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Gustav Nyquist is ready for a fresh start. The 22 year-old forward is coming off a disappointing final season with the University of Maine Black Bears that saw the team finish without an invitation to the NCAA tournament.

“Obviously I wanted to do something special with Maine last year and unfortunately we couldn’t do that,” Nyquist said. “I thought we had a really good and experienced team with a lot of great players but we didn’t make it the whole way and missed the NCAA tournament which was a disappointment.”

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First of all I just wanted to thank all of you who have visited my little blog over the past few months. I hope you have enjoyed what I have written and I appreciate all the feedback! The biggest compliment you can give me is by spreading the word as I try and increase my readership.

Over the next few weeks, I will be offering exclusive training camp coverage from my hometown of Traverse City, MI while also visiting my family. Please feel free to leave me comments on stories or tweet me @lindy72 on Twitter. I look forward to … Continue Reading

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Stefan Liv was one of the 43 people killed in the tragic accident earlier today involving the plane carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl hockey team of the KHL. I had the honor of interview Stefan on several occasions as he attended training camp in Traverse City, MI. Below is a reprint of the first piece I ever wrote about him and as I recall it may have been one of my first player interviews. Stefan was always giving with his time and his english was excellent. He was a fun player … Continue Reading

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For thirteen years the Detroit Red Wings have been the gracious host of the NHL Prospects tournament. While winning the tournament doesn’t really mean anything other than a group of prospects was able to find chemistry quickly, don’t think that the Detroit brass isn’t taking this year’s tournament seriously. While Red Wings teams of years past have been heavily dominated by free agent tryouts, this years team boasts two of their top three prospects in Gustav Nyquist and Brendan Smith as well as the likes of Tomas Jurco, Landon … Continue Reading

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When the 2011 NHL prospect tournament begins on September 10th, some of the brightest up and coming hockey talent will be on display in Traverse City, Michigan. The tournament, which is in it’s fourteenth season, has seen it’s fair share of superstars. In fact, may of the past participants have gone on to long term successful NHL careers. This years group of prospects offers a mix of size, skill and talent that will give scouts, coaches and fans a lot of interesting match-ups throughout … Continue Reading