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An Avalanche prospect is getting love.
Nastasiuk's Attack teammate Chris Bigras, an Elmvale native and Colorado Avalanche prospect, was voted best defensive defenceman in the Western Conference.
The OHL also handed out its annual awards this week.
A follow-up on Yaroslav Lokomotiv.
One of the more inspiring stories of the hockey world occurred in Russia, during the first round of the Kontinental Hockey League playoffs, when Yaroslav Lokomotiv upset the two-time defending league champions Moscow Dynamo in the opening round.
Yaroslav lost its entire team in that plane crash back in September of 2011, forcing them to rebuild an historic organization from the ground up. The team had two coaching changes this season, with the veteran Dave King taking over four games from the end of the season, just as the Olympic break occurred, with the hopes of getting the team to the playoffs. Yaroslav went to Garmisch Parkenkirchen, Germany to train during the break, came back, squeezed into the playoffs as the eighth (and final seed) and then took out Dynamo in seven games in the opening round, an upset of major proportion.
Peverley had a heart surgery.
Rich Peverley has been released from an Ohio hospital after undergoing successful surgery to correct an abnormal heart rhythm, just more than a week after the Dallas Stars forward collapsed on the bench during a game.
Stars general manager Jim Nill said Peverley was released from the Cleveland Clinic on Wednesday. The surgery was Monday.
Peverley, who is out for the season, is expected to return Thursday to Dallas. He will be monitored closely and may require further treatment.