Edit: The AHL announced a one-game suspension for Hershey’s Ryan Stoa for slew-footing Mike Halmo on Saturday.
Spirited practice at Harbor Yard as the snow began flying. It was missing the top two penalty-kill forwards, Chrises Langkow and Bruton (reported personal and upper-body-day-to-day, respectively), as well as Scott Pellerin (family). Andrey Pedan and Johan Sundstrom skated again, non-contact, and Pedan was in early.
Steve Oleksy cleared waivers and was sent to Hershey. (A little dusty in here.) He seemed to be a guy who’d make sense for the Islanders, but no-go there. Hershey is also getting Sean Wiles from Reading, Jason Guarente reports.
Thunder Bay, Ont., one of those cities that seems to crop up for the AHL every few years, is marginally closer: The city wants to bring Winnipeg’s farm team there; all it needs is a building. (Patrick Williams says what we’re all thinking. You know, “West Palm Beach says hi” and all that.) Mark Chipman says Thunder Bay is 2016-17 at earliest. Robin Short kinda had this all a few months ago, but anyway.
Pretty cool honorary all-star captains, though: Winnipeg’s and Farjestad’s Thomas Steen, and St. John’s Maple Leafs captain Nathan Dempsey.
Via USCHO, Isles draft pick Robbie Russo is working on getting a grade changed that’s left him academically ineligible.
And I skipped to the end, but Sean got this one right, so now I’ll go back and read it.