Author: Kris Baker
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Eidsness pushing for playing time
A year after serving nearly the entire season as the #2 goaltender, North Dakota senior Brad Eidsness is prepared to battle his way back into to the Sioux crease on a regular basis. The Grand Forks Herald has the converage entering #6 North Dakota’s weekend match-up with #17 Maine. “I think there’s been a pretty…
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10/12 Recap: Pysyk pots first
Mark Pysyk scored his first goal of the season Wednesday as Edmonton hammered Kootenay, 6-1. The 2010 first-rounder flicked a wrister from the point that made it through traffic and into the back of the net for the OKs final goal of the night. After 10 games, the Edmonton native has a goal and four…
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10/10 Recap: Cat on the Attack in Owen Sound win
Dan Catenacci was firing on all cylinders Monday, scoring a goal and an assist to earn the game’s #2 star in Owen Sound’s 6-3 win over Saginaw. The 5’10 center now has five goals and 12 points in nine season games. The Attack will visit Peterborough on Thursday. Kevin Sundher saw his three-game point streak…
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Schiestel to the shelf
Rochester defenseman Drew Schiestel is expected to be out four-six weeks after spraining his left MCL in the Amerks’ Saturday night loss to Hamilton. The 22-year old was playing his first regular season game after blowing out his right knee back in January. Named an AHL All-Star before being shut down, a healthy Schiestel was…
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SabresProspects Three Stars of the Week (10/9/11)
Please enjoy another installment of your weekly power minute.
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10/9 Recap: Leduc-ulous streak continues
In Sunday QMJHL action, Jerome Gauthier-Leduc earned the game’s #3 star with a goal and an assist as Rimouski ended a three-games-in-three-nights stretch with a 6-3 loss at Moncton. The steady producer has points in all seven games this season, and if you take into consideration the end of last year, a total of 17…
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10/8 Recap: Usual suspects stay warm; Lieuwen shines
Jerome Gauthier-Leduc scored a goal and an assist Saturday as Rimouski was delivered an 8-2 hammering by defending Memorial Cup champion Saint John. The 6’1 defender, who in defeat continued his streak of six consecutive multi-point games, is the QMJHL’s top scorer among defenseman with 15 points (6+9). Leduc and Nics will play at Moncton…
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Amerks fall in opener
Newly signed Jonathan Parker scarfed up a rebound for his first professional goal, but the highlights were few as Rochester opened the 2011-12 campaign with a 5-2 loss at Hamilton. T.J. Brennan and Zack Kassian, his first AHL point, earned assists, while Corey Tropp also added a helper while logging his first fighting major of…
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10/7 Recap: Sundher, Leduc add to early season resumes
Kevin Sundher stacked a career-best four assists Friday as Victoria won an exciting back-and-forth affair with Medicine Hat, 5-4. Tied for second overall in WHL scoring, Sundher dished two helpers on the power play and another shorthanded before setting up Hayden Rintoul for the game winning goal with just :24 to play in regulation. The…
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10/6 Recap: Shipley connects as Dogs fall short
Steven Shipley scored a goal and added a pair of assists Thursday as Niagara got throttled by London, 7-3. The game’s #2 star, Shipley collected all of his points in the second period as the Dogs capitalized on a series of power plays to cut the Knights’ lead to 4-3. Sabres scouts in attendance surely…