Jackson native Carter Mazur returned to the Grand Rapids Griffins’ lineup after missing 48 games with an injury and scored the game winner and added an assist in a 7-3 win over the Rockford IceHogs on Wednesday at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids.
Michael Brandsegg-Nygard had a goal and two assists, John Leonard scored his first goal since Jan. 30, Amadeus Lombardi extended his point streak to six games with a goal and Michal Postava made 36 saves to improve his record to 11-4-0.
The Griffins improved to 31-0 when scoring the first goal, and boosted their league-best record to 42-8-3-1 (88 pts.)
Defenseman Myers traded to Stars
Tyler Myers, the 6-foot-8 defenseman who was linked to the Detroit Red Wings in a possible trade before Friday’s trade deadline, was dealt to the Dallas Stars by the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday for a second-round pick in 2007 and a fourth-round selection in 2009.
“Tyler is a veteran defenseman that will immediately add to our group,” Stars general manager Jim Nill told nhl.com. “His ability to play on the right side will give us an added element of flexibility on the blue line. We would like to welcome Tyler and his family to Dallas.”
The 36-year-old Myers has eight points (one goal, seven assists) while averaging 20:13 of ice time in 57 games for the Canucks this season.
He is in the second of a three-year, $9 million contract ($3 million average annual value). The Canucks will retain 50 percent of his salary.
Dallas (38-14-9) has won a franchise-best 10 consecutive games and is second in the Central Division, six points behind the Colorado Avalanche.
“Already a lot of talent, already a lot of size,” Myers said. “I know how good of a team Dallas already is. For me, I’m just coming in to work as hard as I can and help in any way. We feel very fortunate to join a team like this and I’m definitely not going to take it for granted.
“I’m going to come to the rink every day just like I have in the years past and approach it the same way and try to get better everyday.”
Oilers acquire Dickinson, Dach
Jason Dickinson was traded to the Edmonton Oilers with forward Colton Dach by the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday for forward Andrew Mangiapane and a conditional first-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft.
It was the second trade this week between the two teams after defenseman Connor Murphy was dealt to the Oilers for a second-round pick in the 2028 draft.
Dickinson has 168 points (74 goals, 94 assists) in 549 regular-season games for the Stars, Vancouver Canucks and Blackhawks and nine points in 40 playoff games.
Dach has nine points (three goals, six assists) in 53 games for the Blackhawks this season and 16 points (five goals, 11 assists) in 78 regular-season games.
Mangiapane has 14 points (seven goals, seven assists) in 52 games for the Oilers this season.
Defenseman Weegar dealt to Mammoth
MacKenzie Weegar was traded to the Utah Mammoth by the Calgary Flames on Wednesday for former Red Wings defenseman Olli Maatta, forward prospect Jonathan Castagna and three second-round picks in the 2026 NHL Draft.
Weegar has 21 points (three goals, 18 assists) in 60 games for the Flames, Maatta has one assist in 22 games for the Mammoth and Castagna has 32 points in 29 games with Cornell.
Sherwood signs $28.75M extension
The San Jose Sharks signed forward Kiefer Sherwood to a five-year contract extension valued at $28.75 million on Wednesday.
The Sharks acquired Sherwood in a Jan. 19 trade with the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for a pair of second-round draft picks and minor-league defenseman Cole Clayton.
Sherwood, 30, has tallied one goal and one assist and leads San Jose with 28 hits in five games. In 44 games this season with Vancouver, Sherwood scored 23 points (17 goals, six assists) and had two hat tricks.
Ex-Red Wing Husso steller in net
Cutter Gauthier scored Anaheim’s first two goals of a three-goal first-period flurry Wednesday night for the host Ducks, who cooled off the surging New York Islanders with a 5-1 win.
Beckett Sennecke scored late in the first while Ryan Poehling and Frank Vatrano added insurance goals in the third for the Ducks, who have won 13 of 16 (13-3-0) since a nine-game losing streak (0-8-1) from Dec. 22 through Jan. 10.
Ex-Red Wings goalie Ville Husso made 42 saves in his first appearance since Jan. 26 for the Ducks, who remained one point behind the first-place Vegas Golden Knights in the Pacific Division. Anaheim hasn’t made the playoffs since 2018.
Anders Lee scored in the first for the Islanders, who had their five-game winning streak snapped. New York overcame two-goal deficits in each of its last three wins entering Wednesday.
Goalie David Rittich recorded 21 saves for the Islanders, who entered Wednesday tied for second in the Metropolitan Division with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Local schedules
Wednesday
Golden Knights 4, Red Wings 3 (OT)
Grand Rapids 7, Rockford 3
Thursday
Michigan State at Minnesota, 8
Friday
Rangers at Red Wings, 7
Grand Rapids at Cleveland, 7
Michigan State at Minnesota, 8
Colorado College at Western Michigan, 7
Bowling Green at Michigan Tech, 7
NTDP U18 at Green Bay, 8
Saturday
Grand Rapids at Cleveland, 4
Sunday
Red Wings at Devils, 7
Bowling Green at Michigan Tech, 6
NTDP U18s at Green Bay, 7
This article originally appeared on The Detroit News: Hockey roundup: Mazur scores winner in return to Griffins; Myers traded to Stars
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