MONTREAL — It was a National Hockey League-quality play, executed at full speed and with great determination. Jake Evans stabbed at Damon Severson’s pass, stole the puck inside the Canadiens’ blue line, outraced Severson and nine-year NHL veteran Kyle Palmieri down the ice and uncorked a half-swinging snapshot that landed in the top-right corner of
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ERIC Comrie’s short-term fate was sealed in late May when the Winnipeg Jets negotiated a deal to retain the services of backup goaltender Laurent Brossoit for the 2019-20 NHL season. Comrie’s training camp is a preamble to a fifth-straight season tending the crease of the Manitoba Moose, an injury to either No.1 goalie Connor Hellebuyck
As Nicolas Roy traveled across the country to join the Golden Knights’ organization, the team prepared to make him feel right at home during training camp. The 22-year-old prospect was placed to veteran Jonathan Marchessault’s left in the locker room and to the right on the ice, so the elder Quebec native could help the
The Carolina Hurricanes have signed defenseman Fredrik Claesson to a one-year, two-way contract for the 2019-20 season. Claesson, 26, skated in 37 NHL games with the New York Rangers last season, collecting two goals and four assists for six points. In 150 career NHL contests with the Rangers and Ottawa, Claesson has totaled six goals
BUFFALO – Only about 10 Sabres forwards have roster spots locked up, meaning in a training camp filled with competition, the best battles might be taking place up front. Among the players fighting for the four or so remaining slots are journeymen (Jean-Sebastien Dea, for example), NHL veterans (Vladimir Sobotka) and prized prospects (Victor Olofsson).
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League announced today its composite 2019 preseason schedule, leading up to the start of the league’s 84th campaign next month. In operation since 1936, the American Hockey League serves as the top development league for the players, coaches, managers, executives, broadcasters and staff of all 31 National Hockey League
TRAVERSE CITY – Filip Zadina figures to score most of his goals by creating space and unleashing his tremendous shot, but the Detroit Red Wings also want him to go to the net and generate opportunities from inside. “I think to get to the big numbers in goals, you got to get right around that
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Derek Laxdal was a rare presence in the NHL press box last May in the playoffs. The head coach for the Texas Stars typically is coaching his own team, so getting a view of the parent club doesn’t happen much. But with the Dallas Stars deep in the second round of
A professional tryout contract from the Vancouver Canucks could earn centre Landon Ferraro a leadership role with the Utica Comets Landon Ferraro works out during a training session at the Vancouver Canucks training camp on Friday at the Save-On-Foods Arena in Victoria. Gerry Kahrmann / Postmedia News VICTORIA — Landon Ferraro could complain. The well-travelled
The Springfield Thunderbirds announced today that the club has agreed to terms with forward Daniel Audette on a one-year AHL contract. Audette, 23, skated in 71 games for the AHL’s Laval Rocket last season and set career highs with 14 goals, 25 assists and 39 points. A native of Blainville, Que., Audette has played 206 career games
Syracuse, N.Y. — J.P. Cote started his pro hockey career as the type of young player who put his head down, went to work and mostly kept quiet. That was a successful formula overall. Cote was a long-time AHL defenseman who also squeezed in eight NHL games with Montreal and 19 with Tampa Bay. But
Eighteen years ago, the entire hockey community mourned the loss of Los Angeles Kings scouts and American Hockey League alumni Ace Bailey and Mark Bavis, who were among the victims of the September 11 attacks on the United States. During the 2001-02 season, the AHL and its member clubs raised over $500,000 in support of
IRVINE, Calif. — Troy Terry and Sam Steel were among several of the Anaheim Ducks’ top prospects called up ahead of schedule last season because of injuries and inconsistent play. But based on their performance during the 2019 Anaheim Rookie Faceoff, the growing pains felt as the Ducks missed the Stanley Cup Playoffs for the
The Chicago Wolves announced Wednesday that veteran forward Tye McGinn has signed an AHL contract to return to the team for the 2019-20 season. The 29-year-old McGinn totaled 12 goals and six assists for 18 points in 62 AHL games between Chicago and Manitoba last season. He added six goals and seven assists for 13
When the Canucks signed Zack MacEwen as a free agent out of the QMJHL, it was about as under-the-radar as a signing can get. MacEwen was a late-bloomer who had put up a decent, but not outstanding, 74 points in 66 games as a 20-year-old overager after middling numbers in his one previous QMJHL season.
IRVINE, Calif. — So much of the focus during an NHL rookie camp is on the players and their dreams of reaching the highest level of the sport. It’s easy to forget that coaches have those same aspirations. Rocky Thompson guided the Golden Knights’ minor league affiliate to the final of the American Hockey League
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced that AHLTV streaming subscriptions for the 2019-20 season are now available for purchase. Available at theahl.com/AHLTV, AHLTV features live streaming of every AHL game in high definition on desktop, laptop, tablet and mobile devices, as well as over-the-top (OTT) platforms such as Roku, Apple TV, Amazon