UND Hockey Links: Hump Day Pontifications

Good Morning! With the completion of the Stanley Cup Final summer is officially is officially here. Former Fighting Sioux forward Jonathan Toews has secured his third Stanley Cup in six seasons. That’s no small feat.

By winning his third Stanley Cup, Toews joins NHL Hockey Legends: Sid Abel, Syl Epps, Rocket Richard, George Armstrong, Jean Beliveau, Yvan Cournoyer, Denis Potvin, Wayne Gretzky, Scott Stevens and Steve Yzerman.

Toews is also the 11th player to captain three teams to a Stanley Cup Championship. If you want to put a handle on this, that puts Toews in the same company as former All-Pro forward Wayne Gretzky. Yeah, that Gretzky. (undhockey.areavoices.com)

For comparison sake, former Fighting Sioux defenseman Matt Greene has won two Stanley Cups in the last four years with the L.A. Kings. Breaking it down further, over the course of the last six seasons, only once did a team other than the Kings or the Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup, the Boston Bruins.

Former UND defenseman Nick Mattson has signed an AHL deal with the Rockford Ice Hogs. (IceHogs.COM) For those that are wondering, Mattson is working out in Grand Forks this summer.

Dynasty? The Blackhawks win third Stanley Cup in Six Seasons (Sports.Yahoo.Com)

Blackhawks family matures into modern NHL dynasty (Sports Net)

The Winnipeg Jets are attempting to sign former Fighting Sioux forward Drew Stafford (the Score)

Elliotte Friedman explains:

There definitely are attempts being made on an extension for Drew Stafford in Winnipeg. One source warned against using the word “optimistic.” But it sounds like both sides are trying.

After spending two years in the minors, former Fighting Sioux defenseman Derek Forbort’s name gets thrown around a bit.  From the same article above.

Teams looking for defence are also eyeing the Kings’ AHL franchise, Manchester. The Monarchs won the Calder Cup on Saturday with a 2-1 Game 5 victory over Utica. “Colin Miller is ready to play in the NHL now,” said one NHL exec. Miller, 21, a fifth-rounder in 2012, was third in regular-season scoring for Manchester with 19 goals and 52 points in 70 games. He had 10 points in 19 playoff games. The other is 22-year-old Derek Forbort, taken 15th overall in 2010. There have been mixed reviews in the past, but he impressed in this run. Is it Los Angeles for Miller and Forbort, or somewhere else? (Sports Net)