According to this Portland article, Wanvig is going to be in camp with the Portland Pirates.
Also mentions Simon Ferguson might be there, but he has been spotted in Sugar Land with the Aeros.
Ferguson has a bit of a scoring touch for a guy that has decent PIM numbers.
He played with the San Antonio Rampage last year for Greg Ireland.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Aeros first call-up
Jon DiSalvatore, who was reassigned to the Aeros and cleared waivers today, has already been called to Columbus to play in the Wild's pre-season game tonight.
Don't read a ton into this, because the Wild is being conservative with injured players and wanting a scarce few of the regular NHLers expending energy on road trips. So the farm hands play the road games for now.
But I'd get used to this. The Wild organization is taking an unprecedented look at what they've got in the cupboard and have signed guys they won't be afraid to use when there are injuries with the big club.
In past years, Jacques Lemaire wanted his regulars playing together most of the pre-season to help develop chemistry, so the youngsters never had much of a chance to prove themselves trustworthy. That all seems to be changing.
Don't read a ton into this, because the Wild is being conservative with injured players and wanting a scarce few of the regular NHLers expending energy on road trips. So the farm hands play the road games for now.
But I'd get used to this. The Wild organization is taking an unprecedented look at what they've got in the cupboard and have signed guys they won't be afraid to use when there are injuries with the big club.
In past years, Jacques Lemaire wanted his regulars playing together most of the pre-season to help develop chemistry, so the youngsters never had much of a chance to prove themselves trustworthy. That all seems to be changing.
It's here! Almost... It's Training camp! (updated x 2)
As most of you already know, Aeros camp started today with physicals this morning and ice time this afternoon until 3.
The team will continue to practice through Friday from 9:30-12:30 daily and practices are open to the public. If you have the time, it's pretty interesting to watch the guys run drills and just do their thing outside of a game situation. Plus... it's hockey!
We haven't gotten a camp roster from the team yet (hint hint) but I just got this hit that a couple of Laredo Bucks are in town for camp. Maxime Lincourt and Josef Fojtik. Seeing as how I finally had to learn to spell "Dubielewicz" today, Fojtik there just kinda blew my mind. It's not hard to do.
Anyway, here's the press release about those guys.
UPDATED: And here's the press release about the three Texas Brahmas who are attending camp: D Justin Kinnunen, D Derek Merlini, and G Brett Jaeger (who I discuss a bit more below).
Also, adding to this are a couple of guys Andrew mentioned a while back. D Ryan Gunderson, who had off the chain assist numbers last season in the ECHL (5 G, 53 A) has signed an AHL/ECHL contract with the Aeros.
And in on a tryout is F Matt Fornataro, who had 25 points with Worcester last season.
2nd UPDATE: And since one Maxime just isn't enough, the Aeros have also brought in F Maxime Boisclair from the Corpus Christi IceRays for a tryout.
Also in camp are suspects either you're already familiar with or we've listed on the roster:
G Barry Brust, LW Brandon Buck, LW Jon DiSalvatore, D Jamie Fraser, C Brian Kaufman, C Morten Madsen, RW Carson McMillan, D Maxim Noreau, D J.P. Testwuide, C Peter Zingoni, D Ryan Lannon, D Brandon Rogers and D Clayton Stoner.
As mentioned above, joining Brusty at the other end of the ice is Brett Jaeger, whose Brahmas won the CHL championship last season. He's got great numbers through most of his career and signed for another year with Texas this summer, so hopefully having him on the radar will prevent the goalie carousel the team went round and round on late last season should they need to call someone up.
Others remain with the Wild. Khudobin has played 60 good minutes of pre-season action for the Wild, and Kassian, Irmen, Falk, and other Aeros have been getting quality minutes of their own with the big boys. All have been playing quite well from what I understand, but they will start to trickle down to Houston over the next couple of weeks until the Wild have to make some hard decisions, particularly on defense.
Also, someone asked me about the waiver situation when guys are reassigned from Minnesota to Houston. Aren't the Wild at risk for losing those guys? Well, not really, as Russo explains very nicely here. Knowledge is power.
The team will continue to practice through Friday from 9:30-12:30 daily and practices are open to the public. If you have the time, it's pretty interesting to watch the guys run drills and just do their thing outside of a game situation. Plus... it's hockey!
