In Thursday’s USHL matchup, the Dubuque Fighting Saints traveled to Fargo and beat the defending champions 7-4, bringing their season record to 5-1-0-0, which places them at the top of the league standings. While Dubuque showcased strong offensive skills, players Jonathan Morello and Kristian Kostadinski did not score any points. Morello performed better than inContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: October 13, 2024”
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Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: September 29, 2024
The Boston Bruins are progressing through their training camp, while the Providence Bruins start theirs this week. In Europe, hockey leagues are already in action, and so are the CHL and USHL in North America. The NCAA is also gearing up to begin its season this week. So, what is there to talk about? JoshContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: September 29, 2024”
Bruins Prospect Cole Spicer Pauses Hockey Career
Boston Bruins 2022 draft pick Cole Spicer told Matt Wellens of the Duluth New Tribune that he won’t be playing hockey “for the foreseeable future.” “I need to figure out some personal and mental stuff first.” Spicer added, “Right now, I need to take a step away and figure a couple things out.” He toldContinue reading “Bruins Prospect Cole Spicer Pauses Hockey Career”
A Look Back at Don Sweeney’s Draft History: 2022
Previous drafts: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021. What constitutes a successful draft or a failing draft? The hockey community looks at NHL games played to determine success, although some choose to look at 100 games as successful while others look at 200 games. Fans in droves prefer to look at stats. Harman DayalContinue reading “A Look Back at Don Sweeney’s Draft History: 2022”
Boston Bruins Offseason Prospect Update Part 3: The Rankings
PART 1 PART 2 The Boston Bruins prospect rankings are criticized for lacking top-tier prospects, attributed to their consistent competitiveness leading to low draft positions and trading high picks to pursue Stanley Cup victories. Building a championship-quality roster requires a variety of players. Despite lacking top prospects, the Bruins have a strong prospect pool forContinue reading “Boston Bruins Offseason Prospect Update Part 3: The Rankings”
Boston Bruins Offseason Prospect Update: Part 1
The offseason has begun, and this is the first article in a series of four focusing on Boston Bruins prospects outside the AHL and the season just completed. Those of you that are regular readers here may remember this chart. This is what it looked like in the preseason: The chart shows my assessment ofContinue reading “Boston Bruins Offseason Prospect Update: Part 1”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: May 12, 2024
On Tuesday, the Latvian Ice Hockey Federation officially announced that Dans Locmelis has been selected for the 2024 Latvian Men’s National Team for the IIHF Men’s World Championships taking place from May 10 to 26. Locmelis will be playing alongside two former Bruins, Eduards Tralmaks and Kaspars Daugavins. Two Bruins prospects were chosen in theContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: May 12, 2024”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: February 4, 2024
In Tuesday action, Linkoping defeated Oskarshamn in SHL action by a score of 6-3. It was not a good day for Jonathan Myrenberg as he left the game with an injury and only played 8:59. There was no immediate status report on the injury. In the NCAA, Northeastern defeated Boston University 4-3. Ty Gallagher didContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: February 4, 2024”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 21, 2024
The Swift Current Broncos dropped a 5-2 decision to the Medicine Hat Tigers in WHL action on Tuesday. Reid Dyck stopped 19 of 24 shots in the loss as he works his way back from a 2-month layoff due to injury. I would say he would like two of the goals back. His rebound controlContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 21, 2024”
Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 7, 2024
On Wednesday, the London Knights were at home and defeated the Erie Otters by a score of 5-1. Jackson Edward did not factor in the scoring, but something I have to get off my chest. With the Knights leading 1-0 thanks to a goal 10 seconds into the game, Edward crosschecked an opponent from behindContinue reading “Boston Bruins Monday Morning Prospect Update Week Ending: January 7, 2024”