Dobber Hockey on Corban Knight

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Here's what Brad Wilson from Dobber Hockey had to say about former Fighting Sioux forward Corban Knight. Check it out.

Observations:

May 2014 - Knight is a spark-plug. He is skating from the time he steps on the ice till he hits the bench. A work-horse some would say. He turned in 45 points in 70 games and was a plus-11 for the Heat in his first season as a pro. He also suited up for seven games for the Flames scoring his first NHL goal in the stint. Knight will battle for a third line center spot on the big club when camp starts up and depending where the chips fall he could see some time in the NHL. I feel it is a little early yet to say he will stick full time but once he has another season under his belt the picture should be a lot clearer. Knight needs to concentrate on making an impact right away as there are plenty of other options to scoop up his spot. One thing he has going for him is he is above average in the face-off circle. If he can translate that into the NHL his stock will rise considerably. Brad Wilson

Calgary Flames: Corban Knight wins it for Calgary in the Shootout

GOOD KNIGHT!
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) March 15, 2014

Former Fighting Sioux forward Corban Knight has played six games in his NHL career and he's starting to make an impact, albeit playing fourth-line minutes. Tonight, Knight scored the winning shootout goal for the Flames

“@NHLFlames: Didn't catch the #CGYDAL shootout? Have no fear, we've got your back (VIDEO) ~ http://t.co/DeGcwKBaa1”
— Kai (superman) (@KaiKnightTurcan) March 15, 2014

Corban Knight Post Game Interview

.@CorbanKnight talks about scoring his 1st @NHL goal (VIDEO) ~ http://t.co/8fXBNpI3FX #CGYANA
— Calgary Flames (@NHLFlames) March 13, 2014

Corban Knight talks about his first NHL goal and about the Flames 7-2 win over the Anaheim Ducks.

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Calgary Flames: Corban Knight scores is first NHL Goal. (Video)

Congratulation to Former Fighting Sioux forward Corban Knight, who scored his first NHL goal of his career, in his fifth NHL game. Knight played on the Flames fourth line logging a total of 9:39 tonight. If you look at the Flames roster, you will see a nice representation of former college hockey players. 

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Tuesday Links: Hockey Focused, It's the Stretch Run...

With the Injury to New York Islanders forward John Tavares, other players on the Islanders are going to have an opportunity to play more. One of them is former UND forward Brock Nelson. (TSN.CA)

The Islanders, 12 points out of a playoff spot, weren't going to contend for the postseason this year and are already preparing to move LW Thomas Vanek prior to the March 5th trade deadline. Under those circumtances, there will be some opportunities available for other Islanders, rookies Ryan Strome and Brock Nelson among them, to play more prominent offensive roles.

Former UND forward Evan Trupp is playing with the Corban Knight on the Abbotsford Heat. Trupp has scored (1g-4a—5pts) in 10 games this season.

Apparently Vancouver Canucks forward Ryan Kessler returned from the Sochi game with an injury.

Former UND and current Minnesota Wild forward Zach Parise stood up and defended Olympic coach Dan Bylsma. Mike Russo has the details on his blog.

The Stanley Cup of Chowder profiles Zane Gothberg this week. No mention of the him getting the NCHC goalie of the week.

Corban Knight and His 2013 Calgary Flames Prospect Camp

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It sounds like former UND forward Corban Knight had what some would classify as a rough prospects camp with the Calgary Flames. Here's a couple of quotes that I found from a couple of different articles.

Ryan Pike, The Hockey Writers --- Up front, highly-touted prospects Corban Knight and Sven Baertschi arguably disappointed – in that they failed to stand out from the pack during the week. Rather than distinguish themselves as head-and-shoulders above the rest, these contenders for NHL jobs are now joined by Markus Granlund, Michael Ferland, Max Reinhart and perhaps even former Red Deer Rebels captain Turner Elson in the hunt.

While the Flames GM Jay Feaster wasn't very complementry about some of his prospects play during the Flames prospect Camp. Flames coach Troy Ward was even a little more pointed in his criticisms towards some of his players. Here's what the Flames coach Troy Ward had to say about Corban Knight's play, during the Flames prospect camp, that was held in Penticton, B.C.. Yikes!

