In 37 years of working as an NHL security representative at Blues’ home games, Jim Maier has developed relationships with not only players, but their children as well.
He’s been asked to keep a watchful eye on kids named Carson and Ryan MacInnis, Dominic Turgeon and Mathew and Brady Tkachuk.
“I was 3 when I started playing hockey,” Tkachuk, a forward who just wrapped up his Under-17 season with USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program, said. “I just fell in love with it from the beginning. I used to go to my dad’s games, and he forced me into skates but I just loved it.”
The New Jersey Devils have signed right wing Cam Janssen to a one-year, two-way contract, according to The Record. The report states Janssen will make $575,000 if he’s in the NHL next season.
Janssen, 30, could have become an unrestricted free agent July 1.
Defenseman Justin Fletcher grew up in Maryville and is still playing pro hockey in Europe.
Fletcher, who went to high school in St. Louis, played in the United States Hockey League before playing four years of college hockey at St. Cloud State.
Word of the former NHL defenceman becoming coach of the Ottawa 67’s lent itself to speculation online that his highly touted son, Niagara IceDogs first-round choice Logan Brown, might follow his father to Canada’s capital by way of a trade before the season.
While the most famous player in St. Louis Blues history was born in Belleville, Hall of Famer Brett Hull came into the world in Belleville, Ontario in Canada — not Illinois.
Another Belleville-born forward, 18-year-old Connor Chatham, could become the first metro-east player selected in the NHL draft when the event is held June 27-28 in Philadelphia.
Kitchener Rangers forward Ryan MacInnis is one of 42 players invited to USA Hockey’s summer evaluation camp for the world junior championships.
MacInnis, 18, is coming off a solid rookie season in the OHL in which he finished tied for third in team scoring with 37 points in 66 games.
Montreal Canadiens and Hamilton Bulldogs General Manager Marc Bergevin announced today the Bulldogs have signed defenceman David Makowski to a one-year American Hockey League contract for the 2014-2015 season.
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Alex Wideman and Chris Wideman represent some of those family bonds from the Miami hockey team. The two played together during the 2011-12 season, Chris’ senior campaign and Alex’s freshman one.
With only eight players coming back from last year’s team, the Sioux City Musketeers have some holes to fill. Coach Jay Varady has 15 roster spots open, and the majority of them on the blue line.
