19 March, 2010

Category Archives: Minor Pro Hockey

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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A Homecoming Debut

21 October, 2008

By now you know the Washington Capitals have recalled defenseman Tyler Sloan from Hershey for this west coast road trip.  It is expected that Sloan will make his NHL debut tonight in his native city of Calgary.
A nice piece on Sloan’s journey to the NHL can be found in both The Post and The Times [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Corey Masisak, Hershey Bears, John Walton, Tarik El-Bashir, Washington Post, Washington Times | Comments (2)

Ahead, a Promising Harvest on the Farm

15 July, 2008

Development camps such as that recently completed by the Capitals have a way of imbuing DraftGeeks and even the more balanced of hockey fan with horizons of heightened optimism. Always it seems there are a handful of young standouts there, among them compelling stories of no-name collegians or free agents making next-season names for themselves. [...]

Also filed in American Hockey League, Andrew Gordon, Chris Bourque, College Hockey, Development Camp, Eric Fehr, Hershey Bears, Kettler Capitals Iceplex, Mathieu Perreault, Morning cup-a-joe, Oskar Osala, Prospects, Sami Lepisto, Simeon Varlamov, Washington Capitals | Comments (19)

Finals' Agony Is the Order of the Spring in PA

11 June, 2008

We’d be remiss if we failed today to congratulate the Chicago Wolves on doubling the pleasure of our Schadenfreude Spring, in sending yet another Penguins’ team — last night it was Pittsburgh’s affiliate in Wilkes Barre-Scranton — to a playoff finals disappointment. The Wolves claimed the American League’s Calder Cup 4 games to 2 over [...]

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A Facelift for Hockey in Portland, Maine

10 June, 2008

The Buffalo Sabres today announced a brand new American League affiliation, in Portland, Maine, with the Pirates. Such news generally doesn’t catch¬†the OFB eye, but in this instance, the affiliate happens to be in one of our favorite towns, one we’ve blogged from before.
Portland of course was recently the affiliate for the Caps; in fact, [...]

Also filed in Anaheim Ducks, Buffalo Sabres, Former Coaches & Players, Hockey Towns, Kevin Kaminski, Washington Capitals | Comments (0)

Hockey as a Desert Rose in Sin City

24 May, 2008

I was dreading my business trip to Las Vegas this past week. For starters, Monday’s temperature there was a hockey unfriendly 108 degrees. And please, spare me the “It’s a dry heat” defense. Pizza ovens harbor little humidity, and I don’t want to reside in those either. Mercifully, a cold front swept through some time [...]

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