Pro Hockey Rumors

The Colorado Avalanche announced today that defenseman Jack Ahcan and forward Taylor Makar have been recalled from the club’s AHL affiliate, the Colorado Eagles. The Avalanche had just 20 players on their 23-man active roster, so these recalls were able to be made without any corresponding moves. With the recent trade of Ilya Solovyov to the Pittsburgh Penguins, Colorado was … [Read more...] about Colorado Avalanche Recall Jack Ahcan, Taylor Makar

The Dallas Stars are the latest team struck by the flu, as Mikko Rantanen will not play tonight as a result of the illness, as first reported by Tim Cowlishaw of The Dallas News. In a skid of late where they’ve dropped six of their last 10, including three in a row, the Stars will host the surging Bruins without their leading scorer, who has 63 points in 48 games.  Rantanen … [Read more...] about Latest On Valeri Nichushkin

8:28 PM: Today’s recalls were short-lived as following the game, the Avs announced that both Barre-Boulet and Ivan were sent back to the Eagles. 3:07 PM: The Colorado Avalanche made one more recall before Monday’s home contest against the Washington Capitals. Depth forward Alex Barre-Boulet was called up to the NHL roster after it was announced that winger Valeri Nichushkin … [Read more...] about Avalanche Reassign Alex Barre-Boulet To AHL

The Avalanche announced last night (Twitter link) that they have once again assigned forward Ivan Ivan back to AHL Colorado. It’s the third time in barely a week that he has been recalled and subsequently reassigned.  The 23-year-old did suit up against Nashville on Friday, his sixth NHL contest of the season.  In those outings, Ivan has one assist while in 31 games with the … [Read more...] about Ivan Sent Back To AHL Colorado

The Philadelphia Flyers could avoid the worst after taking a blow to their goalie room. Daniel Vladar is only expected to be out short-term after sustaining an injury in the first period of Wednesday’s loss to the Buffalo Sabres, per Kevin Kurz of The Athletic and ESPN’s Emily Kaplan during Thursday’s broadcast. Vladar was replaced by Samuel Ersson while Alexei Kolosov was … [Read more...] about Injury Notes: Vladar, Wilsby, Colton