Jeff Svoboda
@JacketsInsider
Columbus Blue Jackets team reporter for Follow for #CBJ# news, game updates and more. Also: Pun lover, bad goalie.
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From being the "OG" as a player to now serving as an assistant coach with the #CBJ#, Trent Vogelhuber has paved the way for many in Columbus.
Here's how the local kid has been the standard bearer for the Central Ohio hockey community in so many ways.
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We're joining the Fifth Line!
We are excited to officially announce our new affiliation with @BlueJacketsNHL (@NHL) and @monstershockey (@TheAHL)!
Be part of this exciting new chapter by securing your seats for the 2026-27 season. Season tickets, flex packages, group outings, and more are available now!
📞 Call 304-234-GOAL or visit
📰:
#ForTheWheel#
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Nailed it 💥
We're excited to announced a new affiliation agreement with the @WheelingNailers! The Nailers will serve as our ECHL affiliate starting this season through the 2027-28 campaign.
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Also shout out to @sophiecmatthews for her last story from her summer internship here with me and the Blue Jackets. She did an incredible job for the last three months and will continue to do great things at the Michigan Daily! She's a star in the making.
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Rarely in sports are fans actually encouraged to throw something onto the playing field.
Then, there's hat tricks. @sophiecmatthews explores the bond between fans and players when three goals are scored and those hats go airborne. #CBJ#
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Rarely in sports are fans actually encouraged to throw something onto the playing field.
Then, there's hat tricks. @sophiecmatthews explores the bond between fans and players when three goals are scored and those hats go airborne. #CBJ#
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Over 25 years of #CBJ# support, high school hockey has grown by leaps and bounds in Central Ohio.
A @usahockey national title from @columbus_chill this spring was yet another sign of just how far things have come. (By @sophiecmatthews)
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Over 25 years of #CBJ# support, high school hockey has grown by leaps and bounds in Central Ohio.
A @usahockey national title from @columbus_chill this spring was yet another sign of just how far things have come. (By @sophiecmatthews)
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Hockey players love new gear. That means you probably have old equipment in your basement or garage.
If you donate it through the #CBJ# Recycle the Game initiative, you can help families like the Ensmans get into and stay in hockey.
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Your old gear ➡️ their first goal 🚨
Clear out the closet and gear up the next generation! Donate new or gently used equipment to our Annual Equipment Sale to score a ticket offer and help grow the game we love.
Learn more at
CBJ x @ADS__Inc
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"It’s their time now, without a doubt."
As training camp gets ever closer, #CBJ# head coach Rick Bowness said the young pillars of the team will be a big factor in the team's potential success.
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Today was #CBJ# staff volunteer day, with Blue Jackets employees volunteering more than 200 hours of service across five nonprofit orgs in Franklinton. Fun to be among those who mulched and picked up litter with @KCBColumbus at @ColsRecParks McKinley Park!
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#CBJ# head coach Rick Bowness said he's always thinking hockey in the offseason, and Jackets players still hear from him quite a bit in the summer.
The message? It's not that different from the one you might remember from the end of the season.
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Includes #CBJ# draft picks Jackson Smith (as pictured) and Oscar Hemming of Finland, plus Ohio State's Sascha Boumedienne on Sweden.
World Juniors roster projections:
- Lines for 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇸🇪🇫🇮🇨🇿
- Final cuts
- The big debates
With @coreypronman and @m_bultman (🎁 free to read):
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#CBJ# signed the goalie last month, with the expectation he would spend this upcoming season in the KHL.
Another season with Sergei Ivanov! 🙌
The gifted goalkeeper will spend the 2026/2027 campaign in Saint Petersburg on loan from @BlueJacketsNHL 🤝
We look forward to enjoying many more reliable performances between the pipes!
#hcSKA#
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Don Granato, of course, has extensive ties to Columbus hockey. He played on the inaugural Columbus Chill team, then returned as the general manager and head coach during the club’s final two ECHL seasons.
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#CBJ# NEWS: The Blue Jackets have announced former Buffalo Sabres head coach Don Granato has joined the club as an assistant coach. In addition, Cody Ward has been hired as a video coach.
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Cole Sillinger knows he's a big part of the Jackets, but he adds, "I know that there's more in there that I want to provide."
And with a new contract signed, the #CBJ# forward is looking forward to showing it.
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Cole Sillinger knows he's a big part of the Jackets, but he adds, "I know that there's more in there that I want to provide."
And with a new contract signed, the #CBJ# forward is looking forward to showing it.
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Cole Sillinger on #CBJ# taking the next step this upcoming season: "I think for us as a group, it's kind of enough talking about it. It's more so just going out there and doing it, and putting the results in each and every night. I think everyone on our team is putting in the work as far as how the summer has been treated."
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Jet Greaves has embraced the journey during every step of the way to the NHL.
That's not going to change even after he signed a three-year contract with the Blue Jackets. #CBJ#
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