AMERKS SIGN DANFORTH TO AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE CONTRACT The Rochester Americans announced today that the team has signed forward JUSTIN DANFORTH to a one-year American Hockey League contract for the 2017-18 season. Click Here: sydney roosters team jersey Danforth, 24, scored two goals in five games with the Amerks on an Amateur Tryout last season following a brief three-game stint with the ECHL’s Reading Royals. While with the Royals, he notched three points (1+2) in three games, including his first pro goal on March 10. He also appeared in one AHL contest for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. Prior to turning pro, the 5-foot-9, 180-pound forward closed out his senior season…

2017 USHL Player & Goaltender of the Year Matiss Kivlenieks signed an NHL entry-level contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets.   The Columbus Blue Jackets announced today that they have signed 2017 USHL Player of the Year Matiss Kivlenieks to a three-year entry level contract. The Sioux City Musketeers goaltender recently completed his first USHL season after playing one season in the North American Hockey League. The Riga, LAT native previously went undrafted in the NHL.   Kivlenieks appeared in 49 games during the regular season and finished with a record of 36-7-4-2, a 1.85 GAA, a .932 sv% and five shutouts. He led all USHL goaltenders in wins, goals…

Associated Press May 25, 2017, 9:44 AM EDT NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Knocking the smile off Pekka Rinne‘s face right now is nearly impossible. The longest-tenured player with the Nashville Predators, the 34-year-old goaltender finally will play in his first Stanley Cup Final in his ninth full NHL season. “As a player, I feel like I’ve had a fairly long career and never had this opportunity,” Rinne said. “So very fortunate and really appreciate this opportunity. I guess as a player you just enjoy being in this position. Enjoy the chance that you get, and you put your body on the line every night and give everything you have.” Teammates call…

Nashville goalie is the favorite to be playoff MVP as Stanley Cup final begins. Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne leads every major statistical category for goalies in the 2017 NHL playoffs.  (Mark Humphrey / The Associated Press)   By Mark ZwolinskiSports reporter Sat., May 27, 2017 The Conn Smythe Trophy field gets smaller with each day. Pittsburgh goalie Marc-Andre Fleury was a leading candidate until Game 3 of the Eastern Conference final, when he allowed four goals in a little more than 12 minutes. He hasn’t played since. Ottawa defenceman Erik Karlsson, reportedly playing with a pair of hairline fractures in his left heel, might have been the favourite had the Senators…

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The Sioux City netminder captured 2016-17 USHL Player of the Year and Goaltender of the Year awards by Alison Lukan @AlisonL / BlueJackets.com June 27th, 2017 A few months ago, goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks had been named the USHL Player and Goaltender of the Year and was preparing to go to Minnesota State University-Mankato to play Division I hockey. Today, he is a goaltender in the Blue Jackets organization. “My outlook now is different,” Kivlenieks said. “It’s a huge jump from amateur juniors straight to pro. I try not to think about it too much. So I don’t overthink it, I get to work.” The Jackets signed Kivlenieks to an entry…

Panthers Sign Forward Sebastian Repo to a 3-Year ELC Cats 2017 sixth round pick helped Tampere Tappara to 2017 Liiga Championship   by Florida Panthers @FlaPanthers / FloridaPanthers.com 11:00 AM Share   Florida Panthers President of Hockey Operations & General Manager Dale Tallon announced today that the club has signed forward Sebastian Repo to a three-year, entry-level contract. Click Here: custom injection moulding Repo, 21, appeared in 46 regular season games for Tampere Tappara of Finland’s Liiga, recording 32 points (11-21-32) and appeared in eight games with the Lahti Pelicans posting three assists. The 6-foot-2, 198-pound native of Lahti, Finland, amassed seven points (6-1-7) in 18 playoff games with Tampere…

TSN.ca Staff Nashville Predators first-round pick Eeli Tolvanen has signed a one-year deal to play with Jokerit Helsinki in Finland next season. The right winger, selected 30th overall by the Predators last month, had committed to Boston College but was reportedly rejected by the school’s admissions office. View image on Twitter  Follow Jokerit Helsinki @Jokerit_EN #Jokerit and forward Eeli Tolvanen agree on a 1-year deal (+ option for 2018-19). Welcome to the team, @eeli1999! #KHL 4:24 AM – 5 Jul 2017  5959 Retweets  9393 likes Twitter Ads info and privacy Tolvanen’s CHL rights were owned by the Oshawa Generals, though he also would have been eligible to play in the AHL. The 18-year-old spent the past…

by Achariya@tanyarezak  Jul 5, 2017, 10:02am EDT   Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images This past season, Matthew Peca scored his first NHL goal at the age of 23, in his fourth game with the Tampa Bay Lightning. He played ten games in all with the big club, and contributed to a long and successful Syracuse Crunch playoff run. A few months later, at age 24, Peca has been re-signed to another year with the Tampa Bay Lightning on a two-way contract, for $650,000 in the NHL. His AHL salary is not yet available. Peca played four years in the NCAA, and is the first Quinnipac University alumnus to score an NHL goal. Here is the…

WES GILBERTSON Published on: July 4, 2017 | Last Updated: July 4, 2017 5:44 PM MDT   He is, for now, just a face in the crowd. Calgary Flames first-rounder Juuso Valimaki touched down in the Stampede City several days back, but the blonde blue-liner has yet to be singled out by any autograph-seeking, selfie-snapping hockey fans. “Nobody has said on the street, ‘Oh, you’re this guy,’ ” Valimaki said. “But maybe that will happen someday — I don’t know. “Hopefully.” If Valimaki achieves his lofty goal, it will happen ASAP. After Tuesday’s medical exams and fitness testing at Flames’ development camp, the 18-year-old reiterated what he told reporters just…