Scott CRruickshank, CALGARY HERALD --- Monday, 7 p.m. at the WinSport Ice Complex, the Flames play their fourth game in five nights, taking on the University of Calgary Dinos.

Which, apparently, would be an ideal time for Corban Knight to pick it up.

Asked about the play of Knight, Ward didn’t sugar-coat things.

Yes, the centre had scored Sunday — as did Granlund — but the coach demands more.

“To be honest, he’s got to play with some passion, some vigour,” said Ward. “This isn’t college — you’re not going to have the puck all the time. You’re going to have to go get it back. When Corban has the puck, I’m fine with that. But when he doesn’t have it, he’s going to have to play like Ferland . . . and get his nose dirty.” Knight is getting his first taste of pro after four seasons at the University of North Dakota.

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High River’s Corban Knight counts flood losses as his family’s rebuild begins

High River’s Knight counts flood losses as his family’s rebuild begins http://t.co/tCkDhsHgIV
— Eric J. Burton (@goon48) July 5, 2013

Former UND forward Corban Knight signs with Flames

Not clear yet whether Corban Knight becomes UFA on July 1st or 5th but won't matter - agreed to terms on 2-yr entry level deal with CGY.
— Bob McKenzie (@TSNBobMcKenzie) June 18, 2013

Former UND forward Corban Knight is taking his talents to his native Alberta, Canada. Knight's rights were  traded to the Calgary Flames and according to TSN's Bob McKenzie, Knight has also signed a two year entry level deal with the Flames.

NHL.com --- The Calgary Flames on Tuesday acquired center Corban Knight from the Florida Panthers in exchange for a fourth-round pick in the 2013 NHL Draft.

According to TSN's Bob McKenzie, Knight then reached agreement with the Flames on a two-year entry-level contract.

Knight, a 2009 fifth-round (No. 135) selection by the Panthers, just completed his fourth season at the University of North Dakota where he was a top 10 finalist for the Hobey Baker Award as the nation's top collegiate hockey player.

"Corban Knight is a player our scouts have been watching closely throughout his collegiate career," Flames general manager Jay Feaster said in a statement released by the team.

He led the Fighting Sioux in assists (33) and was second in goals (16) and points (49) and third in penalty minutes (40). He finished his college career with 52 goals and 94 assists for 146 points along with 145 penalty minutes in 161 games.

#ThroughTheseDoors' Season Finale

RT @undmhockey: #ThroughTheseDoors' Season Finale premieres next Thursday at 9. Watch a teaser of the Episode: youtu.be/EeE8zQxXBgs
— Eric Classen (@eric_classen) April 12, 2013

Yeah, this one gets your attention... Senior forward Corban Knight in the arena, up in the seats. If you remember from a previous episode he used to sit there before homes games to relax and gather his thoughts. Knight talked about how fun it was to play hockey at UND and to have 12,000 fans cheering for them as they played their home games at the Ralph.

Knight and Kristo Highlight videos

UND head coach Hakstol on senior forward Corban Knight, "he's a tremendous young man."
— Eric J. Burton (@goon48) March 7, 2013

Special thanks to @hamsbrew of @midcosportsnet for producing the @corbanknight and @dkristo7 highlight videos for us.
— Jayson Hajdu (@UNDSID) March 7, 2013

Charges dropped against UND’s Corban Knight

What do we have here? Looks like the charges were dropped against Hobey Baker Memorial Award Candidate Corban Knight. I always hear how these charges will hurt Knight, well, that argument is now gone.

Grand Forks Herald. --- A misdemeanor charge against UND men’s hockey player Corban Knight was dropped this week in Grand Forks.

Knight was charged with “unlawful deliver to certain persons,” stemming from a team party in September. The charge was for supplying alcohol to the party where there were people under the age of 21.

anny Kristo, Carter Rowney, Joe Gleason and Andrew MacWilliam changed their plea to guilty for the charge.

Let's not forget, that you’re also innocent until proven guilty in this country.

I am sure we'll see some black helicopter stuff written on the internet from fans of other teams in the WCHA and around college hockey. I am sure some of the things we will see written, is how the judge must be a UND fan or how the judge stepped in for Knight because he was a candidate for the Hobey Baker or something along those lines. Yes, I am saying this tongue in cheek, you've got to have a sense of humor. But, it's good news for Knight. From everything that I have heard, Knight is a good, straight laced kid that rarely, if ever swears.

