Minor Leagues

Griffins Split Weekend Series with Manitoba

The Grand Rapids Griffins opened the weekend with a perfect 3-0 home victory on Friday night. Kyle Criscuolo opened the scoring with what proved to be the game-winner at the 16:02 mark of the first period. Pontus Andreasson scored an insurance goal in the second period. Joel L’Esperance sealed the victory with an empty net […]

Bruins’ Goaltending Prospect Turning Heads In Providence

The Boston Bruins have been an organization that does not get enough credit for developing and coaching goaltenders over the years. From Tim Thomas to Tuukka Rask, Linus Ullmark to Jeremy Swayman, the Bruins have been able to identify good netminders via the draft, trade, and free agency and continue a solid run of high-end […]

Bruins’ Prospect Shining In The OHL

The Boston Bruins have been looking to develop young centermen to eventually replace two all-time performers in the organization’s 98-year history. The Bruins acquired Pavel Zacha and hoped to sign the center, who is playing mainly wing this season, as the 25-year-old reaches restricted free agency. From there, Boston has its work cut out for […]

Adirondack Stuns Newfoundland Late On Thanksgiving Eve

The Adirondack Thunder played one of their best games in a long time tonight as they beat the Newfoundland Growlers in dramatic fashion by a score of 3-2, “Ya, it seems like we just need to play the top team in the league to bring close to our A-Game, I’m happy for them” said Head […]

Hirose leads Griffins in San Diego

Taro Hirose continues to lead Grand Rapids in scoring and, on Friday, scored three goals to help the Griffins earn one win during the week. On Wednesday, Rockford handed the Griffins a 5-1 loss during the 21st annual School Day Game in Grand Rapids. Joel L’Eserance scored the loan Griffins goal. The Griffins then traveled […]

Bruins’ Late-Round Draft Pick Climbing The Prospect Ranks

When Riley Duran was drafted in the sixth round of the 2020 NHL Draft (182nd overall) by the Boston Bruins, the Woburn, Massachusetts native was beyond ecstatic. To say that the Bruins’ selection was a dream come true was an understatement. Duran has been a diehard fan of the Boston Bruins since he can remember. […]

Thunder Thoughts: Noah Corson

The ECHL is a league with many untold stories, and my goal is to unveil those stories to my readers. Today we will look at the story of Noah Corson, who started skating at three years old and a year later began playing hockey a year later. The Corson family is filled with hockey history […]

Third-Period Comeback Not Enough For Thunder to Hop Over Swamp Rabbits

The Adirondack Thunder welcomed their first opponent other than the Worcester Railers tonight as they welcomed the Greenville Swamp Rabbits to town for the first time since October 24th, 2017. Despite seeing a new opponent, things wouldn’t change for the Thunder as once again they would be chasing the game; as the Swamp Rabbits would […]

Providence Bruins’ Rookie Finally Getting His Due

There aren’t many hockey players from Bettendorf, Iowa. It is not exactly a hotbed for hockey. Luke Toporowski is a native of Bettendorf, the son of a minor league hockey player who loved a good fight. As a sixteen-year-old, Toporowski joined the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League as a forward with more offensive […]

Short-Handed Thunder Snap Worcester’s Record Start

It was a huge weekend for the Adirondack Thunder this weekend, as they were coming off a weekend in Trois-Rivieres, where they took three of four points while picking up their first win of the weekend. Before the weekend series, the Thunder had picked up defencemen Brandon Fehd and Matt Steif to help with some […]