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New York Rangers Captain Jacob Trouba Enjoying a Strong Offensive Start to the Season

Posted on October 21, 2024

NEW YORK, NY – During the summer, the rumor mill was swirling with the name of the New York Rangers captain. However, Jacob Troubahas not been put off by rumors of a new home for him and his wife and has offensively started the season. Currently having four assists through the first three games, there is a significant positive here with a contract that many, including myself, have been critical of. If the captain can continue this and justify that deal, this is a very different situation.

New York has been desperate for cap space for a while. With big names like Alexis Lafreniere and Igor Shesterkin needing new contracts for next season, the Rangers captain and his $8 million cap hit have been linked with an exit. Based on the previous few seasons, there is no denying that Trouba makes too much for how he plays. Poor performances in critical moments have sunk the roster.

Rangers Captain Jacob Trouba Says ‘Greatest Times of the Summer’ Have Been ‘Hanging Out’ with Son Axel

Posted on August 13, 2024

NEW YORK, NY – Jacob Trouba is enjoying life as a new dad!

While speaking to PEOPLE at the opening of his first solo art exhibit at Harper’s Chelsea 512 in Manhattan, the New York Rangers captain — who welcomed a son with his wife, Kelly Tyson, in January — says fatherhood has changed his ideas about “what’s important.”

“It’s been great,” Trouba, 30, says. “There’s no real playbook that you can read — I mean, you can kind of prepare a little bit, but it’s very much learning on the fly.”

When Trouba and his wife welcomed baby Axel at the start of the year, the hockey star was in the middle of one of the Rangers’ best seasons in years. The team would later fall just shy of making the Stanley Cup Finals in June, giving Trouba a break from regular practices until training camp begins in September — and plenty of time to spend with his 8-month-old son, who has been an off-season highlight for the NHL star.

Ducks Sign Jansen Harkins to Two-Year Contract

Posted on July 2, 2024

ANAHEIM, CA – The Ducks have signed center Jansen Harkins to a two-year contract through the 2025-26 NHL season.

Harkins, (5/23/97), has appeared in 199 career NHL games across five seasons with Pittsburgh (2023-24) and Winnipeg (2019-23), collecting 13-18=31 points. He has also recorded one goal in four career Stanley Cup Playoff contests with the Jets.

The 6-2, 197-pound forward split the 2023-24 season between Pittsburgh and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, earning four points (0-4=4) in 45 NHL games with the Penguins and 5-7=12 points in 14 American Hockey League (AHL) games with the Penguins. He was claimed on waivers by Pittsburgh from Winnipeg prior to the 2023-24 season.

Meet PWHL No. 1 pick Sarah Fillier, New York’s new women’s hockey star

Posted on June 25, 2024

NEW YORK, NY – Make room, Ionescu. Skate to the side, Lafreniere.

There’s a new No. 1 pick in town.

Sarah Fillier, a prolific scorer at Princeton and world champion on the international stage, was selected by New York with the top overall pick in the Professional Women’s Hockey League draft Monday night.

Blackhawks add new play-by-play announcer Rick Ball

Posted on June 24, 2024

CHICAGO, IL – The Chicago Blackhawks announced in June that Rick Ball has been named the club’s next television play-by-play announcer.

The Blackhawks report that Ball will join color analyst Darren Pang in the Blackhawks’ broadcast booth for the 2024-25 season, the team’s first on the forthcoming Chicago Sports Network, the new television home of the Blackhawks.

Ball, 57, joins the Blackhawks after spending the previous 10 seasons as the television play-by-play voice of the Calgary Flames on Sportsnet. During that time, Ball also served as play-by-play announcer for Hockey Night in Canada’s national broadcasts, a role he began in 2011 before being named the program’s lead Western play-by-play announcer in 2013, notes his bio.

Hurricanes working on keeping Jaccob Slavin for the long haul

Posted on June 18, 2024

RALEIGH, NC – The Carolina Hurricanes are working on a deal that could keep Jaccob Slavin with the team for the long term, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported Wednesday.

Slavin, 30, wrapped up the penultimate season of his seven-year deal in 2023-24, nabbing seven goals and 36 points through 81 games this season.

The American blue-liner is eligible to sign a contract extension on July 1, with the state of his deal expected to shape the off-season plans of GM Eric Tulsky in his first summer on the job.

New York Selects Princeton Star Sarah Fillier with PWHL First Overall Pick

Posted on June 18, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS, MN – New York drafted “generational player” Sarah Fillier with the No. 1 overall pick in the Professional Women’s Hockey League draft.

‘Pressure is a Privilege’: Mattias Ekholm Thriving in Intense Canadian Market

Posted on June 10, 2024

EDMONTON, AB – Hockey hot-beds are not for everyone.

In the case of Edmonton Oilers‘ defenseman Mattias Ekholm, he’s really enjoying it.

“It’s amazing when you win,” Ekholm joked with the media at Rogers Place this morning. Oilers’ fans have not been shy about throwing jerseys on the ice, or booing the team for playing poorly.

Perfetti excited about Arniel hiring

Posted on June 10, 2024

WINNIPEG, MB – Count Cole Perfetti as one of the many that are excited about the hiring of Scott Arniel as the new head coach of the Winnipeg Jets.

The 22-year-old forward currently is in Saginaw, Michigan for the Memorial Cup as his former junior team is hosting Perfetti along with other Spirit alumni this week during the tournament.

“Arnie was great with me. We had a really good relationship and I thought I played some of my best hockey under him when he took over for Bones (Rick Bowness) for a bit so those 12 games there. I thought I really came out and played well and felt like he trusted me and gave me opportunity so I’m excited for it,” said Perfetti.