After dusting off the Rochester Americans in 3 straight games, the Toronto Marlies will face a real test in the red hot Abbotsford Heat in their second round AHL playoff series.   Toronto does head into the contest on Tuesday night as the favourite with home ice advantage after finishing 2nd in the western conference [...]

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Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey League today announced the final edition of the weekly minor midget rankings for the 2012 OHL Showcase for the OHL Cup, hosted by the Greater Toronto Hockey League. The weekly rankings are determined by a panel of OHL Central Scouting Staff and represent the top teams that are competing [...]

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Toronto, ON – The Canadian Hockey League today announced the BMO CHL MasterCard Top 10 Rankings for week 24 of the 2011-12 season.  The weekly rankings of the Canadian Hockey League’s Top 10 teams are selected by a panel of National Hockey League scouts.     BMO CHL MasterCard Top 10 Rankings – Week 24 [...]

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Toronto, ON – The Ontario Hockey League today announced the nineteenth edition of the weekly minor midget rankings for the 2012 OHL Showcase for the OHL Cup, hosted by the Greater Toronto Hockey League. The weekly rankings are determined by a panel of OHL Central Scouting Staff and represent the top teams that are competing [...]

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The story of David and Goliath is sometimes a little over used but, on Saturday night in Ann Arbor, Michigan that wasn’t the case.   In just their fourth season in the OUA the University of Ontario Institute of Technology men’s hockey program has grown leaps and bounds and took a major step forward on [...]

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With the NHL and really the whole country mourning the death of Wade Belak, another career is about to resume. 18-year-old Ben Fanelli is returning to the ice for the Kitchener Rangers for the first time in two years after taking a viscious hit to the head from Erie Otters forward Michael Liambas. Fanelli was [...]

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The NHL held their 2nd annual Research and Development camp last week to test out possible new rules and modifications. The guinea pigs for the camp aren’t just regular youngsters used to improve the game; they’re the top prospects for the 2012 NHL draft. The camp wasn’t just for GM’s, coach’s and scout’s to experiment [...]

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There was no referee chair that looked like it belonged on the beach or any outrageous rule changes that were focused on for humor more than improvement. There were only smart, intelligent and creative ideas this year. The NHL wrapped up their second straight Research and Development camp held at the Maple Leafs first class [...]

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July 1st is almost a month behind us and the NHL free agent market has hit a lull as we have entered the dog days of summer when it comes to the hockey world. I think that means it’s time for teams to make a splash.   Most of the big names like Brad Richards, [...]

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The 2011 NHL free agent market is officially open! The biggest deal of the day so far came before the noon starting  point, when defenceman James Wisniewski signed with the Columbus Blue Jackets for $33 million over six years. A plenty of other deals have also went down in the hours leading up to the [...]

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