Boise, Idaho – The Idaho Steelheads announced today that left wing Luke Gazdic has signed an ECHL contract and will be on Idaho’s roster for the team’s two remaining regular season games this weekend. Gazdic, 6-foot-3 and 220-pounds, was a 2007 sixth round draft pick (172nd overall) by the Dallas Stars. Steelheads Head Coach...
The day that is like Christmas for many puck nuts all over the world – Trade Deadline Day – has come to an end, and the dust is settling on all the moves made. After a rather timid start to a mostly mediocre day, teams swapped in a flurry at the end. The Stars...
The Central Hockey League (CHL) trade deadline expired on Monday at 3:00 PM (CST) with very little movement. The Tulsa Oilers made two deals and several players who were dealt prior in the season were on the move again finding new homes at the deadline. The Mississippi RiverKings made a late splash finalizing a...
The 2009 Central Hockey League All-Star Game is less than a week away scheduled for Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 in Loveland , Colorado at the Budweiser Events Center. The game features a team of CHL All-Stars facing the host team, the Colorado Eagles. Today, the CHL announced two additions to the team with Mississippi’s...
The Central Hockey League (CHL) announced today that Consolidated Sports Holdings (USA) Inc. has purchased Prescott Valley Hockey Club, LLC, operator of the Arizona Sundogs, and that Consolidated Sports Holdings (USA) Inc. will take over the day-to-day operations of the CHL team beginning immediately. Tim’s Toyota Center will host a formal press conference to...
I have to admit, I wasn’t looking forward to last night’s game against the Detroit Red Wings. The same Wings that put us out of the playoffs last year were coming back to pick on a team that has very little resemblance to last year’s squad that made it to the Western Conference Finals....
I didn’t get to weigh in on this weekend’s game yet – a gritty 2-1 win over the Colorado Avalanche – but that game was won with a lot of heart. These Stars are beat up and were tired, finishing up their third game in four nights, and were just trying to scrape out...
The Scorpions have beefed up their defense by reaching into NHL Hall of Fame bloodlines. Head coach Randy Murphy has signed Lyon Messier to a contract. Messier is the son of former NHL star and Hall of Fame member Mark Messier. The younger Messier, 21, is a defenseman who started the season with the...
From the Dallas Stars press release: The Dallas Stars announced today that the club has claimed defenseman Doug Janik off waivers from the Chicago Blackhawks. The club also assigned two players to the American Hockey League and one to the Finnish Elite League. Janik, 28, signed a free agent contract with Chicago on July...
The Stars dropped their pre-season home-opener versus the Colorado Avalanche tonight, 4-2. Once again, the game was not broadcast via television or radio – we’re getting closer to those soon though – so the opinions and thoughts being shared tonight are no more than analysis derived from pouring over the box score and reading...
