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Reuters Staff NASHVILLE — The Nashville Predators put their penalty kill to the test early and often Saturday night against one of the hottest scoring teams in the league, and the unit passed with flying colors. Pekka Rinne turned aside 29 shots and the Predators denied the Colorado Avalanche on all seven of their power […]

Notes Around the Liiga, Part 1 21.11.2017 by marcobombino, posted in feature, liiga, nhl This is a new feature article that will take a look at NHL prospects playing in the Finnish Liiga.  Minnesota Wild prospect Kaapo Kähkönen has been the cornerstone for Lukko in net in his second Liiga campaign. He currently ranks second in goals against average (1.71) and third in […]

By Michael Russo 13 hours ago Much of the offseason fun for Wild fans and reporters was trying to piece together which player the Wild could potentially lose to the Vegas Golden Knights in the first expansion draft since the Wild and Columbus Blue Jackets took part in one in the year 2000. There were […]

Click:LED How did this guy fall to No. 30 overall? By Satchel Price@SatchelPrice Dec 12, 2017, 12:28pm EST tweet share pin Rec   Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images When Eeli Tolvanen fell to the 30th overall pick in the 2017 NHL Draft, he didn’t act disappointed. “There was some speculation I might go a little […]

Rinne welcomes changes to his game Predators goalie reassessed confidence, technique after Stanley Cup disappointment by Kevin Woodley / NHL.com Correspondent  12:00 AM  Share VANCOUVER — Goaltender Pekka Rinne had never experienced anything quite like the devastation of losing in the 2017 Stanley Cup Final. “I haven’t had that kind of feeling,” said Rinne, the No. 1 goalie […]

By Jason Pearson, griffinshockey.com Ask a professional hockey player how long they believed in Santa Claus as a kid and the array of potential reactions is endless: a valid answer, a sideways stare, or anything in between. Ask Vili Saarijarvi, the Red Wings’ third-round draft pick in 2015, and he supplies a grinning reply. “I still believe,” […]

22.12.2017 12:20 Translated from Finnish; https://www.suomikiekko.com/2017/12/suomalaissensaation-huippukausi-jatkuu-ahln-tulokaspuolustajien-ykkonen/?utm_campaign=twitter&utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitter Sami Niku , defender of the Winnipeg Jets organization for this season, may be happy with his autumn season in North America. The 21-year-old defender in JYP last season finished the 1 + 1 night on Friday night when AHL’s Manitoba Moose, represented by Nik, broke the San Antonio Rampage 7-2. […]

Juuso Valimaki, a first-round pick of the NHL’s Calgary Flames.  Postmedia file He missed the bus. Over and over again. That would usually be a troublesome trend, but not in the case of Calgary Flames’ first-round selection Juuso Valimaki. “We have our development camp in the summer over at WinSport, and (the players) stay at a […]

Forward, 18, selected No. 30 in 2017, has impressed in KHL by Mike G. Morreale @mikemorrealeNHL / NHL.com Staff Writer BUFFALO — Right wing Eeli Tolvanen has always had a passion for scoring goals in different ways since the day he began playing hockey as a 3-year-old in Vihit, Finland. “It was just working hard after every practice, […]