Fourth time's a charm
Western New York is a hotbed for hockey. Blue-collar, frost bitten towns continue to churn out some of the top American-born players. From Ryan Callahan (Rochester, N.Y.), Patrick Kane (Buffalo, N.Y.) ...
Force field
Time is of the essence for Alex Iafallo. The 17-year-old Eden, N.Y., native made the move to Fargo, N.D., to begin his junior career this fall. If it was up to the Fargo Force, Iafallo would have been ...
Forcing the issue
There’s no denying the type of game that Andrew Poturalski plays. The 5-foot-10, 180-pound forward out of Amherst, N.Y., has brought his high-powered offensive game to the Buffalo Jr. Sabres of the ...
Upward mobility
After winning the Rookie of the Year award in the North American Hockey League and leading the Topeka RoadRunners to the Robertson Cup championship, the stock of Lancaster, N.Y., native Justin Hussar was ...
Role model franchise
Throughout the NHL, former players give back to the communities where they earned their wages, and often times settled after retirement, through participation in their team’s alumni association. ...
Peca Named GM of Junior Sabres
The Buffalo Junior Sabres have hired former Buffalo Sabres captain Michael Peca as their general manager. Peca joins another former Sabre, Grant Ledyard, who is coach of the Junior Sabres, a franchise ...
His own path
Matthew Lane (Rochester, N.Y.) wants to keep his options open. He has watched his older brother, Philip, play two years for the Brampton Battalion of the OHL and become a second-round draft pick of the ...
USA Hockey moving checking back to Bantam level
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- USA Hockey's Board of Directors overwhelmingly passed all aspects of the Progressive Checking Skill Development Program today during its 2011 Annual Congress last week. The ...
NAHL Coming to Jamestown
The Motor City Metal Jackets will move to Western NY, and be named the Jamestown Ironmen.
Hamburg's Cullen Backbones Sarnia
Sarnia Sting goaltender John Cullen finished loading toys into a salvation army truck with teammates Joe Rogalski and Brent Sullivan. He was awaiting word on whether or not his team would be able to host ...
USA Captures Bronze in Buffalo
Chris Kreider scored twice and Syracuse Crunch forward Kyle Palmieri logged two assists, as the U.S. National Junior Team captured the bronze medal at the World Junior Championship with a 4-2 win over ...
Team USA Falls to Canada at World Juniors
Chris Brown scored the lone goal for Team USA, as the U.S. National Junior team dropped a 4-1 decision to Canada in the semifinals of the 2011 International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship ...
