The biggest surprise at last week’s draft may not have been the 13 first round trades, or Tampa Bay’s decision to select David Carle with their final pick. How Kruise Reddick slipped through all seven rounds has left the hockey world bewildered, and Reddick riddled with disappointment.
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Luca Sbisa may not know where he’s going to end up at Friday’s entry draft, but he does recognize that moving to Canada was the catalyst of his lifelong aspirations to play in the National Hockey League.
Mikkel Boedker and the high-flying Kitchener Rangers will attempt to become the second consecutive host team to prevail in the Memorial Cup Finals, but standing in their way are the suffocating Spokane Chiefs.
Hometown hero T.J. Fast buried the game-winner in the Tri-City Americans 3-2 shootout win over the Calgary Hitmen on January 19th. The meeting was the first and only time that Fast would play the Hitmen in his hometown during the regular season.
Hitmen rookie T.J. Galiardi is making quite an impression in Calgary, playing a strong offensive game that has the attention of everyone that watches. The winger is working wonders for the club, which is currently ranked number one in the CHL.
T.J. Galiardi is starting the 2007-08 season in a familiar setting, at home. The 19-year-old center hung up his skates at Dartmouth College, where he played the 2006-07 season, to pursue his hockey career in his hometown of Calgary.
Having only played a grand total of 50 regular season junior hockey games, James Wright of the Vancouver Giants has already tasted the glory of winning what many consider to be the hardest trophy to win in all of sports, the Memorial Cup.
