Posts About "Nick Merkley"
Who Might the Jets Draft this Spring
June 9th, 2015 We are now less than a month away from the NHL draft which takes place June 26th & 27th in Sunrise, Florida. Every hockey analyst and fan looks at the list of young prospects and decides who their team needs and wants. However, predicting the way the draft goes is about as easy as picking lottery numbers. Everywhere you look you...
5 Draft Risers From Memorial Cup
June 3rd, 2015 With the Memorial Cup wrapping up on the weekend, that marked the official end of the scouting season. The Canadian Hockey League’s championship tournament was the final showcase for draft-eligible prospects. At least on the ice, with physical testing to take place later this week at the draft combine in Buffalo, along with the...
10 Players To Watch For At The NHL Combine
June 3rd, 2015 The premier predraft event is about to take off. The NHL Combine is now in its fourth day in Buffalo. Draft prospects are interviewing with teams, hoping to make a lasting impression on them. It's a chance for GM's and executives to get an up close look at a prospect. But that is just the beginning of things to come for these...
Rockets Return to Form at Memorial Cup
May 26th, 2015 • Kelowna Rockets Team Preview • Quebec Remparts 4, Kelowna Rockets 3 The Kelowna Rockets — and captain Madison Bowey — are back on track at the Memorial Cup. After struggling in their tournament opener — falling 4-3 to the host Quebec Remparts on Friday — the WHL champions rebounded to rout the Rimouski...
Rusty Start for Rockets at Memorial Cup
May 23rd, 2015 The Kelowna Rockets didn’t have a strong showing in their Memorial Cup opener. Sure, it came down to the wire with Zachary Fucale making a glove save on his world-junior teammate Madison Bowey with 1.7 seconds left to preserve a 4-3 victory for the host Quebec Remparts on Friday night. But the WHL champion Rockets — and...
Memorial Cup Primer: Getting to Know the Kelowna Rockets
May 22nd, 2015 The puck is about to drop on the Memorial Cup in Quebec City, with the host Remparts taking on the WHL champion Kelowna Rockets in tonight’s tournament opener. This 10-day showcase promises to be action-packed and will feature dozens of future NHLers, even if Connor McDavid isn’t among them. When it comes to the Memorial Cup...
