St. John’s IceCaps‘ 3rd year defenseman Paul Postma(4) was picked as an 2011/2012 AHL First All-Star Team.
In 55 games he has registered 13 goals and 31 assists, including three game winning tallies.
He played a career high 3 games with Winnipeg Jets this season but in 4 games total has still yet to get his first NHL point.
He is currently on the final year of his 3-year entry level deal.
In 3 AHL seasons the 6’3″ 195 lbs. 23-year old has skated in 187 games scoring 40 goals and 78 assists.
Rookie defenseman Ben Chiarot(18) started the season with St. John’s IceCaps and played 14 games registering a goal and an assist.
In late January he was reassigned to their ECHL affiliate Colorado Eagles, where he’s fit in nicely, helping the team win scoring 6 goals and 7 assists in 24 games.
The big 6’3″ 222 lbs. blue liner was an Atlanta Thrashers/Winnipeg Jets‘ 4th round pick in the 2009 draft (#120 overall).
He was recently recalled back to St. John’s probably to tune up a bit in the higher league and give some of their regulars a rest as they have already punch their ticket into the Calder Cup Playoffs.
Chances are good that the 20-year old won’t be going back to Loveland, CO unless the IceCaps are given a swift exit from the postseason.
4th year center has been on a bit of a roller coaster ride between a few teams this season, but has settled in pretty well in his AHL home with St. John’s Ice Caps, scoring 7 goals and 10 assists in 26 games.
He started 2011/2012 with Winnipeg Jets and appeared in 4 games before being waived for reassignment in mid-November, only to get picked up by Anaheim Ducks.
He skated in 6 games with them picking up an assist before he was sent down and reclaimed by the Jets.
Originally a Montreal Canadiens‘ 2nd round pick in the 2006 draft (#49 overall), he played 20 NHL games but spent most of his time with their affiliate Hamilton Bulldogs.
He was sent to Atlanta Thrashers before the trade deadline and scored his 1st NHL goal last season.
Tough to say when he’ll get another look in the show.
He’ll likely have to ignite that scoring touch and play a bit tougher of a game to stick.
4th year right wing Spencer Machacek(10) was originally selected by Atlanta Thrashers/Winnipeg Jets in the 3rd round of 2007 draft (#67 overall).
He’s been in their system ever since he signed a 3-year two-way entry level deal with the team, followed by accepting their qualifying offer to stay for 2011/2012.
In the AHL he’s put up 50 points give or take in each of his first three seasons and is on course to achieve that again this year with St. John’s IceCaps.
He has 11 goals and 23 assists in 44 games.
Recently recalled, he skated in his first NHL game with Winnipeg Jets.
In 13 games he has yet to register a point and will likely need to step it up when he gets his opportunities or find a new home for 2012/2013.
He’s still only 23-years old though.
2nd year Atlanta Thrashers/Winnipeg Jets‘ 2009 4th round pick (#117 overall) goaltender Edward Pasquale(40) looks to put up career highs this season playing very impressively for their AHL Eastern Conference leading affiliate St. John’s IceCaps.
In 16 games he has a 10-6 record with a 2.88 GAA and a so so .897 SV% but he’s been very focused and tough to beat in net the couple of starts we’ve seen him play recently. He notched his 1st shutout of 2011/2012 last weekend going into the AHL All-Star Game break.
He split his rookie season with Chicago Wolves and Gwinnett Gladiators of the ECHL and played decently for both.
Originally a Phoenix Coyotes‘ 8th round pick in the 2004 draft (#240 overall), center Aaron Gagnon(25) got his first crack at the big league a couple of seasons ago, while under contract with Dallas Stars.
In 21 games over two seasons, he registered 0 goals and a pair of assists.
He mostly skated with their AHL affiliate Texas Stars and has played over 250 career games, picking up 57 goals and 78 assists with 4 different teams.
Winnipeg Jets signed him to a one-year, two-way contract just after free agency began.
In 33 games this season with St. John’s IceCaps he has 8 goals and 12 assists but as a 5th year pro plays with a sense of purpose and accountability out there.
He was recently call-up for his first taste of NHL this year but was quickly returned as the team went into a low period off for the All-Star break.
In the game, which all his IceCaps‘ teammates attended he skated 12 shifts for 8:38 of ice time and went a -1 plus/minus.
Center Patrice Cormier(28) was originally a New Jersey Devils‘ 2nd round pick in the 2008 draft (#54 overall) but before he could play a game with them he was involved in the blockbuster trade that would send Ilya Kovalchuk out of Atlanta for the first time in his pro career.
He’s most infamously known for putting a vicious elbow check to an opposing player while playing in his last season of juniors.
The hit got him suspended for the remainder of the season.
As a rookie, he played 21 games for Atlanta Thrashers registering one goal and one assist.
He also skated in 11 games with their AHL affiliate Chicago Wolves picking up 2 goals and 3 assists.
After 28 games with St. John’s IceCaps (9 goals, 4 assists), he received his first recall by Winnipeg Jets.
His gritty play could find him a home with the team for the remainder of the season.
In his 10th year, undrafted wing Jason Jaffray(15) has always been a leader for the AHL squads he’s played for.
Through 41 NHL games, most of those with Vancouver Canucks, he’s defined as mostly a character player, who does what he needs to get the job done.
With his new team for the 2011/2012 season, Winnipeg Jets, he received his first call up and has been making the most of it.
He recently notched his first point with the team, an assist, in 5 games.
He’s the captain of affiliate St. John’s IceCaps, a team he has helped to a first place overall standing in its’ debut AHL season.
He is one of the most storied players in Manitoba Moose history and holds 6 different team records.
4th year defenseman, 2006 Atlanta Thrashers/Winnipeg Jets‘ 7th round draft pick (#200 overall) Arturs Kulda(44) recently got into his first NHL action of the 2011/2012 season. He’d been called up for short stints in the past couple of years in the Thrashers‘ system (7 games, 0 goals, 2 assists).
He was re-signed by the Jets in the offseason after his entry level contract expired to a one-year, two-way deal.
He’s been excelling in the AHL with St. John’s IceCaps putting up 6 points (2 goals, 4 assists) in 13 games; but he’s a more important +9 player.
7th year defenseman Mark Flood(8) scored his first NHL goal with Winnipeg Jets, the team that signed him at the end of last year. He skated last season with Manitoba Moose, who were the old tenant of the MTS Centre.
It was only his 7th NHL game in a career that has seen ice time in 317 AHL games. He was called up after 11 games with St. John’s IceCaps, where he put up a goal and 6 assists in 11 games and is a respectable +4. In 3 games with the Jets he’s put up a couple of points.
He was originally drafted by Montreal Canadiens in the 6th round of the 2003 draft (#188 overall).
No doubt about it, I need to find a better picture of him, but he’s off to the left in this shot (a little out of focus).
11/9: Flood scores his 2nd NHL goal in his 4th game with the Jets.
