Oilers sign Shore, Stanton to PTOs
A pair of veteran players will be joining the Edmonton Oilers at training camp. The team announced on Tuesday that forward Devin Shore and defenceman Ryan Stanton have been signed to professional tryouts.
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A pair of veteran players will be joining the Edmonton Oilers at training camp.
The team announced on Tuesday that forward Devin Shore and defenceman Ryan Stanton have been signed to professional tryouts.
Shore, 26, split last season between the Anaheim Ducks and Columbus Blue Jackets. In a combined 45 games, he scored five goals and added seven assists.
A native of Ajax, Ont., Shore was a second-round pick of the Dallas Stars in 2012 out of the Ontario Junior Hockey League s Whitby Fury.
Veteran defenceman Engelland retires
Veteran defenceman Deryk Engelland is calling time on his career. The 38-year-old Edmonton native announced his retirement on Tuesday after playing in 671 games over 11 seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames and Vegas Golden Knights.
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Veteran defenceman Deryk Engelland is calling time on his career.
The 38-year-old Edmonton native announced his retirement on Tuesday after playing in 671 games over 11 seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames and Vegas Golden Knights.
Engelland appeared in 49 contests for the Golden Knights last season, scoring a goal and adding five assists. He was a member of the 2018 Golden Knights team that reached the Stanley Cup Final.
The life and destructive legacy of Graham James
To ensure Graham James would survive his stay in prison, the disgraced junior hockey coach would sometimes be required to move from one facility to the next.
Serial sexual abusers are never popular behind prison walls. But because of the high public profile of some of his victims, including NHLers Theoren Fleury and Sheldon Kennedy, there were many on the inside who were motivated to deliver vigilante justice.
About this series
Graham James was last seen in a courtroom in the summer of 2015.
Appearing via video link from a Quebec prison, the disgraced junior hockey coach pleaded guilty in a Swift Current courtroom to sexual assault on one of his players during the early 1990s, and was sentenced to two additional years behind bars.
Winnipeg Free Press
The life and destructive legacy of Graham James
Brian Bell still remembers the way Sheldon Kennedy walked into the Calgary Police Service’s District 6 office nearly 25 years ago.
After being sexually abused hundreds of times by his former junior hockey coach Graham James, Kennedy was finally ready to share his painful truth.
About this series
Graham James was last seen in a courtroom in the summer of 2015.
Appearing via video link from a Quebec prison, the disgraced junior hockey coach pleaded guilty in a Swift Current courtroom to sexual assault on one of his players during the early 1990s, and was sentenced to two additional years behind bars.
Winnipeg Free Press
The life and destructive legacy of Graham James
Twenty-five games into the Swift Current Broncos’ 1993-94 season, Darren McLean had reached his breaking point.
Days earlier, star forward Todd Holt had revealed a litany of horrors that he endured for years at the hands of their coach, Graham James.
The two players, who had been friends since playing minor hockey together in Estevan, Sask., were rooming together for the first time on a Broncos road trip.
About this series
Graham James was last seen in a courtroom in the summer of 2015.
Appearing via video link from a Quebec prison, the disgraced junior hockey coach pleaded guilty in a Swift Current courtroom to sexual assault on one of his players during the early 1990s, and was sentenced to two additional years behind bars.