Draft Profile: Petter Granberg

Skelleftea Jr., Sweden

Position: Defense

Age: 18

Date of Birth: August 27, 1992

Place of Birth: Gallivare, Sweden

Ht: 6-2 Wt: 201

Shoots: Right

Don't let age fool you, despite being one of the youngest players eligible for this years draft (date of birth 08/27/1992), Petter Granberg has all the tools to become a valuable player at the next level. Equipped with NHL size, Granberg has played well this year in Sweden's SuperElit, and only looks to get better over time. Over the past year the "baby faced assassin" has been the talk of many scouts and has been climbing draft boards.

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Draft Profile: Frederik Andersen

Frederikshavn, Denmark
Position: Goalie
Age: 20
Date of Birth: October 2, 1989
Place of Birth: Herning Denmark
Ht: 6-3 Wt: 220
Shoots: Left





The "Big Dane" has caught the eye of many scouts based upon his excellent play in the Danish league. The 20 year old net minder secured the Danish league MVP after posting a league leading .932 SVS%. Big and imposing, Andersen has plenty of international experience under his belt including an upset over the Finland. The 6-3 marvel saved 36 of 37 shots and since then has garnered plenty of attention from NHL scouts.

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Texas Stars Watch Party: Perttu Lindgren And The Stars Battle The Hamilton Bulldogs For The Calder Cup

Texas Stars Hockey May 25, 2010

Wednesday, May 26th come see your Texas Stars take on the Hamilton Bulldogs in Round 3 Game 7 at the Cedar Park Center. The game will be showing in the arena on the jumbotron!

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Perttu Lindgren & Texas Stars Stay Alive With 3-2 OT Win

Texas Stars Stay Alive With 3-2 OT Win
Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals Is Wednesday at 6:30 PM (CDT)
Dallas Stars May 25, 2010


The Texas Stars defeated the Hamilton Bulldogs 3-2 in overtime on Monday night in front of 2,613 fans at Copps Coliseum in Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals. Center Aaron Gagnon scored the game-winning goal 18:32 into overtime, tying the best-of-seven series 3-3 and forcing Game 7 on Wednesday night in Hamilton. Goalie Matt Climie (4-3) made 51 saves, including 28 in the third period and overtime combined to preserve the overtime victory. Bulldogs goaltender Curtis Sanford (5-3) stopped 35 Texas shots in his third overtime loss of the playoffs. All of Sanford's overtime losses in the playoffs have been to Texas. Stars forward Scott McCulloch and defenseman Garrett Stafford also scored in the win. Game 7 will be in Hamilton on Wednesday, May 26th at 6:30 PM (CT).

In the first period, Hamilton opened the scoring with a goal at 16:58. Hunter Bishop played the puck to the net from the right-wing circle and Climie made the initial save, but could not control the rebound. Bulldogs’ forward Gabriel Dumont scooped up the rebound and backhanded the puck past Climie for his second goal of the playoffs and a 1-0 Hamilton lead.

In the second period, the Stars countered with a power-play goal at 9:04, tying the game 1-1. Texas worked the puck with quick passes from Perttu Lindgren to Travis Morin, who finally set up Stafford in front of the Hamilton net. The Stars defensman snapped his third of the playoffs over the glove of Bulldogs goalie Curtis Sanford for the Stars goal. Hamilton would score a power-play goal of its own before the end of the period. Bulldogs winger Brock Trotter found defenseman Shawn Belle in front of the Texas net. Belle fired a wrist shot at 17:51 past the outreached glove of Climie, scoring his first of the playoffs and pushing Hamilton back in front 2-1.


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Former Devils coach Jacques Lemaire defends decisions made during season

Jacques Lemaire believes the Devils could still be playing hockey this spring.

During almost a month of vacation in Florida since he announced his retirement on April 26, Lemaire has watched the Stanley Cup playoffs and feels the Devils could have been the team coming out of the Eastern Conference.

“We all tried to find the reason why we lost. That’s normal,” Lemaire told The Star-Ledger today. “But criticism shouldn’t be part of trying to find what we could have done differently. To me you have to be objective.”

Lemaire has come under criticism from several Devils players, including captain Jamie Langenbrunner, for the way he handled several team matters during the second half of the season.

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Ilya Kovalchuk Sparkled for Russia

Ilya Kovalchuk Sparkled for Russia; Andy Greene did not for USA - Summary of Devils at 2010 World Championships
John Fischer In Lou We Trust May 23, 2010

Kovalchuk shouldn't feel too bad about his own performance. While the IIHF directorate named his teammate Datsyuk the best forward of the tournament and the media snubbed him for their all-stars, Kovalchuk led the World Championships in points with 2 goals and 10 assists along with 15 shots and an average ice time of 16:52. So much for Kovalchuk being a selfish player. The coaches named him Russia's best forward. He certainly made his mark. All stats are viewable at the IIHF's statistics page which has all this information in PDFs for some inexplicable reason.

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Perttu Lindgren's Power Play Goal Helps Stars Defeat Hamilton 5-4

Stars Win 5-4 On Grahams's OT Blast
Hundred Degree Hockey May 19, 2010

Ethan Graham had yet to score a Calder Cup playoff goal in his entire career. In fact, Graham had only suited up for four playoffs games for the Stars before tonight. "It's probably my biggest [career goal]. I think I had an overtime winner in bantam, so... bigger than that!" said the unlikely hero Graham.

Hamilton got a lot of bad angle shots in past Texas tonight. Texas countered with a lot of gritty goals from within 4 feet of the net. Hamilton scored first in this one, putting one in from a sharp angle with Matt Climie out too far to stop it. Texas answered with a baseball swing shot from Perttu Lindgren that beat Sanford glove-side high on the power play. Texas went to the first intermission tied at 1 with the shots advantage at 12-10.

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