More in Swiss Hockey
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Swiss Hockey Players Making The News
For the past few months Swiss hockey news focused on North American players in the Swiss NLA. Now that the the lockout is over, let’s focus some attention on Swiss...
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Mark Streit – Isles Around The World
December 11th is Mark Streit’s 35th birthday. The final year of his contract with the New York Islanders, the captain has found you can go home again as he’s kept himself...
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Canucks Goaltender Cory Schneider Joins Ambri In The Swiss League
Ambri Piotta of the top-tier Swiss NLA hockey league has signed Canucks goaltender Cory Schneider until the end of December with the option of a longer deal depending on the...
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The ZSC Lions Sign Ex-NHL Players And Coaches For New NLA Season
Last April the ZSC Lions wrote a remarkable Hockey story, coming off a difficult regular season where they finished 7th overall, they swept championship favourites HC Davos and EV Zug...
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The ZSC Lions Win Swiss NLA Championship In Dramatic Fashion
The ZSC Lions have won the Swiss Championship in a frantic finish to the playoff final series, taking Game 7 against SC Bern with a Steve McCarthy goal 3 seconds before...
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Swiss NLA Hockey Playoffs: ZSC Lions Reach Final
The NLA playoffs in Switzerland usually provide some surprises and 2011/2012 has been no different. The ZSC Lions, who finished 7th overall in the regular season with 27 wins and...
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Swiss Juniors Make Headlines In Alberta, Davos Wins Spengler Cup
WJC Though 1 Loss, 1 SO Loss and 1 Win might not look like a great World Junior’s record, the Swiss are getting a lot of media coverage for their...
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Fribourg Setting Early Pace In Swiss NLA- Scoring Race Heats Up
With the Swiss hockey season around 20 games into a 50 game schedule, the NLA has an unlikely leader in Fribourg-Gotteron. The French-Swiss team who play out of the...
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Ex-NHL Players Lighting Up Switzerland- Tambellini Shines
Did the Vancouver Canucks make a mistake by not offering Jeff Tambellini a contract for the new season? If his stats for the first two games of the season in...
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Swiss Hockey – An Analysis Of The Swiss NLA
Swiss hockey is becomming a big deal. The NHL sets the bar high as far as talent and wages go but hockey is also a serious business throughout Europe. The...
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Jeff Tambellini, Come Back Soon
My ode to an underrated player. Much travelled former Canucks player Jeff Tambellini has made the move to Europe. The versatile winger registered 17 points with the Canucks last...
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2010 NHL Entry Draft Prospect – Nino Niederreiter
The Hockey Spy’s 2010 NHL Entry Draft Preview – Nino “El Nino” Niederreiter Christopher Ralph is a sportswriter with a focus on hockey prospects, the entry draft, as well as...