Mac Carruth’s career was heading in the wrong direction.
Carruth had played in more ECHL games than AHL games two years after signing his entry-level contract with the Chicago Blackhawks. His ECHL numbers weren’t great. He was also thought to be immature and a hothead. When his NHL deal came up after the 2014-15 season, the Blackhawks didn’t offer him a new one. His best bet was an AHL/ECHL contract with the Rockford IceHogs and Indy Fuel.
That could have been the last you heard of Carruth. Plenty of NHL-drafted goalies never find their footing in professional hockey and end up bouncing around lower leagues or get out of the game all together.
Category: The Future
Walking their own paths
Cal and Nolan Foote knew it was inevitable. Reach a certain level as hockey players and the questions and comparisons would follow.
Questions about following in their dad’s footsteps and making their own name, and comparisons to how he played and what he accomplished at a similar age.
Blackhawks agree to terms with Carruth
Lucas Johansen had more than a passing interest when Shea Theodore made an NHL playoff impression with the Anaheim Ducks this spring.
The left-shot defencemen share more than B.C. birth certificates and a WHL pedigree.
Icehogs’ Carruth Named Player of the Week
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The American Hockey League announced today that Rockford IceHogs goaltender Mac Carruth has been selected as the CCM/AHL Player of the Week for the period ending Apr. 17, 2016.
Wild sign Hobey Baker finalist Petan
Alex Petan, the Michigan Tech senior that captured this year’s WCHA Player of the Year award, has inked an amateur tryout contract with the Minnesota Wild’s AHL affiliate, per the Star-Tribune.
Kelowna Rockets defender Callan Foote following father’s footsteps
Callan Foote is following the footsteps of his father, former NHL great Adam Foote. He has been making a name for himself as a sound two-way defenceman in his rookie season with the WHL’s Kelowna Rockets.
‘Consummate pro’ captains Winterhawks
Ah, the spoils of being a kid of a pro athlete. In Dominic Turgeon’s case, he spent plenty of time in the locker rooms of NHL teams, and in and around big-time rinks and players, courtesy of being the son of one of the better scorers of his generation, Pierre Turgeon.
Friendship, famous dads connect three Team USA prospects
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Fifteen years ago, Ryan MacInnis, Matthew Tkachuk and Dominic Turgeon ran around the bowels of Scottrade Center like they owned the place, playing mini-sticks and generally creating havoc in the dressing room where their fathers — Keith Tkachuk, Al MacInnis and Pierre Turgeon — were all members of the St. Louis Blues.
Lukas Vejdemo: Another Hidden Gem from Canadiens Trevor Timmins?
LAKE PLACID, NY. — Lukas Vejdemo studied the shaft of his broken stick as he glided back to the bench. More than anything, it was a look of annoyance. The morning practice had ended, the zamboni would be on the Herb Brooks arena ice soon, so precious seconds were ticking away. It was time better spent working on his shot.
