New York. Johnny Hockey presented himself in Ohio last night – with three assists.
– I played with Patrick Lane and Jacob Vorasek. Then he says after the pre-season opener against Pittsburgh.
The NHL pre-season kicked off with a whole series of practice games last weekend, and last night the star committed Johnny Goudreu First appearance of the new Columbus Blue Jackets club.
It could have started worse. The 29-year-old American – who was very surprisingly signed by the Blue Jackets to a massive eight-year contract this summer – provided three assists in a 5-1 win against the Pittsburgh heavyweights.
It will take time to get used to my new teammates, but tonight I played with great players like Patrick Lane and Jacob Voricek. Then he says to nhl.com.
Gustav Nyquist scored a goal and Adam Bockvist played up to one.
Anaheim won their pre-season debut against Arizona 3-2 and Isaac Lundestrom had all the goals involved. One of them points by himself and meets the other two.
In the same way, Karl Grundstrom participated in both goals of the Los Angeles Kings against San Jose. He made one and played until one. However, the Sharks won 3-2 after a sudden death decision – when Eric Carlson assisted Logan Couture.
Calgary and Vancouver faced off in two games overnight – pre-season teams big enough to do it that way – and Calgary won both.
In one, Canucks Elias Pettersson had a goal and an assist, in the other Mikael Backlund was noted for two passes and Rasmus Anderson for one.
It is also worth noting that Jonathan Huberdeau scored a direct goal in his debut for the Flames.