The Chicago Blackhawks have acquired Brendan Mashinter from the New York Rangers in return for Kyle Beach. Mashinter signed as a free agent with San Jose on March 3, 2009. Mashinter never got a full season with the club, but he did manage to play 13 games with the Sharks during the 2010-2011 campaign, recording no goals. During the 2011-2012 season, [...]

Goaltender Brad Thiessen has signed with the Norfolk Admirals a week after being released by Finnish team HIFK. Thiessen was signed as an undrafted free agent with the Pittsburgh Penguins and joined the organization’s American Hockey League affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, though appeared in no games that season. After the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins season ended, Thiessen was among a number of players who participated with the Pittsburgh Penguins in practice [...]

The AHL’s Charlotte Checkers have released goaltender Rick DiPietro from his PTO contract. Yup, things just keep getting worse for the guy. In five games with the Checkers, DiPietro posted a 5.18 goals against average and .846 save-percentage. Oh, and he didn’t actually record a win, but his goaltending partner, John Muse, did go on to post two shutouts and [...]

  The Calgary Flames have acquired left wing Lane MacDermid from the Dallas Stars in exchange for Calgary’s 6th round pick in the 2014 NHL Draft, the same pick they had acquired the day before from Anaheim in the Tim Jackman deal. MacDermid was selected by the Boston Bruins in the 4th round (112th overall) of the 2008 NHL Entry Draft During the shortened 2012–13 season, [...]

The Toronto Marlies have released Stefan Legein from his PTO following an unimpressive stint with the club. The Marlies originally signed Legein to a tryout back in September and had his stay extended after a solid pre-season with the club. However, in seven regular season games, he was only able to record three goals and eight PIM in seven games [...]

With two injured and one suspended, the Maple Leafs’ depth at centre was thin, at best. Well, today the Toronto Maple Leafs added some depth to that position as they have acquired centre Peter Holland as well as forward Brad Staubitz in exchange for defenseman Jesse Blacker and two 2014 draft picks; a conditional third round pick and a seventh [...]

With Freddy Anderson impressing with the Anaheim Ducks and Igor Bobkov getting sent down to the ECHL’s Utah Grizzlies, the Norfolk Admirals have signed goalie Ben Meisner to a Professional Tryout Contract. As a member of the American International College the past couple of seasons, Meisner posted a 30-64-12 record with a .912 save percentage, a 3.37 goals against average, and [...]

With no North American contract to boot, former NHL defenseman Jeff Woywitka has signed with the Augsburger Panthers of the DEL. Woywitka was drafted in the 1st round, 27th overall by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. After reporting to Philadelphia’s AHL affiliate for his first professional season in 03-04, he was traded to the Edmonton Oilers midway through the season along [...]