Eastside Elite Hockey League
NHLers like Larkin get game on in local summer league
Date:07/16/2018 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
Mount Clemens — The idea was hatched 10 years ago by Steven Oleksy. Oleksy, from Chesterfield Township, is a pro hockey player who has won a Stanley Cup with Pittsburgh and is currently in the Anaheim Ducks’ organization. Oleksy wanted to stay sharp and in game shape in the offseason. “The college guys, pro guys, they can’t just go back and play in a...
2018 Draft: Brandon Kruse selected by Las Vegas Golden Knights
Date:06/30/2018 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
DALLAS – Brandon Kruse wasn’t in Dallas, but it’s likely that he will be in Las Vegas next week. The Golden Knights selected the Saline native in the fifth round of the 2018 NHL Draft after his stand-out season with Bowling Green. “I was just out actually getting a bite to eat with one of my buddies,” Kruse said via the Golden Knights site. “I was watchin...
2018 Draft: Paul Cotter selected by Las Vegas Golden Knights
Date:06/30/2018 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
DALLAS – From Canton to Las Vegas. Paul Cotter’s hockey travels will continue, but this time, it’s with his new NHL parent organization. The Las Vegas Golden Knights selected Paul Cotter in the fourth round of the 2018 NHL Draft today in Dallas. Cotter, a Lincoln Stars forward, recorded 39 points in 51 games as a USHL rookie. In 2016-17, Cotter, a Western Michigan...
2018 Draft: Michigan native Alec Regula selected by Red Wings
Date:06/30/2018 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
DALLAS – The Detroit Red Wings stayed close to home for their first third-round pick. The Wings have selected West Bloomfield native Alec Regula with the No. 67 overall pick. Regula played the 2017-18 season with the London Knights of the OHL; he recorded 25 points in 67 games as a rookie. That comes on the heels of one year in the USHL with the Chicago Steel. He’s a hi...
2018 Draft: Jonathan Gruden selected by Ottawa Senators
Date:06/30/2018 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
DALLAS – From Rochester Hills to Canada’s capital. Jonathan Gruden has been selected by the Ottawa Senators at No. 94 overall in the 2018 NHL Draft. A product of USA Hockey’s National Team Development Program, Gruden is a Honeybaked alum and a Miami commit. His dad, John, played for Senators during his own NHL career before becoming a coach that included stops at the NTDP...
Alex Kile becomes first Maine Mariner to sign ECHL contract
Date:06/30/2018 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
Former Cincinnati Cyclone makes move to Mariners for inaugural season Portland, ME – June 22, 2018 – The Maine Mariners have made another mark in history with the first player signing to the ECHL team. Alex Kile (6-0/194) has the honor of becoming the first Maine Mariner to sign an ECHL contract to start the 2018-19 season. Kile, a forward from Troy, Michigan, joins the Mar...
Hunter Wendt, Ferris State Recruit
Date:06/29/2018 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
Neutral Zone: How and when did you start playing hockey? Hunter Wendt: I started playing hockey at the age of four and what got me into hockey was my dad. NZ: What’s your earliest memory from playing hockey? HW: My earliest hockey memory is winning international Silver Sticks. NZ: What was your youth hockey experience like? HW: My youth hockey experience was great, I grew up f...
U.S. Takes Bronze at 2018 Men's Worlds
Date:05/23/2018 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
Kreider scores twice as U.S. tops Canada, 4-1; U.S. earns its third bronze medal in six years in the event COPENHAGEN, Denmark - Chris Kreider (Boxford, Mass.) scored twice and Keith Kinkaid (Farmingville, N.Y.) made 24 saves as the 2018 U.S. Men's National Team defeated Canada, 4-1, to win the bronze medal at the 2018 International Ice Hockey Fe...
Mudbugs win Robertson Cup National Championship
Date:05/18/2018 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
Just as they did in Game 2 of the Semi-Finals against Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, the Shreveport Mudbugs erased an early one-goal deficit to come from behind with one goal in the 2nd period and another in the 3rd period to defeat the Minot Minotauros 2-1 to win the 2018 NAHL Robertson Cup National Championship on Monday night in front of a packed house at Fogerty Arena in Blaine, MN. Watch: Ch...
Shields Selected by Dubuque in USHL Draft
Date:05/11/2018 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
(ABC 6 News) – The Austin Bruins’ 2017-2018 junior hockey season ended on Friday in the NAHL Central Division Finals—but the hockey careers for many Bruins’ players will continue beyond SPAMtown. Four Austin Bruins players were selected in Phase II of the USHL Draft. Phase II of the USHL draft is for hockey players of all ages eligible to play juni...
