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Martin Fehérváry
Martin Fehérváry (born 6 October 1999) is a Slovak professional ice hockey defenceman for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Growing up in Bratislava, Slovakia, Fehérváry began playing for the SHKM Hodonín club, Svišť Bratislava U18 team, and attended Svišt Hockey School, which was founded by his family. He left his home country at the age of 15 to play with the Malmö Redhawks organization in Sweden. Fehérváry climbed through their ranks from U16, U18, and U20 before making his Swedish Hockey League debut at the age of 16. Following his trade to HV71, Fehérváry was selected 46th overall by the Washington Capitals in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. Upon moving to North America, Fehérváry began playing with Washington's American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Hershey Bears. Fehérváry spent the majority of his rookie season with the Bears and finished the season with four goals and 10 assists for 14 points through 56 games. He also spent h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washington Capitals
The Washington Capitals (colloquially known as the Caps) are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The Capitals compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The team is owned by Ted Leonsis through Monumental Sports & Entertainment, and initially played its home games at the Capital Centre (Landover, Maryland), Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland, before moving to Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., in 1997. The franchise was founded in 1974–75 NHL season, 1974 as an expansion team, alongside the Kansas City Scouts, and struggled throughout its first eight years of existence. In 1982–83 NHL season, 1982, David Poile was hired as general manager, helping to turn the team's fortunes around. With a core of players such as Mike Gartner, Rod Langway, Larry Murphy (ice hockey), Larry Murphy, and Scott Stevens, they became a regular playoff contender for the next fourt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HockeyAllsvenskan
HockeyAllsvenskan (previously Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league, and the second-highest league in the Swedish ice hockey system, after the Swedish Hockey League, SHL. Since the 2009–10 season, the league has consisted of fourteen teams. Previous leagues called Allsvenskan During seasons 1948–49 through 1974–75 ''Allsvenskan'' was the semi-official name of the first-level league, the official name being ''Division 1 norra'' (north) and ''södra'' (south), comprising six teams each until 1955–56 and eight teams each from 1956–57 to 1973–74. In 1974–75 it was played as one Division 1 league with sixteen teams, leading up to the start in the 1975–76 season of the present Swedish Hockey League, SHL. The second highest-level league had been called Division 2 since 1941–42, and was divided into eight groups from 1957–58 on. The winners of these groups played in two qualification leagues, a northern and a southern on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Athletic
''The Athletic'' is a subscription-based sports journalism department of ''The New York Times''. It provides national and local coverage in 47 North American cities as well as the United Kingdom. ''The Athletic'' also covers national stories from top professional and college sports. ''The Athletic'' coverage focuses on a mix of long-form journalism, original reporting, and in-depth analysis. Its business model is predicated on dis-aggregating the sports section of local newspapers, and reaching non-local fans not reached by a local newspaper. ''The Athletic'' was launched by Alex Mather and Adam Hansmann in January 2016 as an independent subscription-based online sports magazine. It gradually expanded its stable of writers over the next few years to provide better coverage of more teams in more markets, including in the United Kingdom. However, the magazine remained unable to earn enough revenue without advertising to make a profit, and the owners began to seek an outside buy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Djoos
Christian Djoos (born 6 August 1994) is a Swedish professional ice hockey defenceman for Brynäs IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Djoos was selected by the Washington Capitals in the seventh round (195th overall) of the 2012 NHL entry draft. Djoos won the Stanley Cup as a member of the Capitals in 2018. He is the son of former Swedish defenceman Pär Djoos. Playing career Djoos made his Elitserien (now the Swedish Hockey League/ SHL) debut, playing one game with Brynäs IF during the 2011–12 season, and by the 2013–14 season, at the age of 19, he had developed into a regular SHL player for Brynäs. He signed a three-year, entry-level contract with the Capitals on 16 May 2014. Djoos made the Capitals' opening night roster to start the 2017–18 season. In his NHL debut, on 11 October 2017, he scored his first NHL goal and first NHL assist, with the Capitals against the Pittsburgh Penguins. Subsequently, Djoos became the first defenceman in Capitals history to sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plus–minus (sports)
Plus−minus (+/−, ±, plus/minus) is a sports statistic used to measure a player's impact, represented by the difference between their team's total scoring versus their opponent's when the player is in the game. Ice hockey In ice hockey, the plus–minus measures a player's goal differential. When a team that is at even-strength or shorthanded scores a goal, all players on the ice on the scoring team will register a plus while all players on the conceding team on the ice will register a minus. When a goal is scored by a team on the power play, no plus or minus points are awarded to either team. Empty net situations are treated the same as even-strength unless the team that scores is on the power play. Penalty shot goals are excluded. A player's plus−minus statistic is calculated for each game played. The statistic is directly affected by overall team performance, influenced by both the offensive and defensive performance of the team as a whole. However, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connor Carrick
Connor Carrick (born April 13, 1994) is an Americans, American professional ice hockey Defenceman, defenseman who is currently playing with HC Lugano in the National League (ice hockey), National League (NL). He was selected by the Washington Capitals in the fifth round (137th overall) of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career Junior Connor started playing AAA hockey in Chicago with the Chicago Fury, who subsequently retired his sweater number. He played there a season before getting drafted into the Ontario Hockey League, OHL by the Guelph Storm in the 11th round, 212th overall. For the next two years, Carrick played with the US National Team Development Program, competing with the U-17 team in the first year and the U-18 team in the second year. That year, during his second season with the US National Team Development Program, he was traded from the Guelph Storm (for whom he chose not to play) to the Plymouth Whalers in exchange for a sixth-round pick and a pair of third-round ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
