Friday: December 12th, 2014

Hello Canada, and hockey fans in the United States and around the world. Welcome to the GHL blog.



The GHL is going through some scheduling conflicts as of this week. games have been postponed due to the event calendar in our GHL arenas being crammed with other events. We will now have to resort to some games being non-televised. Not all games will be non-televised, as we will have 2 of the week's 4 games being played. If we can find more games to broadcast, we will broadcast them.



moving on to some lighter news, the GHL has officially set up a D-League, or Development League, which will consist of 26 teams awarded to the following cities:

Anaheim
Boston
Buffalo
Calgary
Chicago
Dallas
Detroit
Edmonton
Florida
Hartford
Los Angeles
Montreal
New Jersey
New York (Long Island)
New York (New York City)
Ottawa
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Quebec
San Jose
St. Louis
Tampa Bay
Toronto
Vancouver
Washington
Winnipeg


We are well aware that most of these cities also host NHL teams, but the NHL has accepted our bids for the cities supporting NHL teams. Further information will be given at a later date.



Now we shift our focus on Team MTN. Dew's goaltending situation.

Team MTN. Dew, for those who don't know, is one of our original 12 teams, but was met by hockey purists as "nothing more than a publicity stunt meant to advertise". Off the ice, reaction to the team name was met with disgust, if not pure hatred. On the ice, the team played about as good as their small fanbase, winning only 2 games out of 42 in 2008-09. The reason was their goaltending. The "un-lovable losers" as GHL fans call them have 2 goalies splitting shifts throughout the season, Jim Park and Glenn Healy. Park's age is preventing him from being a legitimate star. At age 62, he is the oldest player in the GHL after Team Canada's Paul Henderson retired over the summer. Park has had very few good games. Glenn Healy has had to bail Park out on several occasions. However, Healy isn't much younger. At age 52, Glenn Healy has shown his age as well. Both goalies are subject to injuries. Last season the injuries were so severe to both goalies that the team's medical trainer had to play goal for the remainder of the season. Luckily, Team MTN. Dew made good use of the draft, signing younger goalies such as Ben Scrivens and Carter Hutton. Who's going to be the starter? No one really knows. We'll have to see when they take the ice for their opening night game.



That should do it for today's GHL blog post, so take care, and follow the GHL on Google+ and subscribe to our YouTube channel. And now we have a Facebook Page, so go check that out as well.

Warm Regards,
Mario Ardais
GHL commissioner

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014

Hello Canada, and hockey fans in the United States and around the world. Welcome to the GHL blog.



Today we have more news on the allegations of Penguins star Evgeni Malkin.

Malkin was in court today to start his hearing. The charge is unsportsmanlike conduct and trying to intentionally injure another player. The jury's verdict proved him not guilty of any severe charge, and will walk away with a $500 fine for disturbing the peace within the league.



And now for some sad news. NHL legend Jean Beliveau passed away yesterday. He was 83 when he died. Some of our players put in their two cents on what they thought about his passing:



Colorado Eagles forward Riley Nelson said "I'm sad to hear such a great player die. He seemed healthy, so we didn't know if something was wrong. Hopefully he's in a better place now."


Team YouTube defenseman Glenn Featherstone said "Jean was one of the players I tried to model myself around. He was my idol growing up."


Pittsburgh Penguins star Mario Lemieux said "It's a sad day for hockey. Growing up in Montreal, I knew him along with Maurice Richard, Jacques Plante, and Guy Lafleur. I never thought Jean would go like this."







And now for more GHL news, which takes us to the expansion Denver Nationals.

The Nationals just signed former high school player Brady Sufat. Sufat has been on Denver's radar for the past month, and now a deal is put in place. He signed a 4-year, $250,000 deal with a $1 million signing bonus. Along with the signing, the Nationals have been put under the Reserve Clause, making the Nationals a permanently-owned team in the GHL.









Well there you have it folks. That's the GHL news for today. Take care, and follow the GHL on Google+ and subscribe to our YouTube channel.



Warm Regards,
Mario Ardais
GHL Commissioner

Tuesday: December 2nd, 2014

Hello Canada, and hockey fans in the United States and the world. Welcome to the GHL Blog, and I made a horrible Hockey Night in Canada reference.



Today's news starts with the allegations of Pittsburgh Penguins star Evgeni Malkin.

Malkin's hit on Weld Central's Taylor Sitzman has led to a hearing regarding the incident. Penguins center Sidney Crosby had no comment on the incident after the game. During the game, he said he was disappointed in Malkin's decision to slam Sitzman into the boards. I was informed moments after the incident, and will handle the situation accordingly. Currently, there are no suspensions.



Now let's take a look at the Colorado Eagles potential buyers:

Anthony Wray, owner of Team YouTube, has considered buying the team, but his Team Share Ownership lease has expired as of October 30th.

Nicolas Elari, owner of the New Jersey Devils, has had a few offers to take a part of the team, but that was during the ownership of Della Browning. Elari has had no comment on his decision to buy the team since then.

Taylor Sitzman, current Weld Central Rebels player, has decided to put a lease deal on the table, ending his playing career in order to buy the team.

Shane Mayber, owner of Team MTN. Dew, has made little to no comment on the Eagles since August. However, he has reportedly put a deal in place to buy the team when the market became open. Nothing much has been heard about Mayber's current feelings about buying the team.

I have no intention of buying the team, as I currently own Pittsburgh and Houston. So I have no deal in place.



Colorado Eagles center and captain Riley Nelson stated after the situation: "I'm sorry to hear that Della Browning is no longer our owner. She seemed like someone who could take us places, and help us win multiple championships. I hope whoever our new owner is, he/she will try to do what Della Browning was trying to do. I don't want us to fail when we're too good as a team for that."



Well that is all the GHL news we have today. Take care, and follow the GHL on Google+, and subscribe to out YouTube channel.



Warm Regards,
Mario Ardais
GHL Commissioner