin, center Seamus Malone, goaltender Luke Opilka and defenseman Peter Tischke — are driven prospects that will bring a compelling sense of energy to the Badgers in 2015-16.
Not only has Chris Wideman proved he belongs with the elite players of the American Hockey League, he’s showing the signs of a player ready to compete at the next level.
A lot of old memories came back to mind for Jack Combs, Chad Costello and Gary Steffes as they stepped off the Allen Americans bus at the BOK Center for Tuesday’s ECHL game with the Tulsa Oilers.
UW-Stout goalie Spencer Viele recorded his first two wins as a Blue Devil, picking up a 4-1 win over Finlandia University (Mich.) on Nov. 21, and a 2-1 victory over Lawrence University (Wis.) on Nov. 22, and was selected as the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) hockey athlete of the week.
