Victor Oreskovich couldn't have imagined where the strides he took on Notre Dame's rink one year ago would wind up taking him. Across the ice? OK. Back to competitive hockey? If he was lucky. The NHL? Not a chance. "Absolutely not," Oreskovich said. "I would have thought that was ridiculous." And no one would have disagreed. Yet here he is, just a few months later, a Rochester Americans rookie possibly on his way to a long career with the Florida Panthers.

The 2009-10 edition of the Hamilton Bulldogs has enjoyed more than its fair share of success thus far this season, so much so that officials with Guinness World Records would probably have a tough time keeping up with all the team records that have already been broken, or are on pace to be broken by season’s end. Indeed, if there were a record for most broken records in a single season, this year’s Bulldogs would definitely be in the running.

On a team on which practically everyone is having a career year, Hershey's Jay Beagle should be somewhat disappointed. After all, he has managed to score "just" 10 goals and 15 assists through 51 games, well off the pace of his rookie season, when he finished with 19 goals and 37 points. Beagle, however, is far from disappointed. And with good reason. He's coming off something of a lost season, one in which he was sidelined by a concussion.