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Tag: Wojtek Wolski

  • Top 10 KHL Goals For Week 5

    Top 10 KHL Goals For Week 5

    KHL action continued into week 5 and lead to another series of highlight reel goals. Week 5 of action featured a top goal that was definitely meant to be there. The goal was scored by Emil Galimov of Yaroslavl Lokomotiv and he was absolutely filthy in dangling the puck around the defenseman. Very nice goal…

  • Washington’s Wolski Bolts for KHL, More Could Follow

    Washington’s Wolski Bolts for KHL, More Could Follow

    One year in Washington was enough for Wojtek Wolski, as the soon-to-be free agent already made plans to play in the KHL next season. And don’t think it will be the end of players transferring to the European power league this summer. According to Pro Hockey Talk and confirmed with his agent Joe Resnick, he…

  • Washington Capitals Season Preview: How bad does losing Semin hurt?

    Losing Alexander Semin to free agency in the off-season could be huge for the Washington Capitals. For seven seasons, Semin has been an offensive threat for the Caps, scoring nearly 200 goals throughout his time in Washington. Semin also comes with a lot of baggage though, including what many people call a poor work ethic,…

  • Fantasy hockey players who could make an unexpected impact

    Looking to make a few tweaks to your Fantasy Hockey lineup or compensate for unexpected injuries? Take a look at your waiver wire to see if some of these players might be available. Forwards: Rich Peverley: Peverley (pictured) will skate on a line with Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand. Peverley has good hands and the…

  • Reports state that Rangers will buy out Drury’s contract

    The Brad Richards to the Rangers rumors are heating up today amid speculation that the Rangers are looking to shed salary and create cap space through buyouts of several players – most notably captain Chris Drury. Drury has one more season remaining on his contract with a cap hit of just over $7 million a…

  • Phoenix Coyotes Tops the Pacific Division

    As if you thought I would not touch on this topic? The Phoenix Coyotes are now the new leader in the Pacific Division. With a record of 11-5-5 for 27 points, the team seems to have settled in. Things did not come easy though for the Coyotes as in the month of October they were…

  • Phoenix Coyotes Slow Start

    HWB is reaching out to local fans bringing their thoguhts and opinions about their home team to HWB readers. Here is one of them from guest writer Jenna @ Hipchecks.com. The Coyotes season has not been off to as great of a start as we thought it would be. I am thinking we need to…

  • Hockey World Blog Season Previews 2010: Phoenix Coyotes

    Key Offseason Losses: Matthew Lombardi, Zbynek Michalek Key Offseason Additions: Adrian Aucoin, Eric Belanger, Martin Hanzel, Taylor Pyatt, Lee Stempniak, Ray Whitney, Wojtek Wolski Last Season Ranking: 4th, West Offense: The Phoenix Coyotes surprised a lot of fans last year and look to wow a few more this upcoming season. The team has 4 solid…

  • Lee Stempniak Re-Signs with the Phoenix Coyotes

    Right wing Lee Stempniak agreed to a 2 year deal with the Phoenix Coyotes. Stempniak, at the age of 27, is coming into the prime of his career. Last season he split time with both the Toronto Maple Leafs and then ending with the Phoenix Coyotes.  Stempniak played 62 games with Toronto and 18 with…

  • Phoenix Coyote’s Trade Deadline Acquisitions Paying Off

    The Phoenix Coyote’s made a big splash on NHL trade deadline day. The team, who was expected to be run out of town this year, has had an impressive year thus far. Coyote’s fans were a little down after then team point leader Scottie Upshall was hurt and not to return for the rest of…