Arizona Coyotes Case Study

Hockey, a sport who’s premier league is the NHL. The NHL, over time has had its fair share of players who dominated the game. Some of these players were just “too good”. Examples of this are Mario Lemieux, Gordie Howe, and the Great one, Wayne Gretzky. Today, there are a lot of great players in the league, sadly to go down in history in any sport you need to be at the top of your time. In current days we see plenty of good, young players, who really contribute to the league but some of the older players who have established their name to everyone are the only ones who have really put themselves in the history books. Today I’m writing this article to talk about two players, Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin. The two players are considered the

es amongst the NHL. He wears number 8 for the Columbus Blue Jackets and has proven himself and showed his potential to play at such a high level of hockey. But how did he get there? What was the process like? Zach Werenski got himself to the NHL by proving his ability to play the game at such a young age, and by continuing his hockey career throughout college and working to do whatever it would take to get where he wanted to be.

Patrick Kane was drafted fast and to a good team. He was the number one draft pick in 2007. He knew most of his teammates from the Blackhawks from

In Quebec City, Patrick Roy was born on October 5, 1965. His parents were doing very well in life. His father was a great tennis player as well as an amateur baseball player. His mother was a nationally ranked swimmer for her country. Patrick began his journey playing hockey at the age of six years old. He never started out playing in the net but when the goalie on his local team got hurt, Patrick said he would give it a try and never left that position ever since. An interesting fact was that he loved it so much, at home, he would strap pillows to his legs using them as pads. He loved playing goalie so much, he started playing that position for his local junior and midget hockey leagues. Patrick Roy dropped out of school in the eleventh grade and with the help of his parents he played in the Quebec junior league. He played for the team the Granby Bison’s which didn’t go so well for the team but great for Patrick Roy. What I mean by that is the team finished the season with a record of sixteen to

Both teams have drafted and traded for All Star players, but the Capitals’ record of wasting that potential

Carlson finished the 2015-16 with a bang, scoring 39 points in an injury-limited 56 games, only to turn it up a few notches and scoring 12 points in 12 playoff games, including five goals.

In this week’s Prospect Faceoff, the reigning Vaughn CHL Goaltender of the Week will try and slow down one of the QMJHL’s most proficient scorers. Two Toronto Maple Leafs prospects will go head-to-head on a Thanksgiving Day matinee, while two ‘A’ rated 2016 NHL Entry Draft eligible skaters clash in the WHL. In the USHL, a pair of Clark Cup champions go one-on-one, while two of the NCAA’s finest freshman collide.

Now that these players have more experience under their belt they will have a better possibility of getting drafted because they will be prepared with an excellent plan, have a better idea at what is and is not achievable and why, and they will not coast if they are serious about making a serious run at the MLB draft. This was a goal for many young athletes this year and even though failure was the outcome this time, these hungry athletes will strive for their goal

The Nashville Predators have been going through a seemingly endless process since entering the NHL in 1998. It did not take the Predators long to establish a successful and competitive nature among the franchise. Their first five seasons they struggled becoming a team and missed the playoffs, however, they have come together and made the playoffs every year since. The Predator’s on-ice performance was consistently among the top three teams in the league, but still faced many challenges.

“The Prodigy has put on a show tonight!” the announcer says, when the 18 year old all star center scored his third goal of the night. The kid’s got everything going for him, a nice house outside Toronto, Ontario, parents who both have money, and a god given talent on the ice. He’s out there for the final minute of the game, up 3-2 after his third goal gave them the lead. His job, protect the lead and win the game. He wins the face-off, gets the puck back from his linemate, and cuts in over the blue line. As he approaches the net, he dodges a hit, but the defender falls on the outside of his knee, collapsing it as he took the shot. The tv broadcaster yells “OTTERS GOAL! What a play by Laflamme!... Uh oh, he’s having trouble getting up folks.” Laflamme gets up slowly, favoring his left leg as he skated back to center ice to finish the last 12 seconds of the game. His coach, however, called him to the bench to sit him down. “Great job bud. You did what we needed.” Coach Wilson said. Thomas replied, hiding his

The Senators a club that has embraced the AHL development path with just two players on their last season roster not play in the American Hockey league. I mind you a pretty good squad a goal away from facing off in the Stanley Cup Finals, Dion Phaneuf and Thomas Chabot who was returned to junior are the two.

General Manager Jarmo Kekalainen attempted to solve that problem during last season when he traded for the young defender Seth Jones. But the team ended last season still needing help on the back end. They now have that help with the rookie out of the University of Michigan Zach Werenski. Werenski has averaged the third most time on ice per game this year while also scoring 13 points in 14 games.

Jack Rodewald, a 6-foot-3 193-pound right winger, has yet to play a National Hockey League game having played in 87 games and scoring 21 goals and 12 assists during his American Hockey League

Fleming— a four-year walk-on—understands that most of his contributions to this team won’t come in the form of points or assists, but more on being a focal presence and a leader. He has ambitions of one day becoming a coach once his playing days are over.

The 27-year-old forward from Regina had been on the Islanders radar for quite some time and Snow pounced at the opportunity to land the scoring winger who had averaged 27 goals and 62 points in seven previous seasons playing in Alberta.