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Carter Sanderson is lighting up the WHL
When Kyle Dubas drafted Carter Sanderson in the sixth round of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, he was coming off a year in which his Muskegon Lumberjacks won the USHL, but Sanderson himself scored only 5 goals in 61 USHL games. You might look at...
Checking in on Pierce Mbuyi’s hot start
Pierce Mbuyi is back with Owen Sound for his 3rd OHL season and his final before heading to the NCAA next year with Penn State. As a reminder for those who missed it, I ranked Mbuyi as the 54th-best skater in the 2026 NHL draft. The Penguin...
Travis Hayes is Captaining the Soo Greyhounds to early season success
Travis Hayes (4th round, 2025) received a promotion heading into the 2026-27 Ontario Hockey League season, his last in the CHL. After serving as assistant captain of the Soo Greyhounds behind Nashville Predators prospect Brady Martin, Hayes...
How Nick Robertson’s speed helped create a goal when he wasn’t even on the ice
Ville Koivunen’s goal on opening night, the Penguins’ second in their eventual seven-goal deluge of the Flyers, was made possible by someone whose name won’t appear on the scoresheet.
When a puck trickled into the near boards in the Flyer...
Pierce Mbuyi - 2026 Prospect Profile
Pierce Mbuyi was on my list of hopefuls for the 2026 NHL draft, dating all the way back to the fall of this year. I wrote about his early-season work at Elite Prospects and discussed him quite a bit on Twitter. I had said going into the fir...
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