The United States Olympic Committee announced today that three-time Paralympian and sled hockey goalie Steve Cash (Overland, Mo.) has been selected as the flag bearer for the U.S. Paralympic Team at the Closing Ceremony for the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games on March 16. Cash was chosen by a vote of fellow Team USA athletes.
Bentley’s Brett Gensler was named to the All-Atlantic Hockey First Team for the third consecutive season, leading the honorees named today, while first-place Mercyhurst had three players on the squad.
The Stockton Thunder, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s New York Islanders and AHL’s Bridgeport Sound Tigers, have traded rookie forward J.P. Burkemper to the Toledo Walleye in exchange for cash considerations, Head Coach and Director of Hockey Operations Rich Kromm announced Tuesday.
Fifty-two of the top American hockey players born in 1998 have been invited to USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program Evaluation Camp it was announced today by team officials. The camp, which will help select the 2014-15 U.S. National Under-17 Team, will take place March 21-25, at the Ann Arbor (Mich.) Ice Cube.
For hockey star, Joseph Woll, these dreams are gradually coming true. After thirteen years of hard work and dedication, Woll committed to Harvard University to play on their hockey team.
Colorado Avalanche forward Paul Stastny will miss the game Monday night against the Winnipeg Jets because of a balky back.
The Chill jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period and held a 4-2 lead midway through the second but the Allen Americans scored four-straight to pick up a comeback win by a final of 6-4 at the Family Arena on Sunday.
Right from the start you could feel the electricity at the Family Arena and the players fed off the record crowd en-route to a 5-2 win over the defending Central Hockey League champion Allen Americans with the legendary Bobby Hull looking on.
A major possibility remains a deal involving Paul Stastny, whose five-year, $33 million contract is up after this season and who can be an unrestricted free agent on July 1 if he isn’t re-signed by then.
This has stalled any plans the team might have had to trade forward depth and improve the team heading into the playoffs . There remains, however, one big elephant in the room: the contract status of Paul Stastny.
