When Wudrick was honoured with Hockey Now’s Minor Hockey Player of the Year award in 2005, it appeared the Abbotsford, B.C. forward was on the fast-track toward a distinguished hockey career.
That year, his first as a Bantam-aged player in 2004/05, he scored he scored 115 goals with Abbotsford, won that season’s U16 B.C. Best...
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The CBA clearly indicates that clubs retain the rights of unsigned collegiate (or college-bound) draft picks, for four years after the year of their selection -- ending either (1) August 15th four years after the year of selection, if the player graduates from said college, or (2) June 1 four years after the year...
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Since you already have 59 different places to go for traditional team stats, I decided to do something different. A few years back, behindthenet calculated conversion multipliers to be used to "translate" scoring stats from one league into equivalent NHL numbers. The idea being, for example, that one goal in NCAA is the rough...
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OurSports Central – Monarchs Make Roster Moves The Manchester Monarchs added center Jordan Weal who was reassigned from the Regina Pats of the Western Hockey League and will add left wing Andy Andreoff this Wednesday after being reassigned from the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League. Weal, 19, led the...
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From the most-reliable Spector, emphases mine: The annual trade deadline is less than two months away but this season, business in the market could pick up earlier than usual due to the league’s mid-February shutdown for the 2010 Winter Olympics. A trade freeze will be implemented from Feb. 13-28, leaving only three days following...
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Team Canada has plenty of tournament time to prove they can light the lamp. Last night’s exhibition tilt against Team Finland at the Saddledome was all about sending a message with their shoulders — and maybe the occasional elbow, too. The result was a bunch of battle-weary Finns not keen on carrying the puck...
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REGINA – Colten Teubert would love to be cashing NHL paycheques right now, but he’s quick to point out that you can’t put a price on gold. When the 19-year-old defenceman failed to crack the lineup of the Los Angeles Kings this fall, he didn’t pout. Teubert diverted all his energy to the consolation...
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