Thursday, December 3, 2009

Flyer Files blog: \'JVR Named NHL Rookie of the Month \' (Courier-Post)

The National Hockey League announced today it has named Flyers left wing James van Riemsdyk the NHL Rookie of the Month for November.

Darren Eliot: NHL\'s connection to the college game growing (Sports Illustrated)

During the hectic pace of the NHL season, it\'s easy to get lost in the week-to-week doings. It\'s not a schedule that very often allows one to step back and assess the game of hockey in the overall -- to see the connections between youth hockey, the college game, and the NHL.

NHL promoting Bruins\' \'Winter Classic\' products (Boston Herald)

The National Hockey League is ramping up promotion of its third annual Winter Classic that\'ll pit the Boston Bruins against the Philadelphia Flyers in an outdoor game...

Ice Hockey Canada - Mike Grier, First American Born Black NHL Player

It is well known that Willie O\'Ree of the 1958 Boston Bruins was the first National Hockey League player of African descent. But, except for seven games that Val James played for Buffalo in 1981, it wasn\'t until Mike Grier played for ...

Five Los Angeles Kings Prospects Invited to Selection Camp for ...

Once the team is named at the conclusion of the selection camp, Canada\'s National Junior Team will play in three exhibition games before the start of the 2010 IIHF World Junior Championships, which begin on January 2. ... Deslauriers, 18, was selected by the Kings in the third round (84th overall) of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. He has played in 30 games with the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) and has 20 points (5-15=20) and 50 penalty ...

32 Top Junior Players Invited to Canadian National Junior ...

REGINA (SASKATCHEWAN) – Hockey Canada and the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) announced on Wednesday that 32 of the CHL\'s top junior-aged hockey players (born in 1990 or later) have been invited to take part in Canada\'s National Junior ... Hockey Canada may still add additional players prior to the opening of the selection camp on December 12, in the event that any other NHL teams loan Canada\'s National Junior Team junior-aged eligible players currently playing in the NHL. ...