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Chicago Steel is headed to the medal round at the Junior Club World Cup!
USA USHL Steel 3rd game of IIHF Junior Club World Cup Won Game 1 vs Kazakhstan 3-0 Won Game 2 vs Lativa 3-2 Guaranteeing USA a spot in Medal round … Continue reading Chicago Steel is headed to the medal round at the Junior Club World Cup!
Chicago Steel to attend Junior Club World Cup
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The United States Hockey League announced today that the Chicago Steel will compete in the 2015 Junior Club World Cup, representing USA Hockey and the USHL in the international tournament that takes place August 24-30, 2015 in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
The JCWC, which is sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), is the most prestigious international club championship in hockey and features top junior hockey teams from around the world as seven different countries will send representatives for the 2015 tournament. The Chicago Steel are competing in “Group A” against teams from Latvia, Kazakhstan and Russia. “Group B” consists of teams from Finland, Sweden, Belarus and Russia.
“It is a great opportunity for the Steel to bring the city of Chicago a second world championship this summer and to set a record for the USHL as the only league to medal in four consecutive seasons,” said Bob Fallen, USHL President and Commissioner. “The USHL is excited to once again represent the United States and we know the Chicago will be prepared to compete at the highest level.”
It is the fourth consecutive year that a USHL team is participating in the event, following the Sioux City Musketeers in 2014, Dubuque Fighting Saints in 2013, and the Waterloo Black Hawks in 2012. Sioux City won a bronze medal, Dubuque won a bronze medal and Waterloo earned a silver medal during their appearances, making the United States the only country to medal three times over the four-year history of the tournament.
The Steel will participate in a training camp in Moscow that includes practices, sight-seeing, a scrimmage against CSKA (Red Army), and will then depart for Yekaterinburg. Other planned activities in Moscow include a tour of Red Square and Kremlin along with a Russian bocce competition in Gorky Park.
Following round-robin play in both Group A and Group B, the top two teams from each group will advance to the semifinal round and will have the opportunity to compete for a medal. The remaining six teams will compete in the consolation round. Chicago beings tournament play on Monday, August 24th against Snezhnye Barsy from Kazakhstan.
2015 JCWC Schedule – Chicago Steel
- Monday, August, 24th, 7:00 PM vs. Snezhnye Barsy (Kazakhstan)
- Tuesday, August 25th, 7:00 PM vs. HC Riga (Latvia)
- Thursday, August 27th, 7:00 PM vs. Auto (Russia)
- Friday, August 28th, TBA, Semifinal and Consolation Round
- Sunday, August 30th, TBA, Gold Medal and Bronze Medal Games
“Our organization is absolutely thrilled to represent the USHL and the United States in the Junior Club World Cup,” said John Egan, President and CEO of the Chicago Steel. “We look forward to representing our city, and our country on and off the ice. It will be an outstanding hockey experience, but also a unique life experience for our players, coaches, and staff.”
Under first-year head coach Dan Muse, the Chicago Steel look to bounce back this season after missing the Clark Cup playoffs. The Steel roster returns 11 players from last season including USHL Scholar Athlete Award winner Ryan Blankemeier. Boston Bruins 3rd round draft selection Daniel Vladar looks to join the Steel in net at the 2015 JCWC tournament prior to his first USHL season.
Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the USHL celebrates its 13th season as the nation’s only Tier I junior hockey league in 2015-16. A record 37 players were chosen in the 2015 NHL Draft and more than 375 players on team rosters last season committed to NCAA Division I schools, further establishing the USHL as the world’s foremost producer of junior hockey talent.
The Chicago Steel playing in the Junior Club World Cup!
