“Sokil” Kyiv Boasts Great Past, Hopes for Revival Linger Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | June 19, 2020 “Sokil” Kyiv has achieved the most of any club in Ukraine’s hockey history. Its major achievement in Soviet hockey is third place in the USSR hockey championship of 1985. Besides that,…
Swiss Hockey Struggles to Survive the Crisis Caused by Pandemic Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | June 9, 2020 Switzerland could have been a great hockey winner in 2020. Accepting the hosting responsibilities for the 2020 World Championships last spring could have helped popularize the game in the alpine…
Islanders ‘Ziggy’ Palffy: Underappreciated IIHF Hall of Famer Jon Zella | May 26, 2020 With the Stanley Cup years of the 1980s fading into the past, New York Islanders fans during the 1990s didn’t have much to cheer about following their team’s 1993 playoff…
Red Wings: 4 Intriguing European Free Agent Targets Tony Wolak | April 29, 2020 Now that the NHL has extended its player development agreements with the CHL and European leagues, the Detroit Red Wings and other NHL can begin signing free agents from across…
SC Bern: From Swiss Champs to Chumps and Back Again? Urs Berger | April 10, 2020 Bern had a terrible season. The club with the biggest audience other than the NHL failed miserably and finished ninth in the Swiss National League. The list of failures is…
Florence Schelling of SC Bern: World’s First Female General Manager Urs Berger | April 8, 2020 SC Bern just dropped a bomb. It was expected that Alex Chatelain would be replaced as general manager sooner or later. As of next Tuesday, it will be former goalkeeper…
HC Ambri: 5 Takeaways from 2019-20 National League Season Urs Berger | April 7, 2020 HC Ambri, located in the south of Switzerland, had a hard season. They finished 10th in the 12-team league. Here are five reasons why and what they should change before…
Suspended Swiss National League Had Many Storylines Urs Berger | March 26, 2020 This season will be forever remembered as the one that had to end without a new champion. That said, last season’s champion will still be SC Bern. But aside from…
2020 NHL Draft: 10 Prospects That Could Have Boomed at U18 Worlds Larry Fisher | March 16, 2020 With the official cancellation of next month’s under-18 world championship and unofficial end of the draft year in general due to the coronavirus pandemic, several prospects are missing out on…
Swiss Hockey on Hold – World Championship Still On Urs Berger | March 2, 2020 The three top Swiss hockey leagues have decided that they will postpone upcoming games. This is due to the coronavirus and creates a lot of questions Today the Swiss and…
Swiss Hockey Dealing With Coronavirus & Coaching Upheaval Urs Berger | February 28, 2020 For the first time since World War II as for the general enlistment into the military in 1940 and, only for that year, Swiss Hockey might not crown a champion…
Denmark’s Kristine Melberg Is in a Halifax-State of Mind Nathaniel Oliver | February 12, 2020 For the first time since 1992, Denmark will be competing in an IIHF Women’s World Championship. 2020’s tourney will be held in Halifax and Truro, Nova Scotia from Mar. 31…