Others heading to development camps include Garret Haar (Washington), Mike Cichy (Montreal), and Colton Hargrove (Boston). The five, including Balisy, have their draft rights held by the teams. Undrafted student-athletes Nolan LaPorte, Kenney Morrison, Kyle Novak, and Josh Pitt also are headed to camps. LaPorte will join Haar in Washington, while Morrison heads to Edmonton, Novak to Anaheim and Pitt to Winnipeg.
The League’s fourth-leading scorer with 77 points (27g, 50a) appeared in all 64 games this season for the Gamblers. One of just three players to record 50 assists, he had multi-assist games on 12 occasions. He put together a 14-game point streak from January 13th to March 1st, amassing 22 points (12g, 10a) over that span which included a hat trick on January 18th, his first in the USHL. The 20-year-old led his team with a plus-23 rating and ranked second in the League with four shorthanded goals. The O’Fallon, Missouri native will play college hockey at Western Michigan University.
In the USHL, Kyle Novak of the Green Bay Gamblers pulls off a beautiful goal against the Youngstown Phantoms. Novak tracks down a Phantoms defenseman from behind in his own zone and deftly picks his pocket. He turns and heads in on the net, where another defender is trying to cut him off. Novak manages to split between the defender and the goalie and slip the puck in while on only one leg just prior to going airborne!
The United States Hockey League announced the CCM and Reebok player awards for the 17th week of the 2012-13 USHL regular season.
Award winners include J.T. Stenglein of the Waterloo Black Hawks and Kyle Novak of the Green Bay Gamblers, who were named co-recipients of CCM Forward of the Week; Ian McCoshen of the Waterloo Black Hawks, selected as CCM Defenseman of the Week; and Kevin Lindskoug of the Muskegon Lumberjacks, who nabs honors as Reebok Goaltender of the Week.
Kyle Novak picked a good time to record his first United States Hockey League hat trick.
Novak’s three goals helped the Green Bay Gamblers post a 5-1 victory over the Sioux Falls Stampede at the Resch Center on Friday night.
Green Bay Gamblers forward Kyle Novak displayed some outstanding stick on December 1st to scored a shorthanded goal against Indiana. Just four weeks later, he showcased a similar move in a victory over Chicago on December 28th.
Check out both goals and their similarities from the second-year USHL forward.
The United States Hockey League announced the CCM and Reebok player awards for the 14th week of the 2012-13 USHL regular season, ending on Sunday, December 30th.
Award winners include Kyle Novak from the Green Bay Gamblers and Joseph Cox of the Muskegon Lumberjacks, and named co-recipients of CCM Forward of the Week; Clark Kuster of the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, selected as CCM Defenseman of the Week; and Michael Bitzer of the Lincoln Stars who earned honors as Reebok Goaltender of the Week.
The Western Michigan hockey program and head coach Andy Murray have announced the signing of nine student-athletes to national letters of intent to play hockey at WMU on Tuesday afternoon.
The Green Bay Gamblers of the United States Hockey League (USHL) are pleased to announce that forward Kyle Novak has committed to Western Michigan University of the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA). Novak is the 3rd player on the Gamblers roster to commit to the Broncos, joining forwards Nolan LaPorte and Sheldon Dries.
