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  • MacKenzie's 'Hawks Take Game One

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    In the opening game of the Clark Cup finals, D Drew MacKenzie registered a shot on goal for Waterloo in their 4-3 OT win over Omaha. The Black Hawks will look to steal another road win from the USHL regular season champions tomorrow evening in Mid America Center.

  • Future of Gerbe and Kennedy speculated

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    In today’s Buffalo News, Bucky Gleason offered his spin on the situations surrounding the Sabres pair of talented collegians, Nathan Gerbe and Tim Kennedy. Sabres prospects dangle With every day that passes without a contract agreement, the chances increase that Sabres prospect Nathan Gerbe is headed back to college for his senior year. If he…

  • 5/3 Recap: Streak ends for top CHL sniper

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    Paul Byron saw his twelve game point-streak come to an end as Gatineau fell to Rouyn-Noranda, 6-2, in Game 2 of the QMJHL Finals. The Huskies win evens the series at a game apiece as the clubs head to Gatineau for Game 3 on Tuesday. The 5’10 pivot compiled 15 goals and 19 total points…

  • Gogulla, Germany fall in opener

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    In Halifax, Philip Gogulla was -2 as Germany dropped their IIHF World Championship opener to Finland, 5-1. Gogulla was fourth among German forwards with 13:48 in ice time, but failed to register a shot on goal in the loss. Team Germany and their raucous fans will take a day off before facing Slovakia on Monday.

  • Eidsness ready to go

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    Per the Grand Forks Herald, Brad Eidsness looks poised to win the starting job as a freshman at the University of North Dakota…and to be an exemplary student. The 19-year-old goaltender recruit said he hopes to enroll in summer classes at UND and get to campus early in order to prepare to battle for the…

  • Sanborn's McCollum sitting pretty for draft

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    Western New York native Thomas McCollum of the OHL’s Guelph Storm has been ranked the #1 North American goaltender in Central Scouting’s final list for the 2008 NHL draft. Draft winds blow McCollum’s way On the possibility of being selected by the Sabres: “That would be great, to play in front of your hometown fans,”…

  • 5/2 Recap: Byron nets game winner

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    Locked in a 2-2 tie entering the third period, Sabres property Paul Byron notched the game winning goal for Gatineau, lifting les Olympiques to a 6-2 win over Rouyn-Noranda in the opening frame of the QMJHL Finals. The power play winner was Byron’s 16th of the playoffs. He accumulated five shots on goal in the…

  • Byron getting noticed

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    Today’s National Post contained a nice piece on Gatineau’s Paul Byron. Byron and les Olympiques begin their QMJHL series with Rouyn-Noranda tonight. Olympiques’ little man putting up big numbers “He’s not very big,” says one of his former coaches, Ottawa West Golden Knights Jr. B head coach and president Blake Sinclair, “but he plays like…

  • Central Scouting 2008 Final Rankings

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    Below are the final rankings put out by NHL’s Central Scouting. Buffalo will pick 13th overall, and holds San Jose’s first round pick in a lot that has yet to be determined. NORTH AMERICAN SKATERS First Round 1. Steven Stamkos, C, Sarnia (OHL); 2. Zach Bogosian, D, Peterborough (OHL); 3. Drew Doughty, D, Guelph (OHL);…

  • Gerbe produces in USA tune up

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    In Portland, Maine, Nathan Gerbe (2005, 5th round) had a goal and an assist as Team USA dominated Sweden, 5-1. From USA Hockey: After a scoreless second period, Team USA opened up a 3-0 advantage at 3:58 of the third period when Dustin Brown (Ithaca, N.Y./L.A. Kings) took Nathan Gerbe’s (Oxford, Mich./Boston College) feed from…