Little City awarded the Morrie Kellman Humanitarian Award to John McDonough, president and CEO of the Chicago Blackhawks. The award is presented to a friend of Little City and the community who embodies Kellman’s spirit of giving, reports The Daily Herald.
HAWKS
**Top 25 Under 25: Mark McNeill at No. 10 (SCH)
**DeBrincat leads 4 Hawks on ESPN’s top prospect rankings (SCH)
**Little City honors Blackhawks’ McDonough (Daily Herald)
**Top 25 Under 25: Fredrik Olofsson at No. 11 (SCH)
**SCH GIF Tournament (SCH)
CENTRAL DIVISION
**Bednar introduced as Avs coach, will retain assistants (The Denver Post)
**Bednar has plan to attack Avs’ possession woes (The Denver Post)
**Jets name Blake Wheeler its next captain (AIH)
**Wild’s Parise cleared to play by medical staff (theScore)
**Stars promote Janko, White to assistant GM roles (DMN)
**Preds Top 25 Under 25: No. 7 Calle Jarnkrok (OTF)
NHL
**Flyers unveil 50th anniversary gold sweater (BSH)
**Howe’s ashes to be interred in Saskatoon statue (Canadian Press)
**Scott Gomez announces retirement after 16 seasons (ADN)
**Bolts’ Callahan on schedule for mid-November return (TB Times)
HOCKEY WORLD
**NCHC says no to expansion with Arizona St, Minnesota St (CS Gazette)
**Varlamov reveals Russian goalie mask for WCH (theScore)