Posts About "Matt Puempel"
Griffins Players Stepping Up Amidst Playoff Push
March 6th, 2020 Unlike their parent team, the Detroit Red Wings, the Grand Rapids Griffins are in a tight playoff race in the American Hockey League's Central Division. Fighting for another consecutive playoff appearance, Grand Rapids is relying heavily on their veteran leadership combined with the growing abilities of the youngsters. Detroit has...
Turner Elson & Matt Puempel: Griffins' Power Forward Duo
October 31st, 2018 Turner Elson and Matt Puempel are a threatening force for the Grand Rapids Griffins. As entertaining as they are talented, they seem to have found their niche on the same line. Both skaters are considered veterans in the league. They both have been a part of the AHL for six and eight seasons and each have NHL experience under their...
Griffins Impact Players Ready to Hit Home Ice
October 12th, 2018 The Grand Rapids Griffins, who have a season-opening road record of 14-6-2-0, dropped their first two regular season games. In their first game, a 3-1 loss to the Texas Stars, the Griffins struggled to control the puck and find a rhythm. Their inability to score resulted in a second loss, 4-0, to the San Antonio Rampage. The Griffins...
What's Marek Hrivik's Situation?
January 9th, 2017 Marek Hrivik didn't make the New York Rangers out of training camp, but after a string of injuries, he was called up from the Hartford Wolf Pack and has played well on the teams' fourth line. Hrivik has adjusted his game and has provided exactly what the Rangers need out of him. When he got to New York, the team already had the...
Craig Anderson, Patrick Wiercioch Return for Ottawa
March 10th, 2016 Ottawa Senators Goaltender Craig Anderson will return to the ice tonight to face the Florida Panthers at the BB&T Center in Sunrise, Florida. Anderson has missed the last four games due to a knee injury suffered against the St. Louis Blues on Mar. 1. The Senators announced that Anderson will play via their official Twitter...
The Ottawa Senators Trade Deadline Playbook
February 9th, 2016 The Ottawa Senators' season is all but over. Sure, they still have 29 games left to play, but since returning from the All-Star Break, the Ottawa Senators have effectively played themselves out of contention in the Eastern Conference. When the puck dropped on their first game back against the Pittsburg Penguins the Senators were three...
Opinion: The Ottawa Senators and Trevor Daley
November 19th, 2015 The Ottawa Senators need help on defense. They have a terrible penalty kill and are one of the worst teams in terms of puck possession in the entire league. However, despite these failings they currently sit 2nd in the Atlantic Division. Yet given their poor underlying statistics they are bound to tumble-down the standings sooner rather...
3 Left-Wingers Pushing to Make Senators
August 9th, 2015 The Ottawa Senators have had a successful off-season, re-signing Mark Stone, Mika Zibanejad and Jean-Gabriel Pageau to very reasonable bridge deals and essentially winning arbitration cases with Mike Hoffman and Alex Chiasson. The three goalie situation was resolved with the Robin Lehner trade to Buffalo that somehow resulted in...
Svending on Baertschi: How Much Should He Make?
July 25th, 2015 The Vancouver Canucks' work for the offseason is nearly finished. Whether that body of work is applause-worthy or cringe-worthy is up for debate, but with one main restricted free agent left to sign, armchair GMs across the country can start filling out their depth chart for the Canucks. Many of those armchair GMs will be penciling in...
Senators: Staying Hot But Need Help
March 17th, 2015 No one can deny that the Ottawa Senators have been the hottest club in the NHL for the past month. Since goaltender Andrew Hammond was called up from the AHL, the Sens have gone an impressive 11-2-1 with Hammond unbeaten in regulation play. The only issue with the Sens hot play is that the clubs ahead of them are also playing some...
Rising Star: Curtis Lazar Headlines Impressive Group of Emerging Prospects
December 23rd, 2014 Rising Star: Curtis Lazar Headlines Impressive Group of Emerging Prospects The future is bright in Ottawa. On Monday, Senators prospect Curtis Lazar was named captain of the Canadian junior team. As per Hockey Canada's Twitter account: Curtis Lazar will serve as captain for Canada at #WJC2015, Connor McDavid and Sam Reinhart...
2014 Rookie Tournament Recap: Senators Report Card
September 18th, 2014 The annual Rookie Tournament, held this year in London, Ontario, provides prospects the opportunity to showcase their talents for team management in the hopes of securing a job in either the AHL or NHL in the immediate or near future. Such was the case in this year's tournament, in which the Ottawa Senators battled the Chicago...
Ottawa Senators - Top 5 Prospects
September 15th, 2014 The Ottawa Senators have seen better days. After making the playoffs for the previous two seasons they fell short this year with a 37-31-14 record. The offseason didn't go nearly as well as they had hoped when they went into the 2014 NHL Draft without a 1st round pick. To add salt to the wound, their franchise center, Jason Spezza, along...
