Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsWilliam Carrier THW Close-Up: Date of birth: 12/20/1994 Place of birth: Lasalle, Quebec Height: 6’2″ Weight: 205 Shoots: Left Position: Left wing Twitter Handle: None NHL Draft Eligibility: 2013 1st year eligible THW Ranking (April 2013): 38 Other Rankings: ISS: Not ranked CSS (N.A. skaters): 18 Future Considerations: Not ranked Craig Button: Not ranked Entering the season ...
PITTSBURGH — No NCAA Championship game since 1968 has gone scoreless through two periods. Yale and Quinnipiac came close. They played 39 minutes and 56 seconds of entertaining, yet scoreless hockey before Yale’s Clinton Bourbonais finally tipped a puck through Eric Hartzell’s five hole for a lead they would never relinquish, winning the game 4-0. ...
PITTSBURGH — Maybe this year’s Frozen Four should be renamed the Connecticut State Championship. Yale and Quinnipiac, two ECAC rivals and Connecticut neighbors, will meet for the National Championship on Saturday at 7pm from the Consol Energy Center. THW’s Shawn Reznik recapped Thursday’s semi-final games which couldn’t have been more different. After a tight, back ...
Jan Kostalek THW Close-Up: Date of birth: 2/17/1995 Place of birth: Prague, Czech Republic Height: 6’0″ Weight: 182 Shoots: Right Position: Defenseman Twitter Handle: None NHL Draft Eligibility: 2013 1st year eligible THW Ranking (April 2013): 59 Other Rankings: ISS: Not ranked CSS (N.A. skaters):43 Future Considerations: Not ranked Craig Button: 71 Largely unknown outside of Rimouski ...
Now that Alex Galchenyuk has graduated with the Montreal Canadiens, Habs fans have definitely turned their attention to the NHL. However, let’s not forget all the quality prospects that Trevor Timmins and his excellent scouting staff drafted in recent years. Let’s have a look at all the North American prospects that are worth watching in the CHL ...
As the calendar hits 2013, there are still questions on how a shortened NHL season will play out. Regardless, the Washington Capitals made great strides over the past year, including key additions to their prospect pool including Tom Wilson and Filip Forsberg along with a big year in goal by potential Capitals goalie of the ...
John Gibson and his mesmerizing play carried Team USA to a 3-1 gold medal victory over Team Sweden in the 2013 World Junior Championship Saturday morning. Team USA won their second IIHF U-20 World Junior Championship in the last four years. No one was more responsible for Team USA’s gold medal celebration than Gibson. Gibson was ...
It has come down to this. Two teams will battle early in the morning for the 2013 World Junior Championship. Some will be hearty enough and wake up really early for the “Bronze Medal Game” as Canada and Russia battle at 4:00 AM ET. It is hard to believe that the appetizer is the second round of ...
Many players are selected through the NHL entry draft at a very young age. Most players go to a junior league and quickly become club property as early as age 17. About one third of all NHL players go the college route, playing NCAA hockey, sometimes up to a full four years. With the college ...
With the World Junior Hockey Championships (WJHC) underway from Ufa, Russia, it is a good time to take a look at some of the potential stars of the future for the Buffalo Sabres. Buffalo has four prospects at the championships, which ranks them tied with four other teams for the second most. Buffalo has Finnish ...
