The Montreal Canadiens have agreed to terms with forward Jake Lucchini on a one-year, two-way contract. Lucchini, 25, tallied 11 goals and nine assists for 20 points in 61 AHL games between the Laval Rocket and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins as a rookie in 2019-20. The product of Michigan Tech made his pro debut with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton
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The Iowa Wild have announced the hiring of Richard Bachman as goaltending coach. Bachman, 33, concluded an 11-year playing career in 2019-20, appearing in three games with the AHL’s Utica Comets as well as three games for Oskarshamn IK in the Swedish Hockey League. Bachman played in 264 regular-season games over his AHL career with
The Buffalo Sabres announced today that the team has re-signed forward Andrew Oglevie to a two-year, two-way contract. Oglevie, 25, tied for the Rochester Americans team lead with 15 goals in 2019-20 and added 14 assists for 29 points in 55 games. A native of Fullerton, Calif., Oglevie has appeared in 83 games with Rochester
The Detroit Red Wings have re-signed center Dominic Turgeon to a one-year contract. Turgeon, 24, appeared in all 63 games for the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins in 2019-20, tallying 10 goals and 13 assists for 23 points. In four seasons with Grand Rapids, Turgeon has has tallied 36 goals and 57 assists for 93 points
The New Jersey Devils have re-signed forwards Brett Seney and Ben Street and defenseman Josh Jacobs to one-year, two-way contracts. Seney skated in 61 games for the AHL’s Binghamton Devils in 2019-20, leading the club with 19 goals and 44 points. He also appeared in two NHL games with New Jersey. Seney enters his third
The Montreal Canadiens have re-signed goaltender Michael McNiven to a one-year contract. McNiven, 23, enters his fourth season in the Canadiens organization in 2020-21 after originally signing an entry-level contract on Sept. 24, 2015. McNiven was 3-0-0 with a 2.33 goals-against average and a .919 save percentage in three appearances with the AHL’s Laval Rocket
Center Brandon Pirri was 23 years old when the Blackhawks traded him to the Florida Panthers for two draft picks. Now, he’s 29 and he and his wife Elyse are expecting their second child in December. “I think last time around I was a kid, this time I (almost) have two kids,” Pirri said. “A lot’s
Dylan Sikura woke up Monday morning with plans to play golf with a few junior hockey buddies in his hometown outside of Toronto. Before he teed off, he received the news that he’d been traded from the Chicago Blackhawks to the Vegas Golden Knights in exchange for Brandon Pirri. Sikura, 25, joins the Golden Knights
An affiliation change during a global pandemic wasn’t part of the vision, but Geordie Kinnear still managed to end up in the right place. “I always wanted to be the head coach of the Charlotte Checkers,” said Kinnear, who hopes to start that job in the near future. “I have a ton of respect for
The Tampa Bay Lightning captured the Stanley Cup on Monday night with a 2-0 victory over the Dallas Stars to win the NHL’s championship series, four games to two. Brayden Point and Blake Coleman scored for the Lightning in Game 6, and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 22 shots to record his first career playoff shutout. Tampa
Before the Lightning’s current core went on a handful of deep playoff runs in the NHL, they cut their teeth in a waterfront city in southeastern Virginia. It was in 2011-12 when coach Jon Cooper led an AHL Norfolk Admirals group on a historic run. Ondrej Palat, Tyler Johnson and Alex Killorn, all key contributors
The Montreal Canadiens have agreed to terms with forward Joseph Blandisi on a one-year, two-way contract. Blandisi played 30 games in the AHL between the Laval Rocket and the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in 2019-20, recording seven goals and 11 assists for 18 points. He added two goals and three assists in 21 NHL games with Pittsburgh
Corey Perry scored 9:23 into the second overtime period on Saturday night to lift the Dallas Stars to a season-saving 3-2 win over Tampa Bay in Game 5 of the 2020 Stanley Cup Final. The Lightning still hold a 3-2 series lead heading into Game 6 on Monday. Perry’s game-winner was his second goal of
The Detroit Red Wings today signed center Turner Elson to a one-year contract extension. Elson enters his eighth pro season in 2020-21 after recording nine goals and 13 assists for 22 points in 61 games for the AHL’s Grand Rapids Griffins in 2019-20. Elson set career highs in goals (18), assists (21) and points (39)
New Wolves coach Ryan Warsofsky grew up next to George and Myrna Sullivan in Marshfield, Massachusetts. The Sullivans, now deceased, were a big part of Warsofsky’s life and even served as his godparents. Their hockey-playing son, Mike, also had a major role in Warsofsky’s personal development. And that relationship has helped shape Warsofsky’s career, since
Kevin Shattenkirk scored 6:34 into overtime as Tampa Bay defeated Dallas, 5-4, in Game 4 of the 2020 Stanley Cup Final on Friday night. With the Lightning holding a 3-1 series lead, the teams go back at it Saturday night for Game 5. Shattenkirk, who made his pro debut with the AHL’s Lake Erie Monsters
The Rockford IceHogs have agreed to terms with defenseman Cody Franson on a one-year AHL deal with the club for the 2020-21 season. Franson returns to the IceHogs after spending the last two seasons with Omsk Avangard (KHL). He finished the 2017-18 season with Rockford, tallying 28 points in 37 regular-season games and 13 points
The Nashville Predators have re-signed forward Yakov Trenin to a two-year, one-way contract. Trenin, 23, made his NHL debut with the Predators in 2019-20, recording two goals and four assists in 21 games. He also set AHL career highs with 20 goals and 35 points while skating in just 32 games for the Milwaukee Admirals.