With just under four minutes left in regulation, Dakota Mermis drove Ontario’s zone, leaving a drop pass for Ryan MacInnis. MacInnis directed a shot low on Campbell, which he couldn’t handle cleanly, and Mermis, who was driving hard to the net, got a stick on the loose puck, tucking it past the Reign netminder to tie the game.
When the draft begins Friday night in Buffalo, get ready to hear a lot about players from St. Louis with at least four potential first-rounders from here in Matthew Tkachuk, Swansea’s Clayton Keller, Logan Brown and Luke Kunin.
Seated high above downtown St. Louis on Wednesday morning while having breakfast at Club 360, members of the USA Hockey committee had a good view of not only the Arch and Busch Stadium but also across the Mississippi River into Illinois.
Former Alton High Redbirds hockey standout Dakota Mermis was signed to an entry-level contract Wednesday by the NHL’s Arizona Coyotes. Mermis, 21 and a former Telegraph Hockey Player of the Year, signed a three-year contract. As per club policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.
But there are players here, too, like Oshawa Generals defenceman Dakota Mermis and Quebec captain Kurt Etchegary, both seeking the glory now because their futures are less certain.
Mermis is 21 and was overlooked in the NHL draft. He’s been to rookie camps, but he has no guarantee of a pro contract.
Memorial Cups weren’t on the radar at all for Dakota Mermis when he began his hockey journey in the fall of 2012, let alone the thought of trying to win one in Oshawa.
Oshawa Generals General Manager, Roger Hunt announced today that the Oshawa Generals have acquired Michael McCarron and Dakota Mermis from the London Knights in exchange for Cliff Pu and Josh Sterk.
Dakota Mermis has a thankless job with the London Knights this year.
There is no glory in being the designated shutdown defenceman on an inexperienced blue-line, especially for an over-ager trying to impress pro scouts for the last time.
Despite an 89-player training camp roster, the London Knights start Friday with just one certainty on their back end.
Dakota Mermis is going to play — a lot.
Dakota Mermis scored in overtime as the London Knights beat the Guelph Storm 6-5 in Ontario Hockey League play Thursday.
