We are just three short days away from the start of the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships. This year the perennial favourites and this year’s hosts Team Canada may be taking a back seat as the team to beat. That honour has, at least in this sports writer’s eyes, been bestowed on the United States. ...
Up to date Team Latvia World Juniors 2012 Roster: via Elite Prospects # Player A Born Birthplace Ht Wt S Ctrct #1 Rihards Cimermanis (G) 18 1993-03-22 Riga, LAT 179 70 L Junior #25 Kristers Gudlevskis (G) 19 1992-07-31 Aizkraukle, LAT 190 86 L 11/12 #30 Elvis Merzlikins (G) 17 1994-04-13 188 83 ...
My great-great-great uncle Victor Lindquist represents a nice piece of hockey history in our family. Before there were “Miracles” and “Winter Classics” they played Olympic hockey outdoors in the North Country of New York. 1932 marked the first time Lake Placid, NY had hosted the Winter games and was the first time a North American city held ...
The Ducks have 6 prospects playing in the World Junior Championships this year which is 2nd most only to the Florida Panthers who have 7. Considering some teams only have 1 or 2, combined with the fact that watching the NHL Ducks lose game after game makes this years World Juniors even more exciting for ...
The Czech Republic drew the unlucky hand of being placed in a group that includes the hosts Team Canada, powerhouse and my tournament favourite the United States and a darkhorse Finnish team. Since claiming back to back gold medals at the 2000 and 2001 tournaments, the team’s best finish has been a bronze medal in ...
Denmark enters the 2012 IIHF WJHC having earned a spot in the main tournament after winning the Division 1 Tournament last year in Slovenia, going 4-0-0-1. Denmark’s Nicolai Meyer, the top scorer at the tournament with 12 points in 5 games, is expected to play in Edmonton. Currently Denmark sits 13th in the world in ...
Over 220 of the world’s best junior hockey players will hit the ice in Calgary and Edmonton this holiday season for the annual IIHF World Junior Championships. With so many players representing so many teams, figuring out who to cheer for can be a bit complicated. In the interest of cheering clarity, here is a ...
It’s safe to say the Russians won’t be sneaking up on anyone this year. En route to their surprising gold medal victory a year ago at the World Junior Hockey Championships, team Russia put together three incredible come from behind victories including rallying from three goals down in the third period to defeat Canada in ...
Updates for Swiss Hockey in the NLA, NHL and the upcoming World Junior’s.
Overall this Finnish team is the most talented a team they’ve had in years.
