Central Notes: Bjugstad, Olausson, Beagle

There’s bad news coming on the injury front for the Minnesota Wild. Head coach Dean Evason said today that forward Nick Bjugstad will be out “for a while” with an upper-body injury. Things certainly haven’t gone smoothly for Bjugstad in his second season with the Wild. In 28 games, he has just five...

Around the Farm: Brennan Othmann with another multi point game

Brennan Othmann had a goal and an assist for Flint, for yet another multi point game. He now has a

Around the Farm: Shorthanded Pack shutout by Providence

The Hartford Wolf Pack were shutout by Providence yesterday, a result that shouldn’t be too surprising. The Pack are without

OHL Roundup: Mangone scores winner as Spirit edge Greyhounds

Calem Mangone scored the game-winning goal with about six minutes left in the third period to help the Saginaw Spirit to a 2-1 victory over the Soo Greyhounds on Thursday.

Around the Farm: All 4 Rangers prospects win first 2022 World Juniors game

All four NY Rangers prospects won their first games at the 2022 World Juniors. Kalle Vaisanen (Finland), Brett Berard (Team

Color of Hockey: Ross Jr., Randall to make mark with play-by-play gigs

William Douglas has been writing The Color of Hockey blog for the past nine years. Douglas joined NHL.com in March 2019 and writes about people of color in the sport. Today, he profiles Black broadcasters Jason Ross Jr. and Alex Randall; Ross is scheduled to call radio play-by-play for the Chicago B...

5 Takeaways From Finland’s Win Over Germany

The first game of the 2022 World Juniors pitted perennial contender Finland against the up-and-coming Germans, who are missing some big names from their 2021 team. Some may have expected…

The Journey: Three Underrated WJC Players Poised for Breakouts

Happy Holidays and welcome back to The Journey, where we follow hockey prospects and their paths to the NHL, providing fantasy predictions and analysis along the way. This week, we’ll be considering an interesting aspect of U20 tournaments like the World Juniors: every year, certain players see mass...

Previewing the 2022 World Juniors

Photo by Rich Lam/Getty Images Time to get excited! It’s that time of year again folks! The most wonderful time of year! Once Christmas is in the rearview and we’re all doing... whatever it is we do on Boxing Day, it’s World Juniors time again! After being played in an empty...

Three players to watch for Team Czechia at the 2022 WJC

Three players to watch for Team Austria at the 2022 WJC

Three players to watch for Team Canada at the 2022 WJC

Russia, Finland, Czechia, Slovakia, Germany Name 2022 WJC Captains

While there may not be any NHL hockey left to look forward to for the next few days, the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championships are just around the corner. Pre-tournament play is imminent, while the round-robin slate of games begins on December 26. With the tournament approaching, the Russian, Finnish...

Around the Farm: Only Vitali Kravtsov in action yesterday

Vitali Kravtsov was the only NY Rangers prospect in action yesterday, staying off the score sheet as Traktor got wrecked

Kings Place Cal Petersen In COVID Protocol

The Kings have placed goaltender Cal Petersen in COVID protocol and have recalled Jacob Ingham from ECHL Greenville.