KHL Beat: Quarter-Season Analysis Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | October 29, 2014 The KHL, international league led by Russian hockey professionals, has passed its quarter-season mark this October. The league enjoys intrigue, good hockey but does suffer from financial instability of clubs.…
Decision Time Looming for Junior Players Carl Maloney | October 29, 2014 With the NHL season three weeks old, most teams are starting to get a sense of how their rosters are shaping up and are down to making those final few decisions. One…
Where Are They Now: Ryan Potulny Matthew Speck | October 24, 2014 The road of a veteran American Hockey League player is a long, winding one. There are often multiple stops with AHL teams, a stint or two in the NHL and…
Andrew Gordon Eyes NHL Return Matthew Speck | October 20, 2014 The Philadelphia Flyers and first-year General Manager Ron Hextall was the first team to contact Andrew Gordon when free agency opened up this summer. The decision came quickly and Gordon,…
Q&A With Brandon Yip Ted Warren | October 16, 2014 When the Norfolk Admirals affiliate the Anaheim Ducks signed Brandon Yip to an AHL contract this summer, they got a package of grit, heart, and a blue-collar work ethic that…
WHL Roundup: Winterhawks at Wrong End of Standings Larry Fisher | October 15, 2014 What in the world is wrong with the Portland Winterhawks? That’s a million-dollar question that everybody’s asking, but nobody really has an answer for. When the four-time defending Western Conference…
50 Years Ago Today – News & Notes From Around Hockey Rick Cole | October 11, 2014 News and notes from the hockey world on this day, fifty years ago. AHL season faces off The American Hockey League dropped the puck on their 1964-65 season last night with…
Steve MacIntyre Rejuvenating His Game Among Prospects Ted Warren | October 10, 2014 Following the 2013-2014 season, Steve MacIntyre retired; well that was until Ducks GM Bob Murray contacted him and asked him to sign an AHL Standard Players Contract with their affiliate,…
Can The Texas Stars Repeat As Calder Cup Champions? Derek Neumeier | October 6, 2014 As far as hockey seasons go, it’s hard to come closer to perfection than the American Hockey League’s Texas Stars did in 2013-2014. The Stars entered the year viewed as…
Stanley Cup Blueprint: Kelowna Rockets on Defence Darrin Hayes | September 7, 2014 Earlier in the month I looked at a different fantasy scenario with regards to expansion. In it, I submitted that of all the players in the league, you could win…
Stanley Cup Blueprint: London Knights On Offence Darrin Hayes | August 31, 2014 With all the talk about expansion and where teams might be going, I started to look at how organizations will build their teams, not just the new cities but the…
Making Sense of the Oklahoma City Barons Blueline Carl Maloney | August 28, 2014 Last season was one of transition on the Oklahoma City Barons blueline as there was an influx of players joing the professional ranks for the first time. Defensemen Oscar Klefbom,…