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Chicago Steel 2015-2016 schedule
| Schedule taken from the Chicago Steel website
September 2015 |
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| DATE | VISITOR | HOME | SCORE | TIME | |
| Saturday, Sept. 26th | Team USA U-17 | Chicago | 7:00pm | ||
| October 2015 |
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| DATE | VISITOR | HOME | SCORE | TIME | |
| Friday, Oct. 2rd |
Tri-City | Chicago | 7:30pm | ||
| Saturday, Oct. 3th | Tri-City | Chicago | 7:00pm | ||
| Friday, Oct. 9th | Chicago | Team USA U-18 | 7:00pm EST | ||
| Saturday, Oct. 10 | Chicago | Youngstown | TBA | ||
| Friday, Oct. 16th | Green Bay | Chicago | 7:30pm | ||
| Saturday, Oct. 16th | Chicago | Muskegon | TBA | ||
| Friday, Oct. 23rd | Chicago | Madison | 7:05pm | ||
| Saturday, Oct. 24th | Chicago | Green Bay | 7:05pm | ||
| Sunday, Oct. 25th | Chicago | Madison | 4:05pm | ||
| Wednesday Oct. 28th | Chicago | Muskegon | TBA | ||
| Friday, Oct. 30th | Chicago | Team USA-18 | TBA | ||
| November 2015 | |||||
| DATE | VISITOR | HOME | SCORE | TIME | |
| Friday, Nov. 6th | Muskegon | Chicago | 7:30pm | ||
| Saturday Nov. 7th | Chicago | Dubuque | 7:05pm | ||
| Saturday, Nov. 14th | Youngstown | Chicago | 7:00pm | ||
| Sunday, Nov. 15th | Youngstown | Chicago | 3:00pm | ||
| Friday, Nov. 20th | Bloomington | Chicago | 7:30pm | ||
| Saturday, Nov. 21st | Madison | Chicago | 7:00pm | ||
| Wednesday, Nov 25th | Bloomington | Chicago | 7:00pm | ||
| Friday, Nov. 27th | Dubuque | Chicago | 7:30pm | ||
| Saturday, Nov. 28th | Chicago | Dubuque | 6:05pm | ||
| December 2015 | |||||
| DATE | VISITOR | HOME | SCORE | TIME | |
| Friday, Dec. 4th | Chicago | Lincoln | 7:05pm | ||
| Saturday, Dec. 5th | Chicago | Sioux City | 7:05pm | ||
| Thursday, Dec. 10th | Youngstown | Chicago | 7:00pm | ||
| Friday Dec. 11th | Chicago | Cedar Rapids | 7:00pm | ||
| Saturday, Dec. 12th | Green Bay | Chicago | 7:00pm | ||
| Friday, Dec. 18th | Chicago | Green Bay | 7:05pm | ||
| Saturday, Dec. 19th | Chicago | Bloomington | 7:00pm | ||
| Tuesday, Dec. 29th | Chicago | Team USA-18 | TBA | ||
| Thursday, Dec. 31st | Chicago | Muskegon | TBA | ||
| January 2016 |
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| DATE | VISITOR | HOME | SCORE | TIME | |
| Saturday, Jan. 2nd | Chicago | Youngstown | TBA | ||
| Sunday, Jan.3rd | Chicago | Youngstown | TBA | ||
| Friday, Jan. 8th | Chicago | Fargo | 7:o5pm | ||
| Saturday, Jan. 9th | Chicago | Fargo | 7:05pm | ||
| Friday, Jan. 15th | Chicago | Madison | 7:05pm | ||
| Saturday, Jan. 16th | Chicago | Cedar Rapids | 7:00pm | ||
| Sunday, Jan 17th | Muskegon | Chicago | 3:00pm | ||
| Saturday, Jan 23rd | Cedar Rapids | Chicago | 7:00pm | ||
| Friday, Jan 29th | Madison | Chicago | 7:30pm | ||
| Saturday, Jan. 30th | Dubuque | Chicago | 7:00pm | ||
| February 2016 | |||||
| DATE | VISITOR | HOME | SCORE | TIME | |
| Friday, Feb. 5th | Chicago | Sioux City | 7:00pm | ||
| Saturday, Feb. 6th | Chicago | Omaha | 7:05pm | ||
| Friday, Feb 12th | Sioux City | Chicago | 7:30pm | ||
| Friday, Feb. 19th | Chicago | Bloomington | 7:00pm | ||
| Saturday, Feb.20th | Chicago | Des Moines | TBA | ||
| Friday, Feb. 26th | Cedar Rapids | Chicago | 7:30pm | ||
| Saturday, Feb. 27th | Chicago | Green Bay | 7:05pm | ||
| March 2016 | |||||
| DATE | VISITOR | HOME | SCORE | TIME | |
| Friday, Mar. 11th | Team USA U-17 | Chicago | 7:30pm | ||
| Saturday, Mar. 12th | Team USA U-17 | Chicago | 7:00pm | ||
| Friday, Mar. 18th | Waterloo | Chicago | 7:30pm | ||
| Saturday, Mar. 19th | Sioux Falls | Chicago | 7:00pm | ||
| Tuesday, Mar. 22nd | Chicago | Waterloo | 7:00pm | ||
| Friday, Mar. 25th | Green Bay | Chicago | 7:30pm | ||
| Saturday, Mar. 26th | Lincoln | Chicago | 7:00pm | ||
| April 2016 | |||||
| DATE | VISITOR | HOME | SCORE | TIME | |
| Friday, Apr. 1st | Bloomington | Chicago | 7:30pm | ||
| Saturday, Apr. 2nd | Des Moines | Chicago | 7:00pm | ||
| Sunday, Apr. 3rd | Omaha | Chicago | 3:00pm | ||
| Friday, Apr. 8th | Muskegon | Chicago | 7:30pm | ||
| Saturday, Apr. 9th | Chicago | Bloomington | 7:00pm | ||
| Sunday, Apr. 10th | Madison | Chicago | 3:00pm | ||
The Chicago Steel have found their new home at Fox Valley!
