Miami University–nestled a hard slap shot away from the Indiana border in Oxford, Ohio — is justifiably proud of its traditions — an academic pillar as one of the original eight “Public Ivy League” schools ; known as the “Cradle of Coaches” in football for producing Woody Hayes, Paul Brown, Weeb Ewbank, Sid Gilman, Ara Parseghian and Bo Shembechler, [...]
With the Olympic break heading towards an exciting conclusion and NHL teams getting ready to fire things back up going into the trade deadline, I’d like to take a moment to step away from my role here as a Florida Panthers contributor and take a look at something personal to me. While “Sun Belt” hockey [...]
Christopher Ralph is a sportswriter with a focus on hockey prospects, the entry draft, as well as occasional Flames coverage here at THW.
While the entry draft is still about four months away, you can be assured NHL scouting teams across North America and the world are soaking up as many games as possible, assessing talent.
The [...]
KIRILL KABANOV
HEIGHT: 6′3″
WEIGHT: 176lbs
POSITION: Right Wing
SHOOTS: Left
BORN: July 16, 1992
BIRTHPLACE: Moscow, Russia
Nothing but controversy has surrounded the Moscow-born Russian since becoming drafted number one in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, who currently plays for the Montcom Wildcats.
Despite the controversy, there’s one thing that remains certain: Kirill Kabanov, who has been compared to Ilya Kovalchuk will make [...]
The Hockey Spy’s 2010 NHL Entry Draft Preview – Tyler Seguin
Christopher Ralph is a sportswriter with a focus on hockey prospects, the entry draft, as well as occasional Flames coverage here at THW.
“Full Potential” Prospect Profile:
Please “Click Here” for “Notes Up Front” and the “Legend” for various topics covered below as covered for the [...]
Brendan Burke, the 21-year old son of Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke, was killed in a car accident earlier today (Friday, February 5th).
Teemu Pulkkinen has received a lot of buzz on draft lists despite not knowing all that much of the Finnish player.
Born in 1992, the forward has played in the SM-Liiga league in Finland, which is ranked as the second strongest in Europe by the IIHF. Of the 14 teams that make up the league, Pulkkinen [...]
Taylor Hall has been on the scouting lists since he led the Windsor Spitfires in goals his rookie season, with 45, which also earned him OHL’s Rookie of the Year bragging rights, as well as the CHL ROY honor in 2007-2008.
His sophomore year he again led the team in goals and this time points as [...]
The Hockey Spy’s 2010 NHL Entry Draft Preview – Taylor Hall
Christopher Ralph is a sportswriter with a focus on hockey prospects, the entry draft, as well as occasional Flames coverage here at THW.
“Full Potential” Prospect Profile:
Please “Click Here” for “Notes Up Front” and the “Legend” for various topics covered below as described for the [...]
Christopher Ralph – THW’s Flames, Draft and Prospect Correspondent
The WJC U20s are well underway in Saskatchewan, Canada. Sweden have already hammered the Czech -Republic 10-1 in a surprisingly lop-sided fashion. Canada are not so surprisingly in the process of ripping apart the squad from Latvia (16-zip was the final).
In my review of the pre-tourney tilt [...]
