The Nashville Predators are having a season to forget so far as they are 8-13-4 and sit dead last in the Western Conference standings with 20 points. It seems like they are destined to sell off pieces at the upcoming NHL Trade Deadline later in the season.
On a night that saw top prospect Gabe Perreault make his season debut, Vincent Trocheck return from injury and Matthew Wood score his first career hat trick, the New York Rangers thoroughly defeated the visiting Nashville Predators 6-3 at Madison Square Garden.
The Predators have activated forward prospect Matthew Wood from season-opening injured reserve and loaned him to AHL Milwaukee, according to the AHL’s transactions log.
There's more to hockey than scoring goals and stopping pucks. For some players, putting up points came second to their main task: angering their opponents.
One of the young stars in the Music City is going to miss some time. According to multiple reports, Nashville Predators forward Matthew Wood is considered week-to-week with a lower-body injury.
The Nashville Predators announced Saturday that the club has signed right winger Matthew Wood to a three-year, entry-level contract that begins in the current campaign.
Five different skaters scored as the balance continued for the third-ranked Gophers men's hockey team, which completed a two-game weekend sweep of Mercyhurst with a 5-2 victory Saturday at 3M Arena at Mariucci in Minneapolis.
It was a good night to be a fan of Gophers hockey. Both the Gophers men's and women's hockey teams cruised to dominant shutout wins Friday night. At 3M
MINNEAPOLIS — Born in Alberta, Matthew Wood lists Nanaimo, British Columbia, as his hometown, and spent the last two seasons playing college hockey at the University of Connecticut, in Hockey East.
In a way, Aydar Suniev represents the true beginning of the Calgary Flames’ current rebuild process. Just over a year ago, when Craig Conroy took over from Brad Treliving as the Flames’ general manager, he faced an impending (and inevitable) mass exodus of veteran talent.
Matthew Wood, a little over a month after it was reported that he was going to transfer to the Golden Gophers, has officially signed on to play hockey at the University of Minnesota. Wood was the top-ranked player in the transfer portal after starring at Connecticut in 2023-24.
The 2024 Men’s Frozen Four concludes Sunday, April 13. With only four teams remaining, many top NHL prospects have already announced their moves to other top schools.
The Gophers men’s hockey team is landing one of the transfer portal’s biggest prizes. According to multiple reports, Connecticut forward Matthew Wood, the top-ranked player in the transfer portal, is transferring to Minnesota.
The transfer portal exploded on March 31 and April 1 and The Rink Live's portal tracker now has over 200 names in it. That's a lot. About 100 players threw their names into the ring over the past two days for a chance to start fresh somewhere new.
The Huskies will host the Catamounts in the first round of the Hockey East playoffs next Wednesday. Matthew Wood stayed hot with two goals and Joey Muldowney added two as well as the UConn Huskies men’s hockey team beat the Vermont Catamounts, 5-1, at the Toscano Family Ice Forum on Thursday night.
When the Nashville Predators were on the clock with the 15th overall pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, general manager Barry Trotz was likely thinking the exact same thing that University of Connecticut head coach Mike Cavanaugh was: Matthew Wood very well could be the next Tage Thompson.
While the Nashville Predators are battling to stay in the playoff race, several prospects have been elevating their game with their hockey opportunities. Today the AHL named goaltender Yaroslav Askarov the AHL Player of the Week after Askarov had back to back shutouts against the Colorado Eagles.
After being kept off the scoresheet while playing a little over six minutes in Canada’s 5-2 win over Finland in Tuesday’s IIHF World Junior Championship opener, Nashville Predators prospect Matthew Wood had a coming-out party in Wednesday’s 10-0 win over Latvia.
Few would argue that Nashville Predators prospect Matthew Wood was one of the more talented players at Hockey Canada’s World Juniors selection camp. So, it came as no surprise when the 18-year-old forward made the cut for Canada’s national junior team roster, which is set to compete at the 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship on Dec.