12th year defenseman Cody Goloubef(29) decides for the 1st time in his pro career life to reach out across the seas for some new kind of hockey, signing for the remainder of 2021/2022 with SC Bern.
He only ever played one full season, 2015-2016, the 6th and final season with draft club (round 2, 2008, #37 overall) Columbus Blue Jackets, when he skated 43 NHL games, scoring a goal and best 7 assists and 8 points.
The 6’1″ 195 lbs. blue liner has spent 3 full campaigns in the AHL, including most recently signed to Belleville Senators.
He is credited for appearing in 353 games with 39 goals and 90 assists with a +7 rating and a very decent 160 in the big league, scoring 3 goals and 22 assists with a -7.
The 32-year old, former 3-year University Of Wisconsin Badgers‘ d-man has basically worked pretty hard at his craft to earn what he’s earned, should do well and have fun playing in the NL, Switzerland’s top hockey.
American International College Yellowjackets‘ Austrian-born, freshman defenseman Luis Lindner(8) is having an impressive 1st Atlantic Hockey season.
In just 20 NCAA Division 1 games, he has 3 goals and 10 assists with a +18 rating.
The 5’11” 170 lbs. blue liner spent one campaign for Junior Bruins, scoring 8 goals and 34 assists in 39 USPHL/NCDC games before committing to college.
He played all of his youth hockey back home, including WJC appearances.
The undrafted 20-year old is easily one to keep an eye on.
10th year left wing Mike Hoeffel(11) decided to sit out last season, but returns for his 5th year in DEL, signing with his 3rd club, Krefeld Pinguine for the remainder of 2021/2022.
He originally came over and signed a deal with DEL2 club, Eispiraten Crimmitschau after a successful stint in Fjordkraftligaen for Stavenger Oilers, where the won the 2016 Norway Championship.
An undrafted free agent after completing four years at University Of Minnesota Golden Gophers, scoring quite well, he signed a 2-year entry level deal with New Jersey Devils, but skated only with their AHL affiliate Albany Devils.
The 32-year old probably is just happy folks want to pay him to lace up the skates.
Undrafted, 8th year left wing Daniel Carr(28) will once again leave for Switzerland’s top hockey NL, signing with HC Lugano for 2021/2022.
He started last season with 8 games for the team, scoring a consistent 4 goals and 4 assists with a +5 rating.
Signed late in the offseason by Washington Capitals, he was only able to figure in 6 NHL appearances, spending most of his time on the club’s taxi squad, plus one in the playoffs for 2020/2021.
A decent scorer in the big league, the former Union College Dutchmen player has 16 goals and 21 assists in 117 games, while really popping totals in the AHL for 104 goals and 107 assists in 238 contests with an incredible +67 rating, and was the MVP in 2018/2019.
He also was part of the 2014 NCAA Division 1 Champions, as a senior, three times a 20+ goal scorer, twice a 20+ assist guy and all four seasons got 30+ points and 50 in his final year with a +46.
The almost 29-year old, Ontario native will likely find a lot of happiness playing overseas to ride out a great career.
In his 2nd season for HCL is off to a swimmingly good start, for 10 goals 9 assists in 20 games with a +6 rating to earn him a 3-year extension to stay in the country long term.
Rookie center Devin Penzeca(7) stepped up to Sweden’s Division 2, joining Soderhamm/Ljusne after absolutely blowing up scoring with Opole HK, getting 23 goals and 26 assists in just 14 Poland2 games.
The 6′ 180 lbs. forward decided to turn pro after completing his sophomore year at SUNY-Potsdam.
In 2 games with his new club, he already has 1 goal and 3 assists, so is obviously still playing below his level, but has a real opportunity here to get noticed and continue to move up.
He started his junior hockey in the U.S. but quickly moved to Canada before arriving at the pay-to-play EHL with East Coast Wizards and did it again with hitting the stat sheet huge, grabbing a goal a game (43) and 50 assists in 43 games.
At 24 years old, the Lake Zurich, IL is still easily young enough to find a team in a league that is equal to his abilities.
6th year center Matt Lane(21) has himself a decent enough start with new team Nottingham Panthers, scoring 2 goals and 3 assists in 14 EIHL games with a +1 rating.
The 5’11” 187 lbs. forward is coming off ECHL bests for Tulsa Oilers with 20 goals and 23 assists for 43 points as assistant captain.
He had equally strong scoring his first session away with Ritten/Renon, blitzing for 28 goals and 32 assists in 44 AlpsHL games.
The Rochester, NY native has always produced pretty well, consistently taking up his marks through 4 years at Boston University Terriers.
It will be interesting to see if the 27-year old looks elsewhere next or stays around England.
12th year center Andrew Rowe(19) scores a nice loan up to after 3 years of captain for SC Rapperswill-JonaLakers to participate with HC Davos for the upcoming Spengler Cup.
The 3-year Michigan State University Spartans‘ had a seriously good junior year before deciding to turn pro under contract with Adirondack Phantoms.
He split mostly of his playing time in North America, equally between the AHL and ECHL with just over 200 games in each league.
The 6’2″ 185 lbs. forward was a point-per-game guy at the lower level with a +69 rating, but got a contract in his final frame before leaving overseas, where he posted a 13 goals, 26 assists and 39 points for Bridgeport Sound Tigers to take to a nice new deal with Mora IK.
At 33-years old, he’s got to be pretty happy still contributing, signing good deals in great places to play hockey.
5th year defenseman Brock Beukeboom(25) is finding decent success with new club Glasgow Clan, scoring a goal and 5 assists in 14 EIHL games.
The solid 6’1″ 205 lbs. blue liner has been overseas for most of his career and really had a breakthrough campaign for Fehervari Titanok right away, scoring 17 goals and 26 assists in 47 Erste Liga games, but then decided to switch it up for a pair of years in Denmark’s Metal Ligaen, jumping between teams.
He definitely took a long path before turning pro, spending 5 seasons in the OHL before heading to University Of Prince Edward Island Panthers for the next 4 before signing in the ECHL.
The 29-year old is the son of Jeff Beukeboom, who happened to play some 804 NHL games.
Boston Bruins‘ 9th year, Finnish-born center Erik Haula(56) signed a tw0-year $2.5M AAV contract near the beginning of unrestricted free agency after coming off an ok season for Nashville Predators.
Originally a Minnesota Wild 7th round draft pick in the 2009 draft (#182 overall), he spent the first four years of his pro career with the team after being a total offensive threat for three campaigns at University Of Minnesota Golden Gophers.
The 6″ 194 lbs. forward was next grabbed in Vegas Golden Knights‘ expansion draft and signed to a lucrative three-year deal, then had his most outstanding offensive numbers right away with 29 goals and 26 assists, but a bit of a terrible -16 rating in 76 NHL games.
The 30-year old is off to maybe a bit of a slow start in 2021/2022 with only a goal an 4 assists in 14 games, but always seems to have the ability to strike for multi-point outings at any given point.
New York Rangers‘ 3rd round pick in the 2015 draft (#184 overall), Slovakian-born goaltender Adam Huska(32) scored his NHL debut.
In his first game, he was absolutely shelled and completely abandoned by his defense.
The big 6’4″ 218 lbs. net minder deserves another chance almost immediately.
He did all of his youth hockey back home before coming over to join Green Bay Gamblers after a playing U18 in Slovakia2.
The Zvolen native got off to a slow start, but when he returned for a full run went 26-9-2 with a 1.82 GAA and .931 SV% for league bests and Goaltender Of The Year before committing to University Of Connecticut Huskies.
He stayed in school only three years before signing a two-year entry level deal, and is currently on a 1-year extension.
