Top Scorers – Las Vegas Players Away from Home – 2016-17 Points……………………………………………………..Goals/Assists 

106 – Brendan Harris, BCHL Wenatchee Wild 26 goals, 80 assists

62 – Chris Francis, ECHL Quad City Mallards 28/34

44 – Gage Quinney, ECHL Wheeling Nailers 18/26

43 – Michael McNicholas, New Hampshire University 13/30

41 – Cory Ward, ECHL Manchester Monarchs 18/22; AHL Syracuse Crunch 0/1

38 – Eric Williams, WSHL Ontario Avalanche 11/27

31 – Derek Sutliffe, St. Scholastica College-Minnesota 11/10; SPHL Mississippi River Kings 3/7

31 – Bryce Reddick, Aaborg Pirates – Denmark 7/24

28 – Zach Pochiro, ECHL Norfolk Admirals 4/24; AHL Bakersfield Condors 0/2

26 – Joe Sullivan, St. Lawrence University 12/14

26 – Mike Trimboli, EHC Neuwied Bears – Germany 6/20

22 – Dylan Miller, ACHA D2 Lindenwood University 8/14

21 – Michael Cichy, NA3HL Atlanta Capitals 7/14

21 – Vito Carlo, WSHL Las Vegas Storm 0/7; NA3HL Atlanta Capitals 4/10

20 – Spencer Poscente, USP3HL Tri City Icehawks 10/10

13 – Ashley Printzen, AAA Colorado Selects 16u  2/11

12 – Adrian Nicholas, NOJHL French River Rapids 7/5

12 – Kenny Brooks, ECHL Colorado Eagles 6/6

12 – Alec Mono, Curry College 2/10

9 – Hayden Knight, BCHL Coquitlan Express 6/3

8 – Ross McMullan, ECHL Wheeling Nailers 3/5

8 – Richard Prekop, GMHL South Muskota Shield 3/5

8 – Landon Quinney, QMJHL, Saint Johns Sea Dogs 1/7

7 – Joey Raats, NCAA Arizona State 1/6

3 – Daylan Lipanovich, HF Ludvika – Sweden 0/3

2 – Ryan Chiasson, SUNY-Plattsburgh 0/2

2 – Megan Myers, Boston Blades 0/2

1 – Brenden Russ, Connecticut College 0/1

1 – Jimmy Samuels ACHA D3 Kansas University 0/1

0 – Joe Kaszupski, Endicott College NCAA III 0/0

0 – Kenny Luzak, ACHA RIT – Rochester Institute of Technology 0/0

0 – Cameron Sylvester, NAPHL Arizona Bocats 15u 0/0

0 – Hamilton Whyte, ACHA New York University – 0/0

Goalies

Dylan St. Cyr, U.S. National 18u team

Zane Branson, EHL Valley Jr Warriors

Gage Roberts, USPHL Carolina Eagles

Chase Smith, USPHL Elite Syracuse Jr Stars

Thursday, March 30, 2017

Las Vegas – It’s cold, extremely windy and raining on Thursday evening in the Las Vegas Valley. Rough weather with wind gusts up to 60 mph have moved in resulting in damage to big rigs on the I-15 heading to Baker and Barstow along with  flight delays at McCarron Airport.

Friday, March 31, 2017

There are two Nevada Storm teams –  AA 16u, AA Bantams 14u – getting set for action in the U.S. Nationals.

AA NEVADA STORM 16U

HEAD COACH – WALLY LACROIX

U.S. NATIONALS

FRISCO, TEXAS

April 6 – Nevada Storm vs Montana Thunderblades, 1 pm local time

April 7 – Nevada Storm vs Nebraska Selects, 10 am

April 8 – Nevada Storm vs Delaware Ducks, 4:15 pm

April 9 – Playoffs Begin

STORM ROSTER: #4 John Hallet, #7 Braden Laplaca, #9 Seth Knudsen, #10 Antonio Buck, #11 Joseph Terrana, #14 Frankie Trent, #15 Hunter Barto, #19 Daniel Ramos, #24 Andrew Brasier, #28 RC Angelil, #36 Gabriel Testa, #48 Zachary Ditmore, #84 Ty Gartzke, #91 Dominick Panzarella; Goalies – Luke Fundator, Owen Kennedy

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AA NEVADA STORM BANTAMS 14U

HEAD COACH – ERIC LACROIX

U.S. NATIONALS

CORAL SPRINGS, FLA.

