Canucks World Junior Candidates Matthew Zator | December 9, 2019 Over the years, the World Junior Hockey Championships have become a tradition for hockey fans, especially in Canada. When Christmas is over and the gifts have been unwrapped, it’s ready…
2020 World Juniors: Who Makes Fisher’s Team Canada? Larry Fisher | December 8, 2019 Canada’s selection camp starts tomorrow with 31 prospective players trying to crack the 22-man roster for the upcoming World Junior Championship in the Czech Republic. As always, this camp could…
2020 WJC Team Slovakia Preview Dayton Reimer | December 7, 2019 Very little went right for Slovakia at the 2019 World Junior Championship. Stuck in the challenging Group B with USA, Sweden, and Finland, their only win came against Kazakhstan in…
2020 WJC Team Czech Republic Preview Josh Bell | December 7, 2019 Having home-ice advantage can provide a huge boost for any hockey team. When you’re entering an international competition in front of your cheering family and friends, it gives you that…
2020 WJC Team Kazakhstan Preview Nathaniel Oliver | December 6, 2019 If there was one team from 2019’s Vancouver/Victoria tourney that should be categorized as a “Cinderella”, it would have to be Kazakhstan. Not having played in the World Juniors’ top…
2020 WJC Team Finland Preview Josh Bell | December 4, 2019 After a gold medal victory at the 2019 IIHF World U20 Junior Hockey Championship, Team Finland is coming back looking for a consecutive first-place finish. If they can pull it…
Bettman: NHL Set to Return to Europe The Canadian Press | November 8, 2019 STOCKHOLM — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman says the NHL plans to return to Europe for games in the next two years. Citing huge demand, Bettman said on Friday that the…
SC Bern Coach Jalonen Happy for National Team Break Urs Berger | November 5, 2019 The Swiss Team SC Bern is not able to have a streak in the Swiss National League. The last tree games they lost. Can Kari Jalonen turn the ship around in the National Team Break?
Swiss Hockey Update: Bern, Ambrì, Lugano, Zug, Biel Urs Berger | October 27, 2019 This week the Swiss National League has some new faces. There was the first game of Andrew MacDonald in Bern, the practice opportunity for Paul Postma with Lugano and that…
Top-10 Finns of the 1980s Nathaniel Oliver | October 25, 2019 When Matti Hagman debuted for the Boston Bruins on Oct. 7, 1976, he became the first Finnish-trained and Finnish-born player to play in the NHL. In a North American career…
Swiss Hockey Update: Patrick Fischer, Kari Jalonen, Christian Dubé, More Urs Berger | October 24, 2019 Patrick Fischer gets a contract extension as the Swiss National Team head coach, Christian Dubé needs to have success or he will be dismissed after this season and why Kari…
Hispanic Hockey: The NHL’s Next Frontier Anthony Barberio | October 21, 2019 Back in the 1980s it seemed like hockey was a sport only played in Canada and a few scattered enclaves across the northeastern United States. Sure, those Soviets an ocean…