The Senators will be armed with their own nuclear deterrent for this round of the Battle of Ontario. Newly-acquired winger Matt “The Kassassin” Kassian is preparing to make his debut in the provincial punchup.
Big announcement: Today, the Ottawa Senators acquired Matt Kassian in a trade with the Minnesota Wild to bring some heft and sandpaper into their lineup. Kassian will be joining the team for his first practice on Thursday.
Let’s get ready to rumble! The Bleacher Report, The US’s 4th largest sports media site, picked Kassian vs Hordichuk as one of the top ten fights of the season.
Each week, Minnesota fans vote for the Bryant’s “Who’s Hot?” Player of the week. This week the award went to Matt Kassian, who notched his first NHL goal and then later scored another.
A member of the HF Boards Forum picked out a kitty cat picture for each Wild player. Our Wild “Cats” were more ferocious than their Pumas, because we beat them 4 to 3.
Watch The Kassassin squeeze into a kid’s jersey for the Houston Aero’s Kid’s Jersey Promotion. Yup. He’s just a big kid!
Two minutes twelve seconds of ice time. Two fights. Twenty penalty minutes. And FIRST STAR of the game. That’s got to be a new NHL record of some sort!
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You can’t define yourself by hockey because there’s going to be a wake-up call. Even if you play in the NHL. When your career is done, what are you and who are you? Sooner or later it’s going to be gone.
This summer, I’ll be heading out to Vancouver to attend a big Kassian reunion. I still remember the one I went to near Vegreville Alberta, about twenty years ago. My brothers and I raced around my great-great-grandfather’s old homestead on the Kassian farm, and created absolute havoc.
I have hockey in my blood. My Uncle played for the Edmonton Oilers, and my Grandpa Ed played for Team Canada when they won the 1955 World Hockey Championships.
Not Your Garden Variety Enforcer
Did you know that Matt sang Edelweiss when he was cast in the lead role of Captain Von Trap in his high school musical? Russo from the Star Tribune has dug up all sorts of juicy tidbits about the Kassassin.
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