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 Hockey Federation World Championships in Stockholm and Helsinki. Those four Jets are Andrew Ladd (Canada) Ondrej Pavelec (Czech Republic), Arturs Kulda (Latvia), and Jacob Trouba (United ...
Winning three straight games to snap a five-game losing streak, the Winnipeg Jets have pulled out of their nose dive and are looking to soar to the franchise’s first postseason birth since 2007. As of Monday, the Jets sit in second place in the southeast division behind the Washington Capitals. Winnipeg is within four points ...
I remember sitting opposite the draft board at the Consol Energy Center on the 2nd day of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. As a Flyers fan, I was happy the club had selected Scott Laughton the night before and Anthony Stolarz with their first pick of the day. Their 3rd round pick was still approaching ...
When the Atlanta Thrashers franchise moved to Manitoba and became the Winnipeg Jets, it did so with the prospect base in an interesting position. There were a large number of young players developing in the team or on the edge of the team, who have now become veterans on this current roster, but a very ...
Just seven games into the NHL regular season, Buffalo’s Thomas Vanek is turning heads…again. It’s nothing he’s not used to as he is unquestionably the Sabres’ top gun. Vanek, who missed one of his team’s seven games with an injury, has scored six goals and nine assists for 15 points. Ten of his 15 points ...
With a dramatic close of the curtain, the 2013 World Junior Hockey Championships from Ufa, Russia, are at an end. The terrific brand of hockey that these ten nations displayed couldn’t have been a more welcomed sight to hungry hockey fans. While NHL arenas are still solemn and darkened, the AHL still very much a regional entity ...
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 ...
With the United States dismantling the Czech Republic by a final score of 7-0 Wednesday morning, Canada will now play Team USA in the semi-finals at the 2013 World Junior Championships in what will surely be a challenge for both squads. Looking for revenge due to a 6-5 overtime loss to the United States in the ...
After achieving gold in 2010 and a bronze in 2011, last year’s World Junior Championship effort by Team USA was utterly abysmal; it was atrocious; it was horrid; it was a letdown. Having such high expectations, along with returning vets like Jason Zucker, Jack Campbell, and the like, the best USA could come up with ...
The NHL held it’s annual amateur draft on the weekend and the Jets made six picks among the 211 players that were chosen over seven rounds. The Jets’ did not concentrate on one position, instead choosing players based on who was available when their turn came. Winnipeg drafted 2 centremen, 2 goaltenders, 1 defenseman and ...