April 6 – Nevada Storm vs Team Wyoming, 8:15 pm eastern

April 7 – Nevada Storm vs Montana Thunderblades, 8:15 pm eastern

April 8 – Nevada Storm vs Portland Jr Winterhawks, 6:30 pm eastern

April 9 – Playoffs begin

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STORM ROSTER – #4 Caden Berninger, #7 Mick Corrigan, #10 Noah McAnallen, #16 Dominic Suhr, #17 Jacob Underhill, #19 Gia Avalone, #21 Connor Brazil, #23 A.J. Lackas, #24 John Purdy, #51 Sean Kedra, #66 Ian Williams, #73 Nicholas Bonaldi, #77 Trent Carter, #87 Bill Jacob, #91 Heath Mensch – Goalies – Max Lacroix, Zackary

Thursday, March 30, 2017

St. Paul, Minnesota – Hometown goalie Alex Stalock was spectacular in the net as Jason Zucker of Las Vegas and the NHL Minnesota Wild turned up the heat in a 5-1 win over the Ottawa Senators before a sold out crowd of 19,045 at the XCel Energy Center. Stalock, 29, was born in St. Paul and had a 1.77 gaa in his last 17 games with the AHL Iowa Wild before getting called up for a start with Minnesota. Jason worked hard on the ice and had a great skate throughout the game. He has 21 goals, 25 assists for 46 points and is +32 on the ice this season.

Chris Francis of Las Vegas getting interviewed after scoring a game-winner for the ECHL Quad City Mallards in Moline, Illinois

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Here is the Vegas Five – most goals by Las Vegas players away from home – 2016-17

Goals

27 – CHRIS FRANCIS, ECHL QUAD CITY MALLARDS

26 – BRENDAN HARRIS, BCHL WENATCHEE WILD

18 – GAGE QUINNEY, ECHL WHEELING NAILERS

16 – CORY WARD, ECHL MANCHESTER MONARCHS/AHL SYRACUSE CRUNCH

13 – MICHAEL MCNICHOLAS, NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERSITY

 

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Wichita, Kansas –  Team captain Chris Francis of Las Vegas scored his 25th goal, added two assists and was selected #2 Star of the Game for the ECHL Quad City Mallards in a 4-1 road win over the Wichita Thunder at the InTrust Bank Arena. Chris lifted his season totals to 25 goals, 31 assists for 56 points – and he is +20 on the ice this season. The shots were 31-31 in this game.

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Thursday, March 30, 2017

Special to Vegashockey.net

Romeoville, Illinois –  Vito Carlo and Michael Cichy of Las Vegas and the NA3HL Atlanta Capitals will be taking on three top teams in the league’s Silver Cup Championships beginnning Wednesday here at the Canlan Ice Arena.

This is the league’s Final 8.

Here is the schedule for Vito, Michael and the Atlanta Capitals. Atlanta is 36-11-1 overall this season. All three teams they will face here were Division Champions during the regular season.

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Wednesday – Final Score — St. Louis Blues 4, Atlanta Capitals 2 — Michael Cichy of Las Vegas one assist on a powerplay goal for Atlanta.

Thursday – Final Score –  Atlanta Capitals 3, Metro Jets of Fraser, Michigan 2 – Metro Jets were undefeated in regular season.

Friday – Final Score – Granite City of Sauk Rapids, Minnesota 6, Atlanta Capitals 2

Atlanta Capitals 1-2-0 in round robin play –  7 goals, 12 against – and the season winds to a close for Vito Carlo, Michael Cichy of Las Vegas.

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Tweet of the Day

Just want to say Thank You to everyone who was a part of my 4 years in junior hockey.

You guys made it so special and memorable.

The lifelong friendships I made during this are priceless.

Extremely honored to have done my junior hockey career in a Wenatchee Wild uniform.

Junior Hockey.

It’s been one unforgettable ride you put me on.

Thank you for everything.

— Brendan Harris, Las Vegas, BCHL Wenatchee Wild —

Sunday, March 26, 2017

Toledo, Ohio –  Zach Pochiro of Las Vegas scored a dramatic OT/Shootout goal to give the ECHL Norfolk Admirals a 3-2 road win over the Toledo Walleye before a massive crowd of 6245 at the Huntington Center. Zach was the only shooter who scored and he was selected the #1 Star of the Game.