The Americans have just announced a schedule change for the upcoming season: ALLEN, Texas – The Central Hockey League announced today that there has been a schedule change for the Allen Americans and Colorado Eagles. The game scheduled for Friday, Nov. 13, at Colorado has been moved to Sunday, Nov. 15. The start time...
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The Americans sent out a press release this morning announcing that rookie forward Bill Loupée has been invited to attend training camp with the AHL’s Worcester Sharks. As the presser clearly states, Loupée is the fifth (!) Americans player to receive an invitation to either an AHL or NHL camp this season. I can’t...
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The Bucks added another player today, bringing their off-season signings total to 14. Alexander Eaton, who last played hockey in 2006-07, took two years off to finish school and is now returning to the world of hockey. Eaton played junior hockey in the OHL and OPJHL, where he posted some decent numbers, and a...
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The Jackalopes have signed two players today – Collin Circelli, a scoring center who was with the team last year, and Kyle McAllister who played in the ECHL previously. Here is the press release and career stats for both players: (Odessa, TX) – The Odessa Jackalopes announced today that centermen Collin Circelli and Kyle...
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The Bucks announced another signing this morning, continuing their busy off-season. Styffe has been characterized as a tough guy, but looks like he has a bit of a scoring touch too. Statistics for Styffe follow the press release: LAREDO, TX- The Laredo Bucks of the Central Hockey League announced Tuesday that they have signed...
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The Allen Americans held finals for their Ice Angels auditions on Saturday night at Dodie’s Place in Allen, TX. It sounds like guests were treated to a fun evening. I was unable to make it to the event, unfortunately (I would have really enjoyed going), but the Americans were kind enough to send the...
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The Laredo Bucks re-signed their first player from last season’s team, even though he was their 12th players to add this year. Igor Agarunov, who was a CHL Finals hero in 2006, agreed to a contract for the upcoming season. Solid through the regular season, Agarunov seems to turn it up a few notches...
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The Laredo Bucks have announced that 2008-2009 CHL Rookie of the Year, Darryl Smith, will be attending the NHL Prospects Camp in Traverse City, MI, for the Atlanta Thrashers. Smith was signed to a “PTO” (player try out) contract, and will be part of the Atlanta team for September 6th – 10th. The Thrashers...
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The Steelheads have re-signed goaltender Rejean “Reggie” Beauchemin for the upcoming season. He was a solid option alongside Stars goalie prospect Matt Climie last season, so it made good sense for the Steelheads to ink him for another season. Head coach Derek Laxdal seemed to indicate that Beauchemin won’t automatically get the starting job,...
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The Odessa Jackalopes announced that Jeff Pierce, one of the top-scoring forwards the Jacks had last season, and a finalist for CHL Rookie of the Year, has once again signed with the club. They also reported signing Martin Paquet, who played in Europe last year. Obviously, the Pierce signing is big for Odessa –...
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