Wings' Larkin, U.S. off to 'great start' at worlds
Date:05/05/2018 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
Dylan Larkin is doing it again. The young Red Wings’ star had an outstanding world championship tournament last year. He started off the 2018 version similar fashion Friday in Denmark, scoring two goals while helping Team USA to a 5-4 shootout victory over Canada in the opening game of the 2018 men’s IIHF world championships. Cam Atkinson scored both goals for USA in the 2-1 sho...
SZYDLOWSKI NAMED ECHL MVP
Date:04/27/2018 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
The ECHL on Friday announced that Shawn Szydlowski of the Fort Wayne Komets has been selected as the CCM ECHL Most Valuable Player for 2017-18. The CCM Most Valuable Player award is presented annually to the player selected to be the most valuable to his team as determined in a vote of ECHL coaches, broadcasters, media relations directors and media members.&n...
Goaltender Johnson signs contract with New Jersey
Date:03/31/2018 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – University of North Dakota senior goaltender Cam Johnson has agreed to a one-year, entry-level contract with the New Jersey Devils, the National Hockey League franchise announced on Saturday. Johnson will travel to Binghamton (AHL) and sign an AHL Amateur Try-Out Agreement with the club the following day. Johnson, an undrafted free agent, recently con...
Sabres Recall Seth Griffith
Date:03/11/2018 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
The Buffalo Sabres announced this afternoon they’ve recalled forward Seth Griffith from the Rochester Amerks. This will be Griffith’s second stint with the Sabres this season. He had two goals and three points in 18 games earlier this season. Since being sent down to the Amerks the 25-year-old has been a huge part of the offense. He has 13 goals in 34 games f...
PACK SIGN GOALTENDER CHARLES WILLIAMS TO PTO
Date:03/10/2018 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
Wolf Pack general manager Chris Drury announced today that the Wolf Pack has signed goaltender Charles Williams to a Professional Tryout (PTO) agreement. Williams, a rookie out of Canisius College (AHA), comes to the Wolf Pack from the Manchester Monarchs of the ECHL, for whom he is 19-9-4 in 43 appearances this season, with a 2.56 goals-against average, a 91.8% save percentage and one shutout.&n...
Bobby Shea is the AMI Graphics ECHL Plus Performer of the Month
Date:03/08/2018 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
Fort Wayne Komets’ defenseman Bobby Shea is the AMI Graphics ECHL Plus Performer of the Month for February after leading the league with a plus-minus rating of +26. Shea posted an even or better rating in all 12 games during the month including a +6 on Feb. 9 against Wichita. He was also a +4 in back-to-back games on Feb. 3 at Wheeling and Feb. 7 against ...
Jordan Oesterle making most of first real chance with Blackhawks
Date:03/07/2018 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
Shards of hard plastic showered the ice during a recent Blackhawks practice at MB Ice Arena. Jordan Oesterle was there to pick up the pieces, caused by an errant Tommy Wingels shot that shattered a protective light fixture. It wasn’t surprising, considering cleaning up messes made by others is part of Oesterle’s job description as a defenseman. And it’s a job he doesn’t ...
Northeastern wins its first championship in 30 years
Date:03/06/2018 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
The drought is over. Ushered in with spectators throwing their hats on the ice and Northeastern skaters piling on top of each other in celebration, the Huskies won their first Beanpot championship in 30 years – their fifth overall – with an emphatic 5-2 win over Boston University. Boston University was the early aggressor, scoring a goal in the opening three minutes, which was later o...
Oilers sign college free agent Colin Larkin to one-year deal
Date:03/05/2018 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
The Edmonton Oilers have signed free agent forward Colin Larkin to a one-year entry-level deal, the team announced Monday. The 24-year-old racked up 24 goals and 46 points along 12 penalty minutes and a plus-16 rating in 27 games for UMass Boston this season in NCAA Division III. The six-foot-three, 192-pound forward led the New England Hockey Conference in scoring this season and was n...
Vladislav Namestnikov, is ready to help Rangers rebuild
Date:03/05/2018 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
Though there is hockey in Vladislav Namestnikov’s blood, he didn’t want to play when he was young. He grew to love the sport after being pushed into it not by his father, Evgeny, or his uncles, Slava Kozlov and Ivan Novoseltsev, all of whom played in the NHL, but by his mother. “My mom made me,” Namestnikov says. “The early practices, she’d always wake me up in...
