Morning Bag Skate: Little City honors Blackhawks’ John McDonough

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)