Chicago Blackhawks rewards 2nd year goaltender Cale Morris(32) with a 1-year deal for 2021/2022 after his impressive performance for affiliates Rockford IceHogs and Indy Fuel.
In a pair of AHL appearances this season, he’s 1-0 with a 1.64 GAA and 9.19 SV%.
The 6’1″ 190 lbs. net minder also has decent stats on a struggling ECHL team, with a 6-5-2 record, 2.82 GAA, .898 SV%.
He played 4 years at University Of Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 3 as starter, always posting decent numbers.
The 25-year old from Larkspur, CO has been assigned to the parent club’s taxi squad and is probably just enjoying the ride at this point.
RPI Engineers‘ transfer portal, sophomore defenseman Jack Agnew(5) is definitely happy to have made the decision to move to ECAC play, as he has already elevated his game from one season at Boston College Eagles, with 4 assists and a +5 rating in 18 NCAA Division 1 games.
He won a pair of back-to-back 2016 & 2017 CISAA Championships at St. Andrew’s College before heading to skate for Chiliwack Chiefs, doing well potting 3 goals and 19 assists in 52 BCHL games.
The 20-year old from Oakville, ON plays with a lot of pop and is good at keeping offense clear of the zone.
Colorado Avalanche signed Boulder native and 6th round pick in the 2016 draft (#161 overall), former Notre Dame Fighting Irish captain, Nate Clurman(84) after the tumultuous 2020/2021 pandemic season rollercoaster.
He arrives for his pro debut close to home in Loveland with affiliate Colorado Eagles, so the whole family & friends can hopefully come see him play. phew.
The 6’2″ 200 lbs. blue liner has never really put up big points, although did have a career high 4 goals last year and did use to connect at Culver Military Academy Prep in Indiana, so it’s possible he was maybe a bit dormant through juniors and college.
No doubt the 22-year old will be a solid addition to the lineup and may even spark some notice above.
He had been reassigned to the ECHL to start his pro career with farm club, Utah Grizzlies and managed to connect for a goal and 6 assists with a +9 rating to earn a recall.
The very decently sized d-man got a first AHL goal in his 6th appearance.
Holy Cross College Crusaders jumped out into a quick 3-0 1st period lead and that would be enough to hold off the home team Bentley University Falcons 2 goal comeback for their 1st win of the 2021/2022 season.
Junior portal transfer, 6’4″ 200 lbs. right wing Jackson MacNab(23) netted the game-winning tally.
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.
“We wish you a hockey Christmas. We wish you a hockey Christmas. We wish you a hockey Christmas; and a happy new year!”
Bentley University Falcons came out flying and just never stopped trying to pop in a 6-2 drubbing of #6 Boston College Eagles at Bentley Arena.
Sophomore Cole Kodsi(21) was responsible for his first pair of goals on the 2021/2022 season.
The Boca Raton, FL native is blowing off freshman season numbers with college high 3 goals, 6 assists and 9 points in 16 NCAA Division 1 games.
Colorado Avalanche sign 2nd year right wing Callahan Burke(68) after spending the entirety of his rookie campaign inked with affiliate Colorado Eagles.
The 5’10” 185 lbs. forward has 6 goals and 8 assists in 19 AHL games this season.
He had a pair of successful junior campaigns for Cedar Rapids Roughriders of the USHL before committing to University Of Notre Fighting Irish.
The 20-year old, Boxborough, MA native (down the street from where we grew up) was team captain as a senior and will likely continue to push the envelope for a 1st recall.
