Considering that the American Hockey League has firmly established itself as the primary development league of the NHL, and knowing how rabid passionate Canadians are about hockey, what does the AHL – a league that’s very name ostensibly excludes Canada – mean to Canadians? The re-birth of the Winnipeg Jets showed that a new Canadian ...
While the news of Randy Carlyle’s departure from Anaheim has cooled a bit, there are still murmurs as to his future, potentially with the Winnipeg Jets. Now you can add another ex-pat of Jets v.1 to the list of available coaches, as Scott Arniel was released from his duties today by the Columbus Blue Jackets. ...
While two games sit on the Winnipeg Jets‘ season schedule between now and the weekend, fans can’t help but look past the two contests and concentrate on Saturday’s tilt vs. the Toronto Maple Leafs. The contest, after all, is the first New Year’s Eve game in the new era for the NHL Jets, a ...
The Calgary Flames AHL affiliate, the Abbotsford Heat, has announced the season schedule for the upcoming year, including four games against the Vancouver Canucks new affiliate, the Chicago Wolves. Craig MacTavish and the Wolves will travel to the west coast for two back-to-back matchups in 2011-12. The dates are at the bottom of the article. I ...
NUMBER: 17 POSITION: CENTRE HEIGHT: 6′ 2″ WEIGHT: 195 SHOOTS: RIGHT BIRTHDATE: AUG 31, 1984 BIRTHPLACE: LIVONIA, MI, UNITED STATES If any true hockey fan doesn’t recognize the name Ryan Kesler, they must have been living under a rock for the past 5 years. From Kesler’s humble beginnings playing for the Detroit Honeybaked in ...
On May 31st the big news was announced that the Jets were back in the NHL! Since that date, Winnipeg has made two major moves, signing Manitoba’s own Eric Fehr and re-signing captain Andrew Ladd for 5 years. Since the arrival of Fehr on July 8th, the Jets have been busy in the signing department, ...
Jim Neveau, NHL Correspondent St. Paul, Minnesota – With the NHL Entry Draft a mere five and a half hours from beginning, things are starting to heat up around Xcel Energy Center. The buzz in the air about who will go number one is strong, and there are a lot of other NHL stories making ...
Blog: Nucks Misconduct Writers: Bartenders – Yankee Canuck (Mike Y.C.), Sean Zandberg, and WAACH ‘Cast (Kent Basky); Pub Regulars – Missy, VanCityDan, nucksandpucks, CamCharron, and arby_18; Bouncer – Semi_Colon. The other night, while continuing my reading through multitudes of posts on Nucks Misconduct, the following was my Facebook status: “Writing about hockey is easy. ...
The question not on everybody’s mind through the past few weeks is what will happen to Vancouver’s American Hockey League affiliate once a National League team officially moves to Winnipeg. The Vancouver Canucks and Manitoba Moose have had a harmonious relationship for years, since the folding of the defunct International League. In 2001 the Moose ...
Sami Salo has been taken off long-term injury reserve and sent down to the Manitoba Moose for a conditioning assignment, per a Vancouver Canucks press release. According to a tweet from capgeek, “Sami Salo, while on conditioning assignment, will continue to count against Canucks cap. But they still get LTIR relief for him.” The salary ...
