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KNIGHTS TO REMEMBER
WHEN LONDON Knights captain Denver Barkey hoisted the Memorial Cup over his head in Rimouski, Que., the first thing he did, naturally, was deliver it to his teammates. The next thing he did was skate toward a few hundred rabid supporters in the corner of the building, many of whom made the nearly 13-hour drive to the south shore of the St. Lawrence to celebrate a story of redemption with their favorite sons. It wasn’t just symbolic for Barkey; it was necessary. “They mean everything to us,” he said. “They’ve done so much for me. They always show up. It’s a great community that always rallies around us. I’m so happy for them.” A left winger in his fourth OHL season, Barkey scored twice to help propel the Knights…
IMPORT OF IMPORTANCE
OVER THE YEARS, the OHL has seen impressive import players come through the league. From Sergei Kostitsyn to Marco Rossi, plenty of high-end performers have come from Europe to get a taste of North American hockey in Ontario. That is part of what makes Kasper Halttunen’s MVP performance in the OHL playoffs, highlighted by a gobsmacking eight goals in the final three games of the final, all the more impressive. “It’s just about trying to do anything for the team to win,” Halttunen said. “Now, it was goal-scoring. To be able to bring that, it was good.” The craziest part of Halttunen’s performance for the Knights is it wasn’t even the first time he’d done it. Last year, in one playoff game, he had two goals and five points.…
ALL ABOARD THE SILOVS TRAIN
SHORTLY AFTER THE Abbotsford Canucks began celebrating their Calder Cup championship, a few of the players got to work. Their goalie was busy doing interviews – because he was the biggest reason they won the thing – so he didn’t see his teammates surreptitiously cutting the netting off the Canucks’ goal at Bojangles Coliseum. (Greatest arena name ever, by the way.) By the time Arturs Silovs was finishing up his on-ice interview, his teammates had managed to remove the mesh from the iron and draped it over his shoulders. It was symbolic in a couple of ways. First, it reminded all who watched the Canucks’ playoff run that Silovs was so simpatico with his net that almost nothing got by him. Second, it was the affirmation that, as the…
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STOLARZ-WOLL
POS G AGE 31 2024-25 STATS 21-8-3, 2.14, .926 26 GAA 2.23 SP .921 ANTHONY STOLARZ CAP HIT: $2,500,000 Excellent goalie, but some of his stats take a hit because he shares time with Joseph Woll. POS G AGE 26 2024-25 STATS 7-10-2, 3.54, .881 13 GAA 2.88 SP .900 DANIIL TARASOV CAP HIT: $1,050,000 Biggest/only asset is his size, but even that doesn’t matter because he won’t play much. POS G AGE 29 2024-25 STATS 5-14-4, 3.62, .884 14 GAA 2.89 SP .900 VITEK VANECEK CAP HIT: $1,500,000 Fresh off a Stanley Cup, albeit with little involvement, he has transitioned to a backup role. POS G AGE 29 2024-25 STATS 26-22-8, 2.58, .904 27 GAA 2.51 SP .905 KAREL VEJMELKA CAP HIT: $4,750,000 Fifty-plus games in three of four…
MOST VALUABLE MINDSET
IN 2020, THE FIRST time the NHL’s GMs tagged Connor Hellebuyck as the NHL’s best goalie, Hall of Famer Grant Fuhr broke the news on a video call. Hellebuyck was well-prepared, looking tidy in a collared shirt and with a list of thank-yous in hand. When the longtime Winnipeg Jet was named the Vezina Trophy winner for the second time in 2024, he accepted the accolade in traditional fashion. Stepping to the stage of a Las Vegas theatre, outfitted in a sharp-looking black suit, he was presented with his replica trophy by Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz and comedian Jay Pharoah. This spring, at 32, Hellebuyck made his biggest splash yet, winning his third Vezina and becoming just the eighth goalie in NHL history to claim the Hart. As…
GRUBAUER-MARKSTROM
POS G AGE 33 2024-25 STATS 8-17-1, 3.49, .875 10 GAA 3.21 SP .895 PHILIPP GRUBAUER CAP HIT: $5,900,000 Big contract, big mistake for a struggling goalie who is barely backup caliber these days. POS G AGE 29 2024-25 STATS 32-13-5, 2.47, .906 35 GAA 2.25 SP .909 ADIN HILL CAP HIT: $6,250,000 Performed well in his first season as an undisputed No. 1 to prove he can handle the load. POS G AGE 24 2024-25 STATS 17-16-3, 2.72, .901 26 GAA 2.97 SP .903 SPENCER KNIGHT CAP HIT: $4,500,000 The No. 1 Chicago goalie for years to come. His numbers will improve as the team does. POS G AGE 35 2024-25 STATS 31-11-7, 2.02, .921 34 GAA 2.33 SP .915 DARCY KUEMPER CAP HIT: $5,250,000 One of the league’s…
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