Whenever there’s a headline or mention of the surname Hanson, I think all hockey fans’ ears perk up to see if this pertains to the infamous trio from Slapshot and/or Christian Hanson, one of their sons who plays professionally.
Sadly, today’s headlines in the AHL do pertain to Christian. He was picked up by the Washington C(r)apitals. I do hope he makes the cut to play in the NHL, even if they’re a rotten team…don’t bother trying to tell me with how well they end their seasons, they always choke in the playoffs, a position formerly held by the Senators. The alternative is that Hanson spends his contract with the Hershey Bears which has been a winning franchise. This also means we Stars fans won’t get a chance to see him play, regardless of the re-alignment.
During his time with the Marlies, I only managed to see their first appearance and the coach didn’t dress him. The following year, we were in Dallas and I have no idea if he was in Toronto or not.
Fingers crossed he has a break out year or is traded to a Western Conference franchise.