The IIHF World Championships 2013 in Sweden and Finland have so far been a dream for Switzerland. The Swiss, led by Canadian head coach Sean Simpson, have so far dominated the Championships with three games played. It all began for the team on May 3rd, with Switzerland facing off against Sweden. Despite being the underdogs, ...
The tweet of Radio host and St Louis based NHL writer Andy Strickland made the news official, the Vancouver Canucks have purchased the AHL Peoria Rivermen franchise, with the Chicago Wolves soon expected to become the affiliate to the St Louis Blues. It is definitely the end of an era but a new beginning of ...
Through the current rough period for the Canucks, one thing has become clear, the need for more depth in both the forward and defensive lines. With the injury to Ryan Kesler, the Canucks have only 3 true centerman in star Swede Henrik Sedin, big-bodied Maxim Lapierre and unproven rookie Jordan Schroeder. The Canucks lack ...
Already close to halfway through the shortened 2013 NHL season, the Vancouver Canucks once again remain safely at the top on the North-West standings. Since the 2008/9 season, the Canucks have both won and dominated the North-West division consisting of the Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, Minnesota Wild and Colorado Avalanche. This may all change however, accordingly to recent speculation about a new 4 conference ...
After the lockout ended, most teams were looking into ways to make it up to the fans. NHL ticket prices however didn’t get too much attention, with costs remaining status quo and some teams even increasing costs for the shortened season. While every Western Conference team except Colorado (Tickethorse) uses Ticketmaster as their official ticket supplier, secondary market ticket ...
In this modern age, social media is becoming a more vital tool for hardcore hockey fans. Twitter has now become arguably the number one online source for trades, injuries and breaking hockey news, often tweeted directly from the Coach or Manager’s mouth. Below is a list of Twitter accounts that a Vancouver Canucks fan new to this ...
For the past few months Swiss hockey news focused on North American players in the Swiss NLA. Now that the the lockout is over, let’s focus some attention on Swiss players playing in the NHL. Damien Brunner Brunner was a relative unknown to hockey fans until debuting in a Red Wings jersey only days ago. Despite ...
The Vancouver Canucks had some big news for fans on Friday night, announcing the contract extension of blue-liner Alex Edler for another 6 years with a reported cap hit of $5 million a season. Making a change from the standard, the news was released via the official Twitter account of Canucks GM Mike Gillis and not through the account of ...
As reported by Swiss media, both Ambri-Piotta lockout players Matt Duchene and Cory Schneider will play their last games for the Swiss-Italian club on Sunday, January 6th and are expected to be back in North America by Monday. As per the Ambri-Piotta website: (D) Die Entscheidung der Spieler stützt sich auf die Überzeugung, dass die in diesen ...
Ambri Piotta of the top-tier Swiss NLA hockey league has signed Canucks goaltender Cory Schneider until the end of December with the option of a longer deal depending on the the result of NHL lockout talks in the coming weeks. The news, as reported by Swiss newspaper 20min.ch, came as no surprise due to Schneider’s ...
