As part of the NHL’s annual free agent frenzy, longtime Calgary Flames backup goaltender Dan Vladar signed a two-year, $6.7 million contract with the Philadelphia Flyers. Vladar’s departure is no surprise, especially given that over the 2024-25 season, he firmly lost any hope of a starting job to young star Dustin Wolf, but his absence … Read more
Matt Bruneteau has years of experience coaching at the college and junior levels (photo: Stevenson Athletics). Stevenson has announced the hire of Matt Bruneteau as the head coach of the men’s hockey team. Bruneteau succeeds Dominic Dawes, who accepted the head coaching job at Norwich earlier this offseason. No stranger to the program, Bruneteau served … Read more
Isaac Howard scored 26 goals in 2024-25 for the Spartans (photo: Michigan State Athletics). The accolades keep rolling in for rising senior Isaac Howard following a historic 2024-25 campaign, who was announced as the recipient of USA Hockey’s Jim Johannson College Player of the Year award. Howard is the fourth Spartan to earn this distinction, … Read more
This is the third year in a row the Chicago Blackhawks have held their development camp off ice. As a rebuilding team, the idea is to have the plethora of young prospects get to know each other, and to bond and grow as future teammates. After all, if these guys are going to eventually contend, … Read more
The new league year kicked off at 12 p.m. EST on July 1, and teams got busy signing available players to new deals and adjusting their rosters as needed. However, one team has stayed relatively (and noticeably) quiet since the outset of the new season: the Edmonton Oilers. Despite the apparent calmness of Oilers’ management … Read more
MOE BRADLEY Penn State has announced the hiring of Moe Bradley as an assistant coach for the women’s hockey team. Bradley will join fellow assistants Makenna Newkirk and Jennifer Wakefield to round out Jeff Kampersal’s staff ahead of the 2025-26 season. “We are delighted to welcome Moe to our Penn State hockey family. She is … Read more
Niko Kovachis was on staff for Hobart’s two national championships (photo: Adam Farid). Niagara has announced that Hobart assistant coach Niko Kovachis will serve as an assistant coach for the Purple Eagles. The move returns Kovachis to his alma mater, where he played four seasons as a defenseman from 2015 to 2019. “Niko is going … Read more
Free agency is well underway, and while some teams have been focused on big-name hunting this summer, the Edmonton Oilers took a more patient approach to improving their team heading into the 2025-26 season. They never had a chance to sign Mitchell Marner or Nikolaj Ehlers, who signed with the Vegas Golden Knights and Carolina … Read more
The Colorado Avalanche have signed defenseman Brent Burns to a one-year contract worth up to $3 million with $1 million guaranteed, according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman. Related: 2025 Free Agency Tracker $1M base, games-played bonuses could get him another $3M Burns is at 925 consecutive games played — 4th-longest all-time and 139 behind Phil Kessel’s … Read more
The Edmonton Oilers were a little quiet as free agency opened on Tuesday (Jul. 1), but they got things moving as the day went along. They were able to bring in goaltender Matt Tomkins and defender Riley Stillman as organizational depth, which were their first moves of the day, missing out on some of the … Read more