LOS ANGELES, CA – Last summer, Los Angeles Kings general manager Rob Blake made a series of moves intended to take the team from rebuilding bottom-feeders to playoff hopefuls. The first of those moves was trading a 2021 second-round pick and a 2022 third-round pick to the Nashville Predators in exchange for Viktor Arvidsson. The initial plan was for Arvidsson to come in and be the goal-scoring winger Anze Kopitar has been missing for the last few seasons. Unfortunately, that didn’t happen, but Arvidsson has still found success with the team and is now one of their best offensive weapons.
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Welcome To The Sarah Fillier Show
BEIJING, CHINA – Sarah Fillier isn’t the next big thing. She isn’t the future of Canadian hockey. She isn’t going to be a star. She’s the big thing right now. She’s the national team’s thrilling present. She is so transparently the star of her squad in Beijing that many of sports media’s forward-looking pronouncements in the last week—the “next generation” and “poised for breakout” reads of her career—already feel quaint and belated. The great-skating 21-year-old, on leave from her team at Princeton to make her Olympic debut, centered Canada’s electric, productive second line at the world championships in Calgary in August, and shined in just about every one of the hard-fought rivalry series games the U.S. and Canadian national teams played to prepare for the Olympics throughout the fall. It’s not so much that Sarah Fillier has arrived, but that you have.
Why Maple Leafs goalie Jack Campbell injects real heart into NHL’s All-Star glitz
LAS VEGAS, NV – Jason Spezza was right beside Jack Campbell when the goaltender received some good news that would only further brighten a Canada-based hockey player’s midwinter’s day off in sunny Arizona.
A dozen years after being drafted into the league, and a zillion dozen self-effacing thoughts later, Campbell had just learned he’d been named to his first NHL All-Star Game.
Vegas, baby.
Kendall Coyne Schofield ready to become the Billie Jean King of her era
BEIJING, CHINA – Before she was an Olympic hockey gold medalist, before she became the first woman to compete in the NHL’s all-star skills contests or was hired by the Chicago Blackhawks as a player development coach and youth hockey growth specialist, Kendall Coyne Schofield was the Hockey Girl with the Braid.
She fell in love with hockey while growing up in the Chicago suburbs, copying her older brother Kevin as they rollerbladed around their basement and blasted pucks at the walls. The photogenic dimple on the right side of her face isn’t a blessing of genetics: it’s the souvenir of a slapshot taken by Kevin.
Their parents let him play hockey and enrolled her in figure skating classes, no small expense for a family that grew to four children. She quit after two sessions. “I need the sport,” she told her stunned parents. They gave in — and learned to braid her hair to keep it out of the way when she wore her hockey helmet.
Leafs’ Campbell excited to learn from Vasilevskiy at first All-Star Game
LAS VEGAS, NV – Jack Campbell will take part in his first career NHL All-Star Game this weekend. The 30-year-old is looking forward to rubbing shoulders with Atlantic Division teammate Andrei Vasilevskiy. “He’s been unbelievable since he’s been in the league,” Campbell said. “Just excited to share a dressing room and learn from him a little bit.” The Leafs goalie is also eager to catch up with old USA teammate Dylan Larkin.
Red Wings GM Yzerman Praises Evolution of Captain Dylan Larkin
DETROIT, MI – Detroit Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin is enjoying an incredible bounce-back season, already having eclipsed his goal total of last season’s COVID-19 shortened campaign and currently on pace to light the lamp 41 times. And for his efforts, he’ll be participating in the 2022 NHL All-Star game.
And you can bet that Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman has taken notice.
Charities Rewarded Thanks to Enterprise Hat Trick Challenge via Larkin and Terry
When the hats start flying, more player-supported charities are rewarded, thanks to the @Enterprise #NHLHatTrickChallenge! This time around its @Dylanlarkin39 and @troyterry1997 who see their charities of choice receive $1K each from Enterprise.
Dylan Larkin chose Ted Lindsay’s Foundation Impacting Autism as his charity while Troy Terry chose Colorado Police Officers Foundation.
Ben Street named to the 2022 Canadian Olympic Team
Ben Street, forward for the EHC Red Bull Munchen of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) has been named to the 2022 Canadian Olympic Hockey Team to compete in Beijing, China. Good luck Streeter!
Admirals’ Rocco Grimaldi Named AHL Player of the Week
SPRINGFIELD, MA- The American Hockey League announced that Rocco Grimaldi of the Milwaukee Admirals was named Player of the Week after recording 10 points in 3 games and 3 wins for the period ending January 23, 2022.
Last Monday afternoon, Grimaldi notched a goal and an assist in the third period to secure the Admirals’ 3-0 win at Iowa. On Wednesday night, he posted a goal and two assists during the second period before setting up the overtime winner in Milwaukee’s 4-3 victory over Texas. And on Saturday, Grimaldi’s second career AHL hat trick highlighted another four-point night as the Admirals knocked off Grand Rapids, 5-2.