The Chicago Steel are on the move to their new home in Kane County
The Chicago Steel, Chicagoland’s only Tier 1 Junior (20U) hockey team, are moving to their new home at Fox Valley Ice Arena for the 2015-2016 season. The players, coaches and leadership of the Chicago Steel are excited to bring their talents, energy and passion to the Tri-city communities of Geneva, St. Charles and Batavia, and engaging in the wider Chicagoland and Kane County communities that comprise our loyal and growing fan base.
The Chicago Steel are a member club of the United States Hockey League (“USHL”), the only Tier 1 junior league in the United States and the premier league for development of players, ages 20 and under, for success in college and professional hockey. Our mission is to provide our players with the physical, mental and character skills, on and off the ice, that will form the basis for their success in college and professional hockey and beyond, and to offer an exciting, friendly and positive sports entertainment experience for fans and families.
We look forward to meeting with members of the hockey, business and broader local communities over the coming months as we prepare for our first season at Fox Valley Ice Arena. Please join us for our home opener Saturday night, September 26 at 7 PM when we host the USA Hockey National Team Development Program.
Geneva’s own Roy Radke: Chicago Blackhawk
The View from the Ice: Camp finale
Friday, 07.17.2015 / 3:33 PM CT
Written by Roy Radke, with Jack Rossi – Special to chicagoblackhawks.com / The Blackhawks Blog
Taken off of Chicagoblackhawks.com
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Today was our last scrimmage, and we played with the ELC group. It took me a little while to get comfortable out there. The pace was faster, and the guys were a little bit bigger and better. But as the game went on, I think I got more comfortable, more used to playing with my linemates, and I thought I did really well today.
Coming into my first prospect camp, I didn’t really know what to expect this week. I just wanted to play my best, and I think I did pretty well. It was more about absorbing the whole experience and taking in as much as I can. My favorite part of camp was probably the on-ice stuff. I loved just being on the ice all the time, and getting to know the guys, how they play and everything. We had a lot of down time over the week, so it was kind of nice to hang out as well.
The coaching staff said I did well out here, so it gives me more confidence for next season, and hopefully I’ll get off to a good start when I get back to my team in Barrie. I don’t know what kind of role I’ll play; that’s up to my coach, but it’s my second year in the OHL, so I should play a bigger role than I did last year. I don’t have any specific goals for next season — I just want to go out there and give it my all.
I’m not planning any big vacations after this. I’ll probably take a couple days off this weekend and then just dive back into it starting Monday. I’m looking forward to just getting back to training and skating with my agent, working out a few times a week, skate a couple times, just do what I’ve been doing all summer.
The fans here in Chicago have been great, I love all of them. Thanks for coming out and watching us at prospect camp!
Click below to watch Roy’s interview after being drafted to the Chicago Blackhawks.
http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/embed?playlist=831228&site=blackhawks“>Roy’s Interview
Boston is the most interesting team at the draft right now
Dougie Hamilton (Photo by Brian Babineau/NHLI via Getty Images)
For a team just a few years removed from a Stanley Cup and really only one season removed from being a titan in the Eastern Conference, there sure is a lot of chaos surrounding the Boston Bruins right now.
And chaos is not always a bad thing, though new GM Don Sweeney certainly won’t have the luxury of easing into his position.
Simply put, the Bruins are strangled by the salary cap right now. They have about $11 million in space, once you put Marc Savard back on long-term injury reserve (his cap hit is $4 million until 2017). But the list of needs for the team is long.
First and foremost, you have rising defenseman Dougie Hamilton, who needs a new contract now that his rookie deal has expired. Hamilton had a breakout season for the B’s and based on his size and skill set, he’ll be crucial to the Boston defense corps for years to come, particularly since the franchise already lost Johnny Boychuk and will have to deal with Zdeno Chara entering the twilight of his career.
From what I’m hearing, Hamilton’s contract could go a number of ways. Boston can sign him for up to eight years and in that scenario, I wouldn’t be surprised to see him get something similar to what Drew Doughty got from Los Angeles when he came off his rookie deal (eight years, $7 million per).
High praise comparing Dougie to Dewey, I know, but Hamilton was an advanced stats monster for the Bruins this year and his 40 points mirrored Doughty’s totals in the last year of the Kings blueliner’s rookie deal.
