Western Hockey League
One of the more interesting moments in NHL and specifically Buffalo Sabres history came in the very early days of their existence. When the National Hockey League announced two new franchises, the Sabres and the Vancouver Canucks, the league decided that in order to determine which of the two clubs would get the first overall ...
Selection camp will be intense, and every player there knows it. But for the Canadian goaltenders, they’ll face incredibly tough tests in both camp and the tournament itself.
First up is making the team.
More than two months after the start of the CHL season, the NHL has yet to begin the 2012-13 season and now the whole season is on the brink of being completely wiped out. As a result, disappointed fans from all-around the world are desperately looking for quality hockey and had to turn their attention ...
Have you wondered what would have happened if your hockey team’s scouting staff had pick another player instead of the player they drafted in the first round of an NHL Entry Draft? Usually, each NHL team has a knowledgeable scouting staff whose purpose is to analyse every draft-eligible prospect and compile a list of the ...
Ah, the holidays; a time for relaxing and cherishing the time you spend with friends, family and loved ones in general. It’s also time to sit back and watch some great junior, collegiate and—if not for the lockout—NHL hockey. As disappointing as it is to not have NHL hockey on TV, there is still another ...
One of the most watched sporting events in Canada, the World Junior Hockey Championships have become a holiday tradition. This year’s tournament may be one of the most watched for a few reasons. With the NHL lockout still going, at least for the foreseeable future it will give many fans the hockey fix they ...
There are certainly not a lot of positives when talking about the NHL lockout. It is usually talked about with frustration and negativity, and in some cases apathy. However one positive that could be found is that added talent that it could give Canada for this year’s World Junior Championships. One can’t help but specifically ...
The atmosphere in rinks around the globe are beginning to intensify as draft eligible players start out on their journey to realize their dreams of being selected by an NHL franchise next June in New Jersey. Leagues filled with draft prospects are already over one-quarter of the way through the season and scouts are expanding ...
It seems that when NHL Draft pundits talk about the best players in the WHL they focus on one of the many great defensemen that the league has produced. While there are several top blue-liners there are some great scorers as well. Not only is Medicine Hat’s Hunter Shinkaruk one of the top scorers in ...
In June of 2011, Zachary Yuen arrived in Minnesota on the eve of the NHL Draft, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed not knowing what to expect. His chances of getting picked in the first round may not have been sky high, but it was more of matter a when, not if, he would be drafted. On June ...
