Posts About "Erik Cernak"
Lightning Prospect Pool Gems
September 30th, 2017 While preseason hockey is often maligned, it does present a rare opportunity for teams to evaluate everyone at once. From franchise centermen to new draft picks, ice time is plentiful and shared during the preseason. For the Tampa Bay Lightning, this time has not been wasted, evaluating new talent as the more job secure players waited in...
European Defenseman Reaches the Hockey Bar
February 15th, 2016 “He’s a pretty sharp-dressed guy”, Kris Knoblauch says with a chuckle. Knoblauch is the Head Coach of the Ontario Hockey League’s (OHL) Erie Otters and he's referring to defenseman Erik Černák. “Our Euro players tend to be a little more so than our other players.” It’s no secret that Europeans tend to dress better than...
Someone Clinched A Playoff Spot Friday
January 30th, 2016 January usually isn't the time we talk about teams clinching playoff births. One team decided to make it a thing on Friday night. It just goes to show you how impressive their season has been. Friday night, the Erie Otters travelled to Budweiser Gardens to take on their division rival London Knights. Both teams went into the game...
2016 WJC: Team Slovakia Preview
December 19th, 2015 After a few years of bad results and being on the verge of relegation, Team Slovakia had a couple of good years at the WJC, culminating in a bronze medal last year. Unfortunately for them, however, the Slovaks had their best players from last year graduate. Both forward Martin Reway and goalie Denis Godla will be unavailable for this...
Sizing up the Future of the Kings Defense
July 29th, 2015 The best way to build a championship contending team is from the back out. Kings General Manager Dean Lombardi has made no reservations in choosing top defensive prospects in the drafts he has managed, even to the point of making questionable decisions like drafting Thomas Hickey with the number four overall pick in the 2007 draft. The...
Kings Find NHL Careers in the Second Round
July 12th, 2015 The second round of the draft has been fruitful the Los Angeles Kings ever since Dean Lombardi and his scouting staff have taken over. Of the 11 second-round selections Lombardi and company has made since 2006, five of them have seen playing time in the NHL. Some have been released, some are still in development and some of them have...
