Björn Liljander, Assistant General Manager, Frölunda HC Johannes Wheeldon | October 18, 2017 For more than a decade, Frölunda Hockey Club in the Swedish Hockey league has consistently developed a startling number of top prospects drafted into the National Hockey League. Since 1981, they…
A Female Hasek: Klára Peslarová, Team Czech Republic Goalie Nathaniel Oliver | October 5, 2017 The three highest save percentages of Dominik Hasek’s international career were .961, .924 and .923. Those numbers came in international tournaments like the Winter Olympics or World Championships when “The…
Top 20 Players Outside of the NHL David Carlsson | October 5, 2017 Just because the NHL is the best hockey league in the world, it doesn’t mean that all the best players in the world can be found in the NHL. But…
USA Hockey Continues Prep for 2018 Olympics Geoff Nichols | September 29, 2017 The regular season in the Canadian Hockey League’s three leagues got underway this past weekend. The NHL preseason is in full swing and nearing its culmination. AHL training camps started…
2017 Development Cup Sees Two National Teams Debut Geoff Nichols | September 27, 2017 September 29, 2017, will be a day of birth and rebirth of sorts. For the first time ever, Andorra’s men’s national ice hockey team will take to the ice in…
Nick Bailen from NCAA to European Stardom Alessandro Seren Rosso | September 26, 2017 RPI alumnus Nick Bailen didn’t have an impact in North America but is having a very good career in Europe instead. In this translated interview, originally appearing on the popular Russian…
Nigel Dawes Has Found Second Home in Kazakhstan Alessandro Seren Rosso | September 20, 2017 After scoring more than Alexander Ovechkin, Jeff Carter, and Ryan Getzlaf at the 2004 World Junior Championship, the career of Nigel Dawes didn’t have the kind of success that was…
Rudi Ball, 1936, and a Deal with the Devil The Hockey Writers | September 19, 2017 This article was originally published in March, 2013. Picture yourself. You’re a star hockey player in your home nation. You guided your underdog national team to an Olympic bronze medal…
From the NHL to Europe: A Brave Move Before Retirement David Carlsson | September 5, 2017 Do you remember “The Final Countdown”? The song was made famous by the Swedish rock band Europe in 1986. Coincidentally, the title could refer to the many former NHLers who decide…
Ontario Reign, Eisbären Berlin to Faceoff in AEG Family Affair Geoff Nichols | August 27, 2017 Midseason exhibition games are virtually unheard of in North American pro hockey, but that won’t stop the American Hockey League’s Ontario Reign from hosting Eisbären Berlin of the German Deutsche…
THW’s List of Prospects in the SHL in 2017-18 Alessandro Seren Rosso | August 25, 2017 In the 2017-18 season, a total of 70 players will skate in the SHL or in the Allsvenskan, the top two levels in Swedish hockey. Please note that this list…
USA Hockey Looks to Medal with Unfamiliar Names Geoff Nichols | August 24, 2017 Now that University of Wisconsin Men’s Hockey Head Coach, Tony Granato, has been named to the same position with the United States men’s team for the 2018 Winter Olympics, the…