Division I College Hockey Scoring Leaders

Scoring Leaders

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A look at the National scoring race

1	Ryan Walters	Nebraska Omaha	JR	F	26	26	15	24	39
2	Corban Knight (FLA)	North Dakota	SR	F	25	26	12	23	35
	Drew LeBlanc	St. Cloud State	SR	F	26	26	7	28	35
4	Greg Carey	St. Lawrence	JR	F	24	24	16	18	34
5	Kyle Flanagan	St. Lawrence	SR	F	23	24	12	21	33
	Danny Kristo (MTL)	North Dakota	SR	F	24	26	15	18	33
	Rylan Schwartz	Colorado College	SR	F	25	26	11	22	33
8	Johnny Gaudreau (CGY)	Boston College	SO	F	20	23	12	19	31
	Brett Gensler	Bentley	JR	F	23	23	12	19	31
	Erik Haula (MIN)	Minnesota	JR	F	23	26	11	20	31

Here is a look at the national scoring race. If you have seen it yet you have to check out the College Hockey Inc stats page, it’s definitely a must see.

Lets keep the Corban Knight Jihad going.

Let's keep her going, and keep Corban Knight in the lead in fan voting for the Hobey Baker. Click to vote.

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UND 4 UMN 4 (Video)

First off, UND has to be better on defense. What is historically a strength of "most" UND teams, was a weakness this past weekend. There were way too many turnovers deep in their own end that ended up behind Zane Gothberg and Clarke Saunders. That's unacceptable.

Second, I thought the goaltending was the Achilles heal this past weekend. Whatever goalie ends up playing going forward, has to be better. I am wasn't impressed with either goalie and thats an area that needs to improve and I expect it will. I still think that Clarke Saunders is the better of the two goalies.

I though that Danny Kristo (14g-17a—31pts), Rocco Grimaldi (8g-11a—19pts) and Corban Knight (11g-22a—33pts) had strong games tonight and they're are having awesome seasons so far. I hope that the RPM line (Rowney, Parks and MacMillam), gets a chance to gel. I thought they were strong, and it's time for those players to start chipping in on a regular basis.

Corban Knight's 19-game point streak is tied for the fourth-longest in school history.

— North Dakota MHockey (@UNDMHockey) January 20, 2013

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UND vs. CC Tigers game 1

UND’s Forward lines

15 Michael Parks –10 Corban Knight (A) – 7 Danny Kristo (A)

9 Drake Caggiula– 27 Carter Rowney (A) –19 Rocco Grimaldi

25 Mitch MacMilliam – 16 Mark MacMillan – 13 Connor Gaarder

8 Dan Senkbeil – 28 Steph Pattyn –17 Colten St. Clair

UND Defense Parings

2 Andrew MacWilliam (C) – 5 Nick Mattson

18 Dillon Simpson–20 Joe Gleason

4 Derek Forbort – 24 Jordan Schmaltz

UND Goalies

33 Clarke Saunders

31 Zane Gothberg

Not in lineup:  21 Brendan O’Donnell , 29 Bryn Chyzyk , 11 Derek Rodwell (Injury), Coltyn Sanderson – 26, Andrew Panzarella 22.

Referees: Todd Anderson, Brad Shepherd. Linesmen: Andy Carton, Nathan Freeman.

Colorado College Tigers Lines

Tiger Forward lines

16 Alexander Krushelnyski –13 Rylan Schwartz (A) –27 William Rapuzzi (C)

12 Archie Skalbeck – 25 Scott Winkler – 24 Jared Hanson

11 Hunter Fejes–10 Cody Bradley–21 Jeff Collett

18 Scott Wamsgamz–14 Jordan DiGiando–15 Andrew Hamburg

Tiger Denfense Pairing

6 Peter Stoykewych–28 Mike Boivin

5 Aaron Harstad–7 Eamonn McDermott

20 Ian Young–4 Joe Marciano

Tiger Goalies

31 Joe Howe

39 Josh Thorimbert

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