This is a guest post written by Adam Williams Scott Niedermayer sits at a table at the head of the Kamloops Blazers board room, on his right sits Mark Recchi, on his left the Memorial Cup. His number 28 hangs around the room on vintage Blazers jerseys and plastered on pucks and t-shirts. Niedermayer ...
Fans of the Quebec Remparts have much to be thankful for this holiday season. The team has been on a tear the past two seasons, and with hall-of-famer, Patrick Roy at the helm, the Remparts have revamped and continually push to claim the QMJHL title. Much of the success has been due to one key ...
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 ...
Yes. It’s only been a month and a half. Yes. It’s very early in the season. Yes. There are still roughly anywhere between 51-53 games yet to be played. However, the QMJHL has become a two-team battle as to who will represent the league in the Memorial Cup. Right out of the gate, the Quebec ...
As the hockey pundits always say: “There is always next season.” Those five words have become all too familiar for JC Campagna. Having switched teams and leagues twice already, he finds himself in the exact same scenario this year, but with much loftier goals with the reigning Memorial Cup Champions, Shawinigan Cataractes. But prior to ...
It has only been three weeks since the conclusion of the 2012 NHL Entry Draft, but talk has already begun on next year’s outstanding crop of young players looking to make a name for themselves this season. Next year’s draft class has already been pegged as one of the best in recent memory with highly ...
Consider this your live home page for information for the 2012 NHL entry draft. Bookmark and check back often as it will be constantly updated leading up to hockey’s version of Christmas. THW’s 2012 NHL Entry Draft Guide – The Next Ones is your quintessential draft resource featuring: Detailed unique prospect profiles in The Next Ones format Mock Drafts Exclusive ...
Underdogs and longshots. Those are what the Shawinigan Cataractes were considered at the 2012 Memorial Cup, despite the fact that they were the host team. The Cataractes had a month-long layoff after their premature exit from the QMJHL playoffs, losing in Game 7 of a second-round series against the upstart Chicoutimi Saguenéens, an early departure that ...
Now that the Mastercard Memorial Cup is over after the host team, the Shawinigan Cataractes, eliminated Dale Hunter’s London Knights 2-1 in overtime yesterday at Centre Bionest on Anton Zlobin’s goal late in the first overtime period, according to a source, it is expected that the Montreal Canadiens will name Robert “Bob” Hartley the team’s ...
The Minnesota Wild have had to watch as upset after upset has occurred in the Western conference. They will probably remember when they were the ‘upset’ story of the season and hopefully the entire organisation will be thinking about next season and a comeback performance from a roster that had a worse second half of ...
