Posts About "Nick Merkley"
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...
Oilers’ Draisaitl Lifts Rockets to WHL Title
May 16th, 2015 Leon Draisaitl for a first-round pick. Yeah, Bruce Hamilton would make that deal again. Every day of the week. Twice on Sunday. It was an unprecedented move when it went down on January 6th. Never before — in 24 years — had the Kelowna Rockets general manager parted with his franchise’s first-rounder in the WHL bantam...
Why Detroit Will Trade Their 2015 1st Round Pick
May 13th, 2015 Another season has passed for the Detroit Red Wings, and while they made the playoffs, the Red Wings find themselves picking in the top 20 for the 3rd straight season. However, the Wings are without a 2nd and 5th round pick this season (traded for Erik Cole and Marek Zidlicky respectively). With only 5 picks currently available to the...