Author Archives: Chris Peters
NHL College Free Agent Tracker 2014 (Updated 4/24)
With the college hockey season winding down and some teams already done for the year after missing out on the postseason, the NCAA free agent season is upon us. Undrafted players currently too old to be selected in the NHL … Continue reading
2014 NTDP Tryout Camp Roster Announced
Every year around this time, the NTDP unveils its tryout camp roster for next season’s U.S. National Under-17 Team. This year, the NTDP is inviting 52 of the best American players born in 1998 to compete in the four-day camp … Continue reading
VIDEO: Ryan Fischer Remembered with Touching On-Ice Tribute
Late Friday night, I wrote about the shocking and tragic passing of Grandville (Mich.) High School senior Ryan Fischer and how his teammates played on hours after learning of the loss of their co-captain. Grandville lost to Michigan high school … Continue reading
The Johnny Gaudreau Question
There’s a lot we already know about Boston College junior Johnny Gaudreau. We know he is the nation’s leading scorer with his 64 points being 10 clear of the next closest player. We know he has points in 29 straight … Continue reading
High school star Ryan Fischer honored by teammates, opponents after tragic passing
Ryan Fischer was supposed to be there standing on the blue line with his Grandville High School teammates. If not for him, none of them may have been standing there at all. But when the Bulldogs took the ice at … Continue reading
2014 Paralympics: Team USA Sled Hockey Preview
After the U.S. Olympic Men’s and Women’s Hockey Teams came up short in Sochi, the U.S. Paralympic Sled Hockey Team has a chance, a good one, to end the American hockey gold drought in Sochi. The Paralympics will open Friday … Continue reading
USA Hockey at the Olympics — Final Assessment
The dust has only begun to settle in the days since the Olympics ended on the sourest of notes for USA Hockey at the Olympics. From 3:26 away and a post away from a gold medal in women’s hockey to … Continue reading
2014 Olympics: Bronze-Medal Game Reviewed
The U.S. dropped a 5-0 decision to Finland in the bronze-medal game at the Olympics and will leave Sochi without any hardware. It’s a bitterly disappointing end to a tournament that started out as well as the U.S. could have … Continue reading
2014 Olympics Hockey: USA Lines vs. Finland – Bronze-Medal Game
The U.S. has to quickly regroup after a sobering loss to Canada in the semifinals. A medal is still on the line and going home with nothing only makes that loss to Canada look worse. The U.S. and Finland will … Continue reading
2014 Olympics Hockey: USA vs. Finland Bronze-Medal Game Preview
Gold is what everyone was after in Sochi and now only two teams are left to fight for it. For the only other two teams that have a game to play, it’s the medal nobody wants to play for. The … Continue reading