19 March, 2010

Category Archives: CHL

Postscript on a Punk: Cormier Suspended, Devil Lou Offers a Lament (Sort of) (at Long Last)

26 January, 2010

New Jersey Devils’ General Manager Lou Lamoreillo met with media yesterday in the aftermath of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s decision to suspend Patrice Cormier for the remainder of the season, playoffs included.  OFB reader Eric kindly tipped me off to the exchange, which is published at the Devils’ site. Take note of the [...]

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A New Level of Intolerable Violence Plagues Hockey

25 January, 2010

Today the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League will announce its final sanctions against Rouyn-Noranda center Patrice Cormier for his nauseating attack on Mikael Tam of the Quebec Remparts on January 17. The brutality hospitalized Tam with brain trauma and destroyed teeth, and Cormier has been suspended ever since. Quebec provincial police are appropriately investigating the [...]

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Chris Clark: The Long Road to an Important Return

20 November, 2009

His return has been long in the making,. After a career year three years ago Captain Chris Clark faded into obscurity. Two groin pulls, a wrist injury and a demotion to the third line later; the Captain has finally made his return from the abyss to become a critical part of the Washington team yet again.

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More Red Lamp-Lighting from Russia

11 September, 2008

Back in June, we had a chance to ask Capitals’ General Manager George McPhee about progress and success the organization has enjoyed with the Entry Draft. He agreed then with our assessment that recent Capitals’ drafts had been markedly better than those in his first years on the job in D.C. Because the Capitals did [...]

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Late-Round Draft Gem Inked: Mathieu Perreault Signs

28 March, 2008

The Capitals this morning announced the signing of 2006 sixth-round pick Mathieu Perreault to a three-year entry-level contract.
From the team’s press release:
“Perreault, 20, was the most valuable player in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in 2006-07 and¬†led the QMJHL in scoring this year. A 5 ‘9, 166-pound native of Drummondville, Quebec, Perreault recorded 114 [...]

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Deep-in-a-Draft Gem

23 February, 2008

Here’s tidy work by a sixth-round draft pick: leading a development league in scoring. That’s what Caps’ prospect Mathieu Perreault is doing these days with Acadie Bathurst in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. All he did last season was win the Q’s MVP award.
And another Caps’ prospect in the Q, Francois Bouchard, isn’t far [...]

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More Kudos for the Kids

11 February, 2008

Caps’ prospect Mathieu Perreault was today named Offensive Player of the Week in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Perreault recorded 3 goals and 6 assists in four games for the Acadie Bathurst Titan for the week of February 4-10. Boasting a 26-game scoring streak, Perreault is now tied for second in the Q in [...]

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A Tale of Two Western Canadian Gunslingers

20 January, 2008

There were two legitmate, impact no.1 defensemen on the ice at Verizon Center last night, one playing for Florida and one for the Caps: Jay Bouwmeester and Mike Green. Can you imagine suggesting that that would have been the case just three months ago? Next, imagine having suggested this back in October: between the two, Mike Green, [...]

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Hockey Rinks from South Dakota to South Africa

18 December, 2007

Ever wonder what professional ice hockey teams play in New Zealand? How about Dubai? Where can you catch a pro game next time you’re in Bahrain, or Spain, or mainly on the plain?
Well a dedicated French hockey fan named Sam has completed quite a project: a Google map of every professional hockey team’s ice rink [...]

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Woe Is US: A Rebuilding Team U.S.A at the World Juniors

14 December, 2007

December offers a particularly terrific gift for hockey fans — the World Junior Championships, or what many in hockey regard as the greatest of hockey tournaments. This year’s Worlds will be contested in the Czech Republic, with the U.S. opening on December 26 against Kasakhstan. The Canadians this week conducted their determinative evaluation camp, and [...]

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