Archive for September, 2009

Game 1 – Dallas vs. Columbus Early this game was a tight checking defensive game, not unlike the NHL counterparts of the respective teams. Dallas struck early with a goal from Sergei Korostin. Both teams traded goals in the 2nd with Dallas having the 2-1 lead heading into the 3rd. I was able to watch most of this period and a few things were very clear, first that Matt Calvert is a man on a mission as he was flying all over the rink with numerous scoring opportunities capitalizing on one. Columbus made there push but the Stars closed out [...]

Game 1 – St. Louis vs. Columbus After losing to Minnesota in the first game of the tournament, Columbus wanted to come out and make a big statement to turn around their hopes for the tournament title and Matt Calvert did just that. Calvert netted the game winner at 19:37 of the 3rd period to give the Blue Jackets a two goal lead,  which thanks to a last second goal by St. Louis was needed to for the Jackets to win the game. Calvert has often been overlooked by scouts because of his size, but he is now proving that [...]

Game 1 In the first game of the tournament the team from Columbus took on an Atlanta team that played them tough for two thirds of the game. Unfortunately for the young players of Columbus the last third was the deciding. Minnesota scored 2 goals in the 3rd period to win the game. For the Columbus the lone bright spot was Stefan Legein who is taking a positive step towards the NHL, when he scored the Blue Jackets lone goal in the first period, after retiring at the age of 19 before last season. 1st 2nd 3rd Final Columbus 1 [...]

This years NHL Prospects Tournament is hosted (as usual) by the Detroit Red Wings in Traverse City, Mi, home of the Wings training camp. It will take place from September 6-10, the week prior to all of the NHL training camps kicking off, and will include eight teams Detroit, Atlanta, Columbus, St. Louis, Dallas, New York Rangers, Minnesota, and Carolina. In the first part of my Tournament preview I talked about Atlanta, Carolina, Dallas and Minnesota. The 2nd Part of my preview I covered 3 of the remaining 4 teams the New York Rangers, Columbus, and St. Louis. Today I [...]