Following the tragic death of Adam Johnson, whose neck was fatally cut, accidentally, by Matt Petgrave’s blade in a British league game on Oct. 28, more and more NHL players are opting for a neck guard.
The San Jose Sharks took care of one RFA today, announcing the signing of Jacob Peterson to a one-year contract. It’s a two-way contract for $775,000 in the NHL, $375,000 for the AHL.
Jack Han thinks that the San Jose Sharks can be an attractive place for unproven players to play in the years to come for four big reasons: Tomas Hertl, Erik Karlsson, an offense-friendly system, and plenty of opportunity.
Check out my “Sharks Pregame Live” hit! Sheng Peng: Jacob Peterson and Henry Thrun are standing out for the San Jose Sharks right now. That might be important when we’re talking about next year’s Sharks.
The young netminder was on point and the rookie forward scored the deciding goal in the shootout to give Dallas the full two points tonight. Jake Oettinger got the second shutout of his career, going save-for-save with Marc-Andre Fleury in a game that was 0-0 at the end of overtime between the Dallas Stars and Chicago Blackhawks.
Jacob Peterson is doing more than alright. While he was supposed to spend the season with the Texas Stars in Cedar Park, he now finds himself in a position every prospect wants to find themselves: on the Dallas Stars roster.
In this edition of Stars News & Rumors, Dallas begins their season with an overtime win against the New York Rangers, two key injuries on opening night, and Jacob Peterson shines in his NHL debut!
Jacob Peterson opened the scoring with his first NHL goal and Miro Heiskanen ended it with his first overtime goal. It wasn’t the ideal first game of the season for the Dallas Stars.
The Stars made some expected roster moves in advance of their opening night game versus the New York Rangers. Dallas Stars prospect Jacob Peterson is set to make his NHL debut on Thursday night.