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Ice Wolves pick up trio of players with junior hockey experience in 2021 NAHL Supplemental Draft
June 3rd, 2021The New Mexico Ice Wolves today announced in the second-ever NAHL Supplemental Draft, the team drafted three players in center Wilmer Svensson, forward Parker Lindauer and defenseman Gustav Blom, adding them to the Ice Wolves’ protected list. Svensson is a center from Stockholm, Sweden, selected 11th overall, while the team’s 17th overall pick went to…
Pair of Arizona natives, Jr. Coyotes graduates chosen during Phase I of 2021 USHL Draft
May 29th, 2021The USHL held its two-part draft this past week – Phase I and Phase II – as teams look to stock their rosters for upcoming seasons. Phase I of the draft is ten rounds of “futures” age players only, which are Under-17 players for next year’s season (2005 birth year players only for the 2021…
Nine USPHL players, four alumni listed in NHL Central Scouting Final Rankings
May 28th, 2021The United States Premier Hockey League saw nine of its players who skated in the 2020-21 season ranked in NHL Central Scouting’s Final Rankings released on Thursday, May 27. Eight of the players listed skated in the USPHL’s Tier II, tuition-free National Collegiate Development Conference during the season. Seven were listed directly as NCDC with…
Phoenix native, junior hockey veteran Bunting decides on NCAA D-I Air Force for next stop in career
May 26th, 2021Sean Bunting is a Phoenix native playing junior hockey in Shreveport, La., with a college commitment in hand to head to Colorado Springs in the fall. Bunting, playing his third season of junior hockey and first with the NAHL’s Shreveport Mudbugs, committed last week to attend and play NCAA Division I hockey at the U.S….
Chandler native, Bobcats standout goalie Wall signs NAHL tender with New Mexico
May 24th, 2021The Arizona Bobcats have announces that 18U goaltender Caleb Wall has signed a North American Hockey League tender agreement with the New Mexico Ice Wolves of the NAHL’s South Division. Wall, 18, just completed his fourth and final season of playing in the NAPHL for the Bobcats organization. The Chandler native appeared in nine NAPHL…
Former Arizona youth hockey standout Shtrom grateful for rookie season in WHL
May 20th, 2021Oren Shtrom grew up in a hockey family and took after his father, Leeor, in playing the game at a high level. A 2004 birth year born in Montreal who grew up in Gilbert playing for the Arizona Bobcats and Jr. Coyotes, Shtrom skated the 2020-21 season with the Western Hockey League’s Medicine Hat Tigers….
New OneHockey girls hockey director Seiling sees growth potential for game across U.S.
May 20th, 2021As OneHockey, the premier tournament program in North America, gets set to kick off its summer programs, the company is also expanding on the girls hockey side. The recent hiring of former NHL player Ric Seiling will speed that growth in leaps and bounds. “(OneHockey president and CEO) Sebastien Fortier was very open when I…
Phoenix native, AHU grad Gusso moves up hockey ladder with Gustavus Adolphus commitment
May 20th, 2021Team Maryland forward Justin Gusso has committed to NCAA Division III Gustavus Adolphus College for the fall of 2021. The 2000-born native of Phoenix recently finished his third and final season of junior hockey, capping things off by securing a commitment that will take him to the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) this fall. Gusso’s…
Jr. Coyotes duo of Benjamin, Butler chosen by Utica in 2021 NCDC Entry Draft
May 19th, 2021Back on May 12, the USPHL’s National Collegiate Development Conference held its 2021 Entry Draft, which allowed teams the opportunity to draft 2001- through 2004-born players onto their organizational rosters. A total of 155 players were selected by the 13 NCDC teams in the 12-round draft from countries all over the world, and from dozens…
After parting ways with Tocchet, Coyotes looking for new coach to ‘take us to the next level’
May 13th, 2021Tom Landry, the legendary coach of the Dallas Cowboys, once said, “There is only one winner in this league, and the rest are losers.” For over the past two decades in the desert, the then-Phoenix Coyotes and now-Arizona Coyotes appear to fit neatly into that category of underachievers. At a time when general manager Bill…