Monday, August 20, 2007

Monday's musings . . .

Jon Klemm, an NHL defenceman who was considered for an assistant coaching spot with the WHL’s Kootenay Ice, has signed a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Kings. The 37-year-old Klemm, who is from Cranbrook, had an opportunity to join the Ice’s staff but chose to play one more season. The Ice, of course, signed Kris Knoblauch as their assistant coach under head coach Mark Holick.

C Luke Moffatt, the second pick in the WHL’s 2007 bantam draft, has changed his mind and won’t go to camp with the Kelowna Rockets. Moffatt, who is from the Phoenix area, will play in the Detroit Compuware midget program this season.

A couple of prospects will be missing when the Prince George Cougars open camp on Thursday. The Prince George Citizen reports that LW Terrence Jorgensen, a seventh-round pick in 2005, is recovering from shoulder surgery and F Tyson Street, 16, has a broken ankle. Street, from Colorado, has played minor hockey in Kelowna but will play midget in Phoenix this season. . . . The Citizen also reports that 6-foot-8 D Patrik Magnusson and C Jan Kupec, the Cougars’ two selections in the 2007 import draft, have arrived in P.G. . . . Also in camp will be RW Parker Stanfield, a 17-year-old from Los Angeles. He will be interesting to watch because he has been in camp with the Wichita Falls Wildcats, the North American league team owned by Cougars’ owner Rick Brodsky.

According to the Medicine Hat News, the Tigers’ two new import players are ready to go. G Tomas Vosvrda, a 6-foot-3 stopper from Czech Republic, is skating at a goaltending camp in the city, while Swedish F Michael Ahlen will be ready for the opening of main camp on Aug. 31.

LW Garrett Robinson, who was seriously injured in an auto accident last season, will be in camp with the Moose Jaw Warriors when it opens this week. The Moose Jaw Times-Herald reports that Robinson will take part in practices and shooting drills but will be held out of scrimmages. He hasn’t received medical clearance to resume playing. Robinson, 19, suffered a serious head injury in the Oct. 22 accident.

The Tri-City Americans got big play in the Winnipeg Free Press on Wednesday with a story by sports writer Gary Lawless. Hotbed of hockey, read the headline. Under that was: 18 Manitobans will audition for WHL’s Tri-City Americans. If all goes according to plan, the Americans will have three returning Manitoba veterans and 15 newcomers in camp. . . . Among Manitobans in other camps will be RW Hamilton Steen. The son of former Winnipeg Jets captain Tomas Steen, Hamilton will be in camp with the Red Deer Rebels. He was the 150th pick in the 2006 bantam draft.

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