American Hockey League

through injuries. He averaged 22.5 points and 8.7 assists during a 12 game stretch before the All-Star break forcing the league to add him to their Rising Stars Challenge game last minute. Before injuring his knee ending the season Lin was quite arguably the most exciting and popular player in the league. The only problem is Lin hasn't made that big an impact on the league since 2012 and the "Linsanity" craze didn't follow him from New York to the Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers and…

The National Basketball Association(NBA) has recently struck a new TV deal that will put in so much money into the salary cap(money that general managers use on their players or to get players )that a $90 million cap for the 2016-17 season was attainable.This amount of money is way too much as I will explain later. The increase in money for the team will put NBA teams to work because of all the upcoming free agents which includes big stars like Kevin Durant, Kevin Love, Dwyane Wade, Anthony…

Matt Mistele and Mitch Marner sent teddy bears flying with their goals, while Garret Sparks made history in his first NHL start. Three goals from the QMJHL highlight a great weekend of play in Quebec, plus goals from unexpected sources in minor hockey and Europe, including one perpetrator caught in the act of embellishment. With one month to go until the OHL trade deadline, the Sarnia Sting jumped into the fracus by acquiring Matt Mistele from the Oshawa Generals. One year removed…

Prospect Impressions: Sundqvist's first, plus goals scored between-the-legs and tic- tac-toe style, McCauley's dramatic goal call He's certainly not complaining, but Oskar Sundqvist scored the first goal of his NHL career and an unlikely source assisted on it. Also featured are two goals scored tie-tac-toe style, and a pair of between-the-legs efforts that are just too good to be true. Plenty more assists, goals, and Wes McCauley's dramatic goal decision encapsulate a fantastic edition…

round pick of the St. Louis Blues. Dunn is a beautiful skater that has strong puck moving abilities, but his it’s his underrated defensive abilities that will need to be on display if the IceDogs hope to knock off the Otters. While there is plenty of hockey to be played until December, these two might be teammates for Canada at the upcoming World Junior Championships held through the holiday season in Finland. Erie counters with Dylan Strome, who recently was assigned back to…

For Season 18 Episode 11: Great Expectations the show begins in the middle of a hockey game with 3.5 seconds left. The victim, Jack is racing to the goal but just barely misses; of course, his parents greet him with cheers of “you did great! You'll get them next time honey!” But in the locker room is a different story as his teammates show anger towards the missed “wide open shot”. The camera then cuts to Jack and his mother as they're leaving the ring and when asked if he wants to stop at the…

decision to be made in a small English village. Wright was originally known to be a field hockey player until one day when she decided to participate in her village’s local fun run. She ended the run doing surprisingly well and her passion for running sparked. At the age of fourteen, Wright had a decision to make; field hockey or running? Well, considering she wasn’t as robust as a typical field hockey player and she enjoyed the competitiveness and individuality of running, she committed her…

Manon Rheaume is a female ice hockey goaltender who is best known for being the first woman to play in the NHL. Manon was born in Beauport, Ontario on February 24th, 1972. Manon was the second child in her family of five. Her parents, Nicole and Pierre Rheaume also gave birth to two boys. Martin, who is older than Manon, and Pascal who is the youngest. Manon always grew up with a passion for hockey. She trained with boys and played on boys’ teams when she was in minor hockey because, at that…

questioned the bleacher already filled with youth hockey players, the man in front of me answered that many of the girls teams around Stamford had purchased tickets. I couldn’t help but chime in that I was glad they were getting seated first and he agreed, saying he’d be happy to stand, the girls are who are important today. With the inaugural game of the NWHL young girls sporting sticks and skates have a new type of role model, a type of female hockey player that is not playing merely as a…

Pond Hockey and Civic Duty Whether at a stadium with referees and organized periods, or a pick up game with friends on the pond behind my house, I have always enjoyed hockey. However, each of these two styles of play is quite different. A good example of this is when the goalie covers the puck by their goal. In professional hockey, the players are always taught that until the referee blows the whistle, they are to jab their stick at the goalie and his glove in an attempt to knock the puck out…