Matt Taormina named 2018 AHL All-Stars
Date:03/05/2018 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
Laval Rocket defenceman Matt Taormina and forward Chris Terry were selected as participants for the 2018 edition of the AHL All-Star Classic in Utica which will be held on January 28-29. Terry was named an All-Star for the third time in his American Hockey League career. He will make a second straight appearance as a member of the Canadiens' minor league affiliate ...
2017 NHL Draft: Los Angeles Kings Select F Drake Rymsha With 138th Pick
Date:06/26/2017 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
2017 NHL Draft: Los Angeles Kings Select F Drake Rymsha With 138th Pick The Michigan-born forward was passed over in last year’s draft after missing time due to injury by Sarah.A@goorgoahead Jun 24, 2017, 11:16am PDT TWEET SHARE PIN REC Photo by Jen Fuller/Getty Images Drake Rymsha is a center from Michigan w...
Chicago Steel Win 2017 Clark Cup
Date:05/31/2017 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
Sioux City opened the scoring 11:04 into the first period, as a Carson Vance shot ricochetted off a Steel defender high into the air before bouncing off the post and into the back of the net to give the Musketeers a 1-0 lead. Sioux City outshot Chicago 18-3 in the opening period and took that 1-0 advantage into the intermission. The second period featured high-paced, back-a...
Ebbing signs with the Canadiens
Date:05/31/2017 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
By @MichaelCaples – The Montreal Canadiens announced today that they have signed Thomas Ebbing to a one-year contract for the 2017-18 season. It’s a two-way contract (AHL/ECHL) for the 22-year-old Troy native and MSU alum. A Brother Rice and Chicago Steel alum, Ebbing spent four seasons with the Spartans, logging 14 goals and 41 assists in 143 games. ...
3 Michigan natives win Memorial Cup
Date:05/31/2017 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
By @MichaelCaples – Home ice has its benefits. On Sunday night, host team Windsor won the 2017 Memorial Cup, beating the Erie Otters 4-3 in an all-OHL final game at the WFCU Centre. “My guys are amazing,” Windsor head coach Rocky Thompson said after the game. “We saw what they’ve gone through here. We witnessed what they had to go through during that break. It&rsqu...
Noah Lalonde Commits to LSSU
Date:05/31/2017 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
By @MichaelCaples – Noah Lalonde has spent his junior hockey career in Youngstown, Ohio and Omaha, Nebraska. Soon, he’ll be a little closer to home. The Macomb native has committed to Lake Superior State, where he will continue his hockey career under the tutelage of Damon Whitten and the Lakers’ hockey program. “I chose LSSU because I felt that after a long discussion ...
Griffins Sign Dominik Shine
Date:05/31/2017 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
By @MichaelCaples – Dominik Shine was able to play his college hockey career in his home state. His professional career will start in Michigan, too. The Northern Michigan standout has signed with the Grand Rapids Griffins, the AHL club announced today. Shine, a native of Pinckney, has signed an amateur tryout for the remainder of the 2016-17 season. The 23-year-old forward played four s...
Matt Taormina named AHL's outstanding defenseman
Date:04/24/2017 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The American Hockey League announced today that Matt Taormina is the winner of the Eddie Shore Award as the AHL's outstanding defenseman for the 2016-17 season. The award is voted on by coaches, players and members of the media in each of the league's 30 cities. Taormina captures the Eddie Shore Award having established career highs in goals (14), assists (42) and poi...
White Named ECAC West Rookie of the Year
Date:04/24/2017 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
DANBURY, Conn. -- Jacquelin White of the Oswego State women's ice hockey team has been named Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) West Rookie of Year for the 2016-17 season. White is the first player in program history to be named Rookie of the Year. She joins teammates Olivia Ellis (2014-15) and Alli Ullrich (2013-14) as well as Hilary Hitchman (2006...
Granowicz, Leavy, and Wendt Named to All-Rookie Teams
Date:04/24/2017 Source:Eastside Elite Hockey League
NAHL announces 2016-17 All-Rookie Teams APRIL 24, 2017 The NAHL All-Rookie Team: Top row, left to right: Matt Barry (Bismarck), Paul Cotter (Brookings), Jordan Kaplan (New Jersey). Bottom row, left to right: Andy Carroll (Aberdeen), Tomas Vomacka (Corpus Christi), Brendon Gysbers (Shreveport). The North American Hockey League (NAHL) has announced its All-Rookie Teams for the 2016-17 sea...