We haven't gotten a camp roster from the team yet (hint hint) but I just got this hit that a couple of Laredo Bucks are in town for camp. Maxime Lincourt and Josef Fojtik. Seeing as how I finally had to learn to spell "Dubielewicz" today, Fojtik there just kinda blew my mind. It's not hard to do.
Anyway, here's the press release about those guys.
UPDATED: And here's the press release about the three Texas Brahmas who are attending camp: D Justin Kinnunen, D Derek Merlini, and G Brett Jaeger (who I discuss a bit more below).
Also, adding to this are a couple of guys Andrew mentioned a while back. D Ryan Gunderson, who had off the chain assist numbers last season in the ECHL (5 G, 53 A) has signed an AHL/ECHL contract with the Aeros.
And in on a tryout is F Matt Fornataro, who had 25 points with Worcester last season.
2nd UPDATE: And since one Maxime just isn't enough, the Aeros have also brought in F Maxime Boisclair from the Corpus Christi IceRays for a tryout.
Also in camp are suspects either you're already familiar with or we've listed on the roster:
G Barry Brust, LW Brandon Buck, LW Jon DiSalvatore, D Jamie Fraser, C Brian Kaufman, C Morten Madsen, RW Carson McMillan, D Maxim Noreau, D J.P. Testwuide, C Peter Zingoni, D Ryan Lannon, D Brandon Rogers and D Clayton Stoner.
As mentioned above, joining Brusty at the other end of the ice is Brett Jaeger, whose Brahmas won the CHL championship last season. He's got great numbers through most of his career and signed for another year with Texas this summer, so hopefully having him on the radar will prevent the goalie carousel the team went round and round on late last season should they need to call someone up.
Others remain with the Wild. Khudobin has played 60 good minutes of pre-season action for the Wild, and Kassian, Irmen, Falk, and other Aeros have been getting quality minutes of their own with the big boys. All have been playing quite well from what I understand, but they will start to trickle down to Houston over the next couple of weeks until the Wild have to make some hard decisions, particularly on defense.
Also, someone asked me about the waiver situation when guys are reassigned from Minnesota to Houston. Aren't the Wild at risk for losing those guys? Well, not really, as Russo explains very nicely here. Knowledge is power.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Locker scores the goal of the season
Brusty makes the save of the season
Brusty makes the save of the season
All photos by Fred Trask
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Avco Conference Final
Brusty totally shouldn't have gotten that puck, but he did
Riverman totally shouldn't have pissed off Mitch, but he did
All photos by Fred TraskFriday, September 18, 2009
Howe Conference Final
Locke beats a down and out Legace
But sometimes goalies have their way with skaters
All photos by Fred TraskThursday, September 17, 2009
Round Three: Freer Division Final
Mitch Love and his fists of fury
Kolanos, the helium version
All photos by Fred TraskWednesday, September 16, 2009
Aeros To Have Replays For All Games (?)
Well, I haven't received anything officially regarding this, but according to a Houston Aeros announcement on Facebook, there will be replays at all home games this season. And those of us who sit on press row and have to figure out how things happened thank management for making our lives easier.
Of course, this is just a Facebook announcement, and we all know that everything you read on Facebook is absolutely 100% the truth. But if I get anything official, I'll link to it.
Of course, this is just a Facebook announcement, and we all know that everything you read on Facebook is absolutely 100% the truth. But if I get anything official, I'll link to it.
First Minny cuts bring no surprises
The Minnesota Wild trimmed its preseason roster to 41 players Wednesday, and sent the following players to Houston after just one NHL preseason game:G Barry Brust
LW Brandon Buck
LW Jon DiSalvatore
RW Carson McMillan
C Brian Kaufman
C Morten Madsen (pictured, right)
C Peter Zingoni
D Jamie Fraser
D Maxim Noreau
D J.P. Testwuide
No surprises here.
The Aeros training camp opens this weekend (Sunday) and they take the ice in SugarLand Monday.
Round Three: Chabot Division Final
Brusty crushes the dreams of a Rampaging forward
Brusty flings himself across the crease to nab the puck
All photos by Fred Trask
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