Hextall signs with the Coyotes.

I hope Brett Hextall likes Winnipeg... The Twitter World just exploded with this breaking news, it's what some of us have feared for a while, Brett Hextall signed an entry level deal with the Winnipeg Jets Phoenix Coyotes.

AZcentral.com --- The Phoenix Coyotes have signed forward Brett Hextall to an entry-level contract.

Hextall, 23, scored 13 goals and 16 assists in 39 games at the University of North Dakota. He led his team to two  one Frozen Four appearances in three seasons.

Hextall, the son of former goaltender Ron Hextall, was drafted in the sixth round, 159th overall, by the Coyotes in the 2008 Entry Draft. Ron Hextall played 13 seasons in the NHL.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

So is Brett Hextall the next one to sign?

Brad Schlossman tweeted this last night on Twitter...

Re: Hextall rumors. Been working for two days to get something confirmed, but haven't gotten anything. I know PHX is after him.

Here is a postcast and at the 12:00 minute mark of the interview with Brad Treliving,
Vice President of Hockey Operations and Assistant General Manager for the Phoenix Coyotes said that they are trying to get a deal done with Brett Hextall. [click to listen]

Brett Hextall Red Baron® WCHA Co-Offensive Players of the Week

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Fighting Sioux forward Brett Hextall has been named the Co-Offensive player of the week. Unfortunately, Hextall has to share the award with Gopher fraud Jacob C-Piss. This past weekend Brett Hextall was impressive has he scored (3g-0a-3pts) on the weekend and now has 7 points in the last 5 games (5g-2a-7pts).

WCHA.COM ---- Hextall, a junior from Manhattan Beach, Calif., scored three critical goals to lead North Dakota to a three-point weekend at St. Cloud State. All three of his goals in the series gave the Sioux the lead. He scored a game-winning power-play goal in third period last Saturday to give UND a 3-2 win, after having earlier provided UND a 2-1 lead with an even-strength goal late in the second. He was named the No. 1 star of the game. Hextall also scored the opening goal late in the first period of last Friday's 3-3 (tie) at SCSU, earned a +2 rating in the series and had five shots on goal. In the midst of a five-game point streak, Hextall has 17 points (8g, 9a) in 28 games this season.

Also nominated this week: Jamie MacQueen, F, Bemidji State; Drew Shore, F, DU.

Brett Hextall on the Pipeline Show...

I was going to put this up the other day but got side tracked. In case you have heard it yet, Brett Hextall was on the Pipeline Show, and you can read their hockey blog Coming Down the Pipe blog here. It's an interesting interview and Dean Millard and Guy Flaming do an awesome job talking to various players from Juniors and NCAA hockey. [Click to listen to the interview]