The other way to go is a shorter pact, such as the one P.K. Subban signed in Montreal – a “bridge deal,” as it is known. Subban, who became exactly what we all thought he would become, got paid even larger once he came off that bridge deal and now makes $9 million per campaign. But his bridge deal was a more-than-reasonable $5.7 million spread over two years.
If Sweeney can get Hamilton under contract for that, I’m sure he will be over the moon. Because the future is a lot more bright for the Bruins than the present, financially speaking. On top of Hamilton, the B’s need at least one more NHL defenseman for next season, even if they skew younger. It sounds like Adam McQuaid will walk as a free agent, unless big moves happen this weekend.
The most talked-about in that scenario is Milan Lucic, who reportedly has given the Bruins a list of teams he would accept trades to. Lucic has a $6 million cap hit and though Boston loves the guy, that would certainly solve a lot of problems.
One player I don’t see a problem with is center Ryan Spooner. Like Hamilton, he needs a new pact coming off his rookie deal, but I’ve been told that things are moving smoothly on that front. If anything, Spooner could help the Bruins by signing a reasonable deal and building off the succcess he had in 29 NHL games this season.
Oh, and the Bruins need a backup goalie for Tuukka Rask. Will it be one of the kids, such as Zane McIntyre or Malcolm Subban? That would work for me, though reps are important at their age and the AHL might be better for them than sitting on the bench for 60 games.
Overall, things are far from settled in Boston and the Bruins will be the most intriguing team to watch in the next 48 hours and beyond.
2015 Draft Preview – It’s blue sky for the Toronto Maple Leafs
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2015 Draft Preview – It’s blue sky for the Toronto Maple Leafs
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It was a great indictment of the Toronto Maple Leafs’ drafting and developing when Brendan Shanahan fired the man who ran the hockey department, GM Dave Nonis, plus several key scouts two months before a pivotal draft. The scouting dismissals were on the advice of director of player personnel Mark Hunter, who has essentially been given the keys to the kingdom when it comes to picking and cultivating prospects. Hunter comes with an excellent track record of talent identification from his days with the London Knights, and the Leafs hired him to help find NHL-caliber players.
PICKS:
Round 1, picks 4, 24
Round 3, pick 65
Round 4, picks 95, 107
Round 5, pick 125
Round 6, pick 155
Round 7, pick 185
SHORT-TERM NEEDS:
The Leafs have lacked a true No. 1 center since Mats Sundin. Tyler Bozak has good chemistry with Phil Kessel, but their defensive acumen is so lacking that Toronto’s top line, which also included James van Riemsdyk, made up three of the NHL’s bottom five in plus-minus.
LONG-TERM NEEDS:
Depending upon what happens in what should be an interesting off-season, the Leafs have enough top-end talent. They need secondary help, the kinds of players you get in the middle to late rounds of the draft where the Leafs have been so bereft of impact picks.
CAP SITUATION:
Even if the Leafs don’t manage to shed salary over the summer, they have just $57.4 million committed for next season, and their only RFAs of note are goalie Jonathan Bernier and center Nazem Kadri.
IN THE SYSTEM 2015-16:
The Leafs have consistently ranked near the bottom of THN’s Future Watch rankings, which is a big reason why they find themselves in their current situation. Top prospect William Nylander got his first taste of North American pro hockey playing for Toronto’s AHL affiliate. Stuart Percy saw some NHL time and looks ready to make the jump. Connor Brown, the CHL’s top scorer in 2013-14, led the Marlies in scoring.
DID YOU KNOW:
Of the eight players taken by the Leafs in the 2008 draft, only one remains with the organization. That’s D-man Andrew MacWilliam, taken 188th overall, who played 12 games with Toronto this season.
Vince Vaughn interviews Mr. Serious
Thursday, 06.11.2015 / 1:23 PM CT
By Leah Pascarella – chicagoblackhawks.com / The Blackhawks Blog
Found on the Chicago Blackhawks website.
The Blackhawks BlogJonathan Toews had a special interview after practice earlier this week, as actor Vince Vaughn stopped by the United Center to ask Captain Serious some not-so-serious questions.
From celebrating his 2010 Olympic gold medal in a crammed room to what goes through his head during the national anthem, Toews gave Vaughn the inside scoop on life as the captain. Vaughn and Toews also debated if the electrifying atmosphere of the United Center is comparable to a rock concert, and Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello made a special appearance to give his expertise.
Toews had the opportunity to ask Vaughn a few questions, including his most memorable moment as a fan and what’s it like to be funny. Sounds like No. 19 might be looking for some tips!
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1“>Vaughn’s Interview
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Fox Valley Ice Arena 