Rinne Honored to Join Boyhood Heroes with Vezina Trophy Win

Predators goalie admired Brodeur, Roy, Hasek growing up by Dave Stubbs @Dave_Stubbs / NHL.com Columnist  12:18 AM  Share   LAS VEGAS — Pekka Rinne‘s miniature Vezina Trophy will be going back home to Kempele, Finland, and the Nashville Predators goalie figures that his father, the custodian of the Rinne memorabilia collection, will soon be cleaning up his old […]

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Goaltending prospect Matiss Kivlenieks thrust into action

Goaltending prospect Matiss Kivlenieks, playing in a preseason game last year for the Blue Jackets, received a baptism by fire last season when he played in 43 games with the AHL’s Cleveland Monsters. [Adam Cairns] By Adam Jardy The Columbus Dispatch Posted Sep 11, 2018 at 6:51 AMUpdated Sep 11, 2018 at 6:51 AM    TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — The plan last year was never for […]

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Matthew Peca on the right foot

LaPresse.ca Posted on 17 September 2018 at 09:44 | Updated at 09:44 (Translated) Matthew Peca PHOTO ROBERT SKINNER, LA PRESSE GUILLAUME LEFRANÇOIS Press Yesterday’s intra-team match gave us a rare opportunity to evaluate 42 Canadian players in a match context. Who distinguished himself? Who came out less? Good job Matthew Peca Forget the fact that he scored; this kind of […]

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Canadians: Peca took advantage of a rare contract

(translated) Original: https://www.journaldequebec.com/2018/09/15/peca-un-contrat-rare JEAN-FRANÇOIS CHAUMONT Saturday, September 15, 2018 21:52Update Saturday, September 15, 2018 21:52 Matthew Peca has donned the Tampa Bay Lightning uniform for 20 games, ten in 2016-17 and another ten in 2017-18. Despite a modest experience in the NHL, the small 25-year-old center was a coveted player in the opening of the free-agent market. […]

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Jets Should Have Brought Niku to Finland

www.thehockeywriters.com/winnipeg-jets-niku-global-series/ The Winnipeg Jets have multiple Finnish players in their organization, including Sami Niku, but many of them are still in North America as the Jets prepare for their overseas games. On and off the ice, this is a mistake. The Jets haven’t met expectations so far this season and that has a lot to […]

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Predators Sign Goaltender Pekka Rinne to Two-Year Contract

Rinne Won the 2018 Vezina Trophy as NHL’s Best Goaltender by Press Release @PredsNHL / NashvillePredators.com  November 3rd, 2018 Nashville, Tenn. (November 3, 2018) – Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced Saturday that the club has signed goaltender Pekka Rinne to a two-year, $10 million contract that will see him earn $6 million in 2019-20 […]

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