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Does Canada’s Women’s Hockey Team Need A Changing of the Guard?
There are several images that stick out from the 2013 IIHF Women’s World Championships. Jenn Wakefield’s backhand top-shelf shootout goal to help seal a preliminary round victory for Canada over the United States. Amanda Kessel’s bottle-popping game-winner in the third period of the gold medal game. The victorious Americans bounding toward their goaltender as the horn sounded, a shower of sticks and gloves in their wake, the signature of nearly every hockey championship.
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Sabres Shine At IIHF World Championship
While not playing in the playoffs is devastating to an NHL player, one bright spot of missing, or being knocked out early, is the opportunity for some players to play...
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Marc Methot: A Serious Canadian Olympic Candidate?
Marc Methot has come a long way since his Junior A days playing for the Kanata Valley Lasers. A steady stay-at-home defenseman for the Lasers, he transitioned perfectly to major junior and continued to play his hardnosed style.
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Bandy: The Other Ice Hockey
The sound of blades grinding the ice of players skating at high speeds, blistering 100+ mph slap shots, beautiful end to end rushes with tape to tape passes, and sprawling...
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Trio of Jets advance to Quarterfinals of Worlds
In the three weeks since the Winnipeg Jets final game of the 2013 season, four Jets began their offseason conditioning by joining their respective countries for the 2013 International Ice...
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Could Antti Raanta Be the Answer for the Edmonton Oilers?
It’s no secret that the Edmonton Oilers have a number of holes to fill going forward, and new GM Craig MacTavish will have a full to-do list to prioritize in...
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Switzerland Dominating IIHF World Championships
The IIHF World Championships 2013 in Sweden and Finland have so far been a dream for Switzerland. The Swiss, led by Canadian head coach Sean Simpson, have so far dominated...
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Edmonton Oilers Well Represented at IIHF World Hockey Championships
The Edmonton Oilers’ season has come to an end and for most players at this time their hockey is done until training camps open next fall. That isn’t true of a...
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Eisbären Berlin: The Most Dominant Franchise in Hockey
Eisbären Berlin captured the 2012-2013 Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL) title for the third straight year Sunday. More impressively, this marks the seventh time they’ve done so in nine seasons. Despite...
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A Salute to Sarah Vaillancourt’s National Team Career
Former Harvard player and Canadian forward Sarah Vaillancourt officially announced her retirement from the women’s national team on Thursday, just nine days after winning a silver medal at the 2013...
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Lightning Players That Could Go to the World Championships
As the Tampa Bay Lightning sit nine points out of a playoff spot with six games to go it is all but known that they will not see the post...
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Five Reasons to Love the Women’s World Championships
There are plenty of reasons to love hockey in general, and women’s hockey specifically. Here are five great reasons for fans to tune into the latter, from the recently-concluded 2013...