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Alex Chiasson , who appears to have secured a spot on Dallas’ second line, scored a power play goal in last night’s 3-2 OT loss to the Blues.  Earlier in the week he scored the shootout game-winner for Dallas in a 3-2 win against Florida.

Matt Nieto, who signed with San Jose at the end of last season, is in the mix to make the Sharks’ roster and has seen action in San Jose exhibition games. He and Sharks’ coach Todd McLellan talked to the Mercury News about his chance to stay with the big club.

Former Terrier standout forward Brandon Yip scored a pair of goals in the Coyotes’ 5-1 exhibition game win against the Kings. Yip signed a one-year deal with Phoenix this past July. Video Q&A with Yip. (Kevork Djansezian / Associated Press / September 15, 2013)

Eric Gryba, who was an injury call-up to Ottawa last season and stayed in the lineup throughout the playoffs, talked with his hometown paper, the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, about training camp and his hopes to remain with the organization’s top level team.

Former BU All-American Colin Wilson, recovered from off-season shoulder surgery, could see action at wing as well as center this season according to Predators’ coach Barry Trotz. Wilson had a 7-12-19 line in 24 games in an injury shorted season.

Bay State Road Sports posted a video of ex-BU All American Colby Cohen firing a shootout goal for Porin Assat in the Finnish SM-Liga.

Looking ahead

2014 recruit JJ Piccinich scored goals in each of Youngstown’s first two regular-season games, a 9-3 loss to the NTDP U18s and a 7-6 loss to the NTDP U17s.  Fellow 2014 recruit Jack Eichel scored a goal and added two helpers for the U18s’ win.

2016 recruit Clayton Keller has made the prep team roster at Midwest powerhouse Shattuck St. Mary’s, one of only two 10^th graders on SSM’s top-level squad. The other is Minnesota 2016 recruit Ryan Lindgren. SSM prep began its Upper Midwest High School Elite League season this weekend. Keller scored a goal in first game, a 5-2 SSM win against Team SW, earning kudos for his efforts tweeted by the Western Hockey Blog’s Chris Dilks. Keller contributed an assist in Saturday’s 6-0 win against Team NW.