OHL Team Anagrams (Part 1) – Smart Homage, Alan! Matt Wilson | July 22, 2017 With a trade freeze in place, the OHL Priority Selection and the CHL Import Draft complete, and the Memorial Cup a distant memory, there’s been little to talk about in…
Best Erie Otters in Franchise History Hali Hetz | July 17, 2017 In an Ontario Hockey League traditionally dominated by the London Knights, the Erie Otters have been graced with some very exceptional players that have allowed the club to hold their…
Seven AHL Games to Watch This Season Melissa Burgess | July 14, 2017 The American Hockey League opens its 82nd season on Friday, Oct. 6. Between then and mid-April, 30 teams will play a total of 1,116 games. This season will be an…
AHL Players To Watch in 2017-18 Devin Slawson | July 10, 2017 For a great many of the NHL’s top stars, the AHL has been a feature of their long journey towards professional success. Working in partnership with the NHL, the AHL…
Nolan Patrick Goes Second, But WHL Has Strong 2017 NHL Draft Ryan Pike | July 9, 2017 The 2017 National Hockey League draft was a mixture of good and bad news for the Western Hockey League. While the most prominent player in the WHL’s 2017 draft class,…
Cale Makar Makes AJHL History at 2017 NHL Draft Ryan Pike | July 9, 2017 Junior A hockey has gotten a bad rap in drafting circles. Seemingly a casualty of the ongoing “war” between the collegiate leagues and the Canadian major junior circuit, leagues like…
Erie Otters’ Kyle Pettit Ready for Next Level Melissa Burgess | July 4, 2017 Erie Otters over-ager captain Kyle Pettit is ready to take the next step. After five seasons in the Ontario Hockey League, Pettit will move on. Where will he play when…
Nikolay Chebykin Preparing for Leafs Future Alessandro Seren Rosso | July 3, 2017 A seventh-round pick for the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2016, forward Nikolai Chebykin had a strong 2016-17 campaign, scoring his first goal in the KHL and showing a lot of…
Botterill’s Moves Quickly Shaping the Sabres Jeff Seide | July 2, 2017 Buffalo Sabres’ general manager Jason Botterill has had a busy first few months. Since being hired in the middle of May, he’s hired an assistant general manager (Randy Sexton), two…
Revisiting Rychel Spitfires/Storm Trade Dave Jewell | June 30, 2017 Trades are never an easy part of the OHL. Trading away your own family is that much more difficult. For Windsor Spitfires general manager Warren Rychel, it was a necessary…
Spitfires Go Russian in CHL Import Draft Dave Jewell | June 29, 2017 The Windsor Spitfires are trying to strike gold again. Two years after selecting Mikhail Sergachev in the 2015 CHL Import Draft, the Spitfires went back to Russia in the 2017…
Clock Ticking as Nottingham Panthers Rebuild Team The Hockey Writers | June 29, 2017 There is only one thing worse than your boss setting a deadline, and that’s when that deadline is revealed very publicly in front of 200 or more of your fans. That is exactly…