Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Hendricks caps off good week for Blaine grads

Former Blaine Bengal Matt Hendricks continues to play well in Colorado which is making a surprising bid as a playoff contender and Division champ. His former teammate Brandon Bochenski was named to the AHL All Star game, but can't participate because of his recent call up to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Bochenski has scored 16 goals and 16 assists in 35 games for Northfolk this season. In eight games with Tampa Bay he has one goal and four assists. Bochenski was selected in the seventh round by Ottawa in 2001 and after a great career at North Dakota has spent most of his professional career in the AHL with frequent call ups the NHL. His best NHL season came in 2006-2007 with Boston where he played 31 games and finished with 11 goals and 11 assists.

Bochensk and Hendricks have both struggled at playing an entire season with the NHL club, but Hendricks looks like he might stick this season with Colorado. He recently scored a big shootout goal for the Avs and it was selected as Colorado's play of the week.

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