Professional Hockey
Ducks Sign Mission Alum Lopina to Three-Year Entry-Level Contract
CONGRATULATIONS JOSH LOPINA ON SIGNING WITH THE NHL ANAHEIM DUCKS! The Ducks have signed center Josh Lopina to a three-year entry-level contract beginning in the 2022-23 NHL season. Lopina will report to the San Diego Gulls, Anaheim’s primary development affiliate in the American Hockey League (AHL) on an amateur tryout (ATO) for the remainder of…
Read MoreBlackhawks Agree To Terms With Mission Alum Alex Vlasic
The Chicago Blackhawks today announced the team has agreed to terms with defenseman Alex Vlasic on a three-year entry-level contract that runs through the 2023-24 season ($824,167 salary cap hit). A native of Wilmette, Vlasic is scheduled to arrive in Chicago tomorrow and will join the Blackhawks Thursday. He was originally selected by the Blackhawks…
Read MoreThree(3) Mission Alum – NHL DRAFT RANKINGS
MID-TERM NHL DRAFT RANKINGS Mission Alum #63 Brennan Ali #64 Jack Devine #113 Tyler Haskins COMPLETE LIST
Read MoreBlackhawks prospect Landon Slaggert on the world stage with Team USA
By Scott Wheeler Dec 28, 2021 The Athletic CHICAGO MISSION ALUM LANDON SLAGGERT It’s late in the morning on Team USA’s first off-day of the 2022 world juniors and Landon Slaggert is winding down in his room at the Cambridge Red Deer Hotel. With some time to kill between his 10 a.m. breakfast and noon lunch before…
Read MoreMission Alum Turcotte Makes his NHL Debut
Congratulations Alex on your first NHL game. As officially official as we can say things are right now, forward Alex Turcotte is expected to make his NHL debut this evening against the Vegas Golden Knights. The moment is one that Turcotte has waited his entire life for, and one that would have likely come sooner…
Read MoreMission’s Kempf drafted No. 208 overall in the 2021 NHL Draft.
The New York Rangers selected Mission Alum Hank Kempf at No. 208 overall in the seventh round in the 2021 NHL Draft.
Read MoreMission’s Lopina drafted No. 98th overall in the 2021 NHL Draft.
The Anaheim Ducks selected forward Joshua Lopina at No. 98 overall in the fourth round of the 2021 NHL Draft.
Read MoreMission’s Sean Behrens drafted No. 61 overall in the 2021 NHL Draft.
The Colorado Avalanche selected defenseman Sean Behrens at No. 61 overall in the second round of the 2021 NHL Draft on Saturday. by Callie Parmele @CallieParmele / ColoradoAvalanche.com Behrens, 18, has played the past two years for the U.S. National Team Development Program. The blueliner recorded 53 points (11 goals, 42 assists) in 69 total…
Read MoreCanes Agree to Terms With Jack Drury
The NHL’s Carolina Hurricanes, today announced that the team has agreed to terms with mission alum Jack Drury on a three-year, entry-level contract. We are so proud of you Jack and best of luck in your professional career! VIDEO RALEIGH, NC – Don Waddell, President and General Manager of the National Hockey League’s Carolina Hurricanes,…
Read MoreMissions Alum TJ Tynan voted AHL MVP
TJ Tynan was part of the Chicago Mission’s Inauguration Season in 2001. TJ, a ’92 birth year, played up on the Squirt Major ’91 team and proceeded to play his entire youth career for the Chicago Mission where he committed to the University of Notre Dame and was drafted to the USHL’s Des Moines Buccaneers.…
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