DETROIT, MI – Dylan Larkin extended the League’s longest active point streak to 12 contests. Only five other Detroit Red Wing players since 1995-96 have collected a point in at least 12 consecutive team games.
TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Calle Rosen to a two-year, one-way contract extension worth an annual average value of US$750,000.
The 24-year-old Swede has 19 points (two goals, 17 assists) in 24 games with the American Hockey League’s Toronto Marlies.
Rosen played in four regular-season games with the Maple Leafs last season, registering an assist.
He had four goals and 18 assists in 62 regular-season games with the Marlies in 2017-18, then added five goals and six assists in 16 playoff games as Toronto captured the 2018 Calder Cup.
TORONTO, ONT –
The Toronto Maple Leafs had a big offseason, one that included signing John Tavares, naming Kyle Dubas as general manager and the ongoing William Nylander contract dispute. When the season finally started, those three things set the tone for the 2018-19 season, but somehow, the backup goalie became the main subject of debate among fans.
Should the Maple Leafs stick with the 35-year-old career backup Curtis McElhinney, who just had the best season of his career, or should they give one of their two NHL-ready goalies from the Toronto Marlies a chance, Garret Sparks or Calvin Pickard? Since all three goalies needed to clear waivers to be sent down, the Maple Leafs had to choose who their backup goalie was going forward.
DENVER, CO – Prior to the Avalanche erasing a 2-1 deficit against the Stars last Saturday with a pair of late third-period goals, Colorado coach Jared Bednar decided to swap J.T. Compher from the fourth line to the second to play alongside Tyson Jost and Alex Kerfoot.
The result was Compher’s rebound goal off Kerfoot’s shot with under three minutes to play, a lamp-lighter that eventually led to Mikko Rantanen’s game-winner a short time later.
“It was a spur-of-the-moment decision,” Bednar explained that night. “I like what J.T.’s been doing lately — he’s got a hot stick — and we were running out of time, so I was just trying to get him and some other guys out there who might have a chance to score for us.”
SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT. – When it comes to overage players in the Canadian Hockey League, the impact can vary but the role they play is a key one.
A look across the country sees a number of overage players coming through offensively for their respective clubs and some of those players are drawing pro interest thanks to big seasons.
One such player is Soo Greyhounds forward Keeghan Howdeshell.
Drafted by the Greyhounds in the 2014 OHL Priority Selection, the Brighton, Mich., native spent two seasons with the U.S. National Development program and had committed to play college hockey at Ferris State.
GLENDALE, AZ – Coyotes General Manager John Chayka had wanted to add forward Nick Schmaltz to the roster for some time. Late Sunday, after a 6-1 loss to Calgary on home ice, Chayka pulled the trigger on a two-for-one trade with Chicago and brought Schmaltz into the mix.
“He’s a guy that has top-line potential,” Chayka said Monday morning. “Speed, skill, creativity … Obviously he’s a right shot, which we need. He can play center, he can play wing. When he’s playing center, he’s an elite skater and can really push the pace from the middle of the ice. I think that adds another element and dimension to our team that we’ve been missing. Our offense hasn’t been what we would have hoped through a quarter of the season, so hopefully he can give us a boost in that regard.”
GLENDALE, AZ – Arizona Coyotes President of Hockey Operations and General Manager John Chayka announced tonight that the Coyotes have acquired center Nick Schmaltz from the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for forward Brendan Perlini and center Dylan Strome.
“Nick is a dynamic forward with top line potential,” said Chayka. “We feel he can be a core player of our team now and into the future. He’s a good complement to our evolving forward group and a rare combination of speed, skill and creativity.”
SCOTTSDALE, AZ – J.T. Compher didn’t tiptoe his way into his first game in nearly six weeks. Instead, he jumped right in with two short-handed goals in the first period.
Compher tallied twice in a matter of 1:25 during a Colorado Avalanche penalty kill to jumpstart the club in a 5-1 victory over the Arizona Coyotes on Friday at Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona. The forward is only the 20th NHL player since 1933-34 to score two short-handed markers in a span of two minutes or less and just the fourth to do it in the last 15 years.
DENVER, CO- The Avalanche wasted no time signing defenseman Ian Cole in the first hour of the 2018 offseason, getting his name on a three-year, $12.75 million contract.
Six weeks into the season, that signing is paying dividends. Avs coach Jared Bednar credits Cole’s play and presence for the defense’s ability to rebound from a recent five-game slide in which the Avalanche allowed 25 goals, a negative skid snapped by Sunday’s 4-1 win in Edmonton.
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