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Lee Stempniak

6 NHL Players to Know for Your Daily Puckdoku Game

Stephen Ground | November 8, 2025

NHL fans are becoming addicted to a viral, daily online game called Puckdoku. Each day, a new grid of nine squares is released, with each column or row corresponding to…

Categories Archives, Elsewhere on the Web, Hockey History

Alex Steen Trade Revisited

Andrew Forbes | March 28, 2025

Since 1967, the Toronto Maple Leafs have been looking for answers on how to get their hands back on hockey’s holy grail. They’ve rebuilt, hired general manager after general manager…

Categories Archives, Blues Transactions, Hockey History, Maple Leafs Transactions, NHL Trade Analysis, St Louis Blues, Toronto Maple Leafs

5 Forgotten Jets of the 2.0 Era

Declan Schroeder | August 3, 2024

Some former Winnipeg Jets will remembered for a long time — bruising x-factor Dustin Byfuglien, Finnish phenom Patrik Laine, dedicated centre Bryan Little — but those are the exception. Despite…

Categories Hockey History, Jets History, Winnipeg Jets

Soup To Nuts, Coyotes Make Moves To Improve On All Levels

Kevin Scholla | January 27, 2021

After a two-game slide, the Arizona Coyotes have dropped to the bottom of the West Division. The Coyotes started the season strong but fell on hard times when they ran…

Categories Arizona Coyotes, Coyotes Transactions

Lee Stempniak Retires After 14 NHL Seasons with 10 Teams

The Canadian Press | October 1, 2019

Lee Stempniak has retired from the NHL after playing for 10 teams in 14 seasons.
The 36-year-old winger announced his decision Tuesday through the players’ union. He says he is “extremely grateful to have lived my dream every day throughout my career.”…

Categories NHL News

Providence Bruins Gain Some Separation in Playoff Race

Chris Quattrucci | March 22, 2019

The Providence Bruins hit the road with a chance for some separation in the Atlantic Division playoff race. It wasn’t perfect, but Providence is now five points clear of the…

Categories Providence Bruins

Stempniak Stealing Bruins Roster Spot

Alex Thomas | September 28, 2018

The Bruins invited both Lee Stempniak and Daniel Winnik to training camp earlier this month with the hope that one or both would emerge as an NHL option. One could…

Categories Boston Bruins

Bruins Add Stempniak & Winnik on PTO’s

Alex Thomas | September 11, 2018

The Boston Bruins surprised everyone when they didn’t have any invited forwards on their training camp roster. Veteran forward Lee Stempniak was in town skating at informal skates but there…

Categories Bruins Transactions

Stempniak’s Stability Essential for Canes

Mark Shiver | November 13, 2017

Lee Stempniak is a key part of the Carolina Hurricanes roster but he has yet to play a game this season. Having sustained a hip injury on October 3, Stempniak…

Categories Carolina Hurricanes

Golden Knights Prepared to Pluck Ward from ‘Canes?

Mark Shiver | June 21, 2017

The Vegas Golden Knights are primed and ready to pluck unprotected prime players from NHL teams. The Carolina Hurricanes are one of those teams, and the consensus is that they…

Categories Carolina Hurricanes, Vegas Golden Knights

Flames Should Re-Sign Versteeg

Ben Shelley | February 13, 2017

The Calgary Flames are in a situation where the core of their team is young, however they do still rely on veteran leaders in every position. One of these veterans…

Categories Calgary Flames, Flames Management

4 Hurricanes Vegas Fans Should Be Watching

Keith Scheessele | February 4, 2017

Another week, another team that new fans of the Vegas Golden Knights need to be watching. The Carolina Hurricanes may not be on the radar of Vegas fans, but they…

Categories Carolina Hurricanes, Vegas Golden Knights
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