Minor, junior and European leagues continue to prepare for the 2020-21 season with signings, trades and loans. As always, we’ll keep track of the notable transactions right here:
- It’s been years since Rob Schremp was a notable NHL name, but that doesn’t mean he’s out of the hockey world just yet. The Edmonton Oilers 2004 first-round pick has resurfaced with HK Mogo in Latvia, signing a one-year deal with the club. Schremp last played an NHL game during the 2010-11 season with the Atlanta Thrashers and has since spent time in the AHL, SHL, KHL, EBEL, NLA, DEL and Belarussian league, traveling the world playing hockey.
- Andrew O’Brien, who was a fourth-round pick of the Anaheim Ducks in 2012 will be playing another year overseas, this time signing with Dinamo Riga of the KHL for the 2020-21 season. O’Brien played several years in the AHL before heading to Norway last year and dominating, scoring 45 points in 41 games. Perhaps more notable than his scoring totals though were O’Brien’s penalty minutes, which totaled 309 to more than double the second-place offender.
- Griffen Outhouse, who spent part of last season with the Manitoba Moose of the AHL, has decided to give up his professional career for now and return to school. Outhouse will join the University of New Brunswick on the Canadian college circuit, an eight-time national championship program. The 22-year old goaltender posted an .882 save percentage for the Moose in five appearances.
Outhouse stinks.
Maybe it’s French, (Oh-thoo-say).