The ending of the dreadful NHL lockout will result in a shift in focus for the majority of hockey fans and followers, leaving marvelous memories from the 2013 World Juniors Hockey Championships in Ufa in the dust (or snow). Nevertheless, in the spirit of CBC’s incomparable Elliotte Friedman’s 30 thoughts, here are my final thoughts ...
In the blink of an eye, the impossible seemed possible. A game that looked like it would end being one of Canada’s most miserable international defeats nearly became one of of their most heroic moments. Just one more goal. Had they been able to score just one more goal, even Jordan Eberle’s game-tying heroics in the ...
Even though it will come a game earlier than the gold medal game, the semi-final matchup between Canada and Russia is without question the most highly anticipated game of the 2012 World Junior Hockey Championship. A rematch of last year’s final and the greatest rivalry in international hockey, the two countries are set to face-off ...
Through two games at the 2012 World Junior Hockey Championships, the best line for Team Canada, and in the tournament, has been the line of Mark Stone, Ryan Strome and Jonathan Huberdeau. In Canada’s 8-1 trouncing of Finland in the tournament opener, the line combined for a remarkable 12 points and scored five of the ...
And just like that a decision that wasn’t really a decision at all became, well, a decision. After last night’s 5-3 loss to Sweden in team Canada’s final tune-up for the World Junior Hockey Championship, head coach Don Hay will likely spend the next two days mulling over which goalie he will elect to start ...
Team Canada: 30 Years Of The Game At Its Best is an invigorating look at Hockey Canada’s highly successful Program of Excellence.
The hockey team at Boston University suffered it’s second major loss this week in what has been a tumultuous four days for the program. Just four days earlier the team dismissed their leading scorer Corey Trivino after the senior forward was arrested Sunday night on suspicions that he broke into a female student’s room and proceeded to grope her ...
Hockey Canada announced the 22 players who will represent Canada at the 2012 World Junior Hockey Championships and while those 22 lucky young men are sure to be feeling a great deal of elation right now, the players who weren’t so lucky are sure to be dealing with a terrible feeling of dejection. Here are ...
One of the more unheralded players heading into Team Canada’s selection camp, Phil Di Giuseppe made an excellent first impression on day 1 of the camp. A freshman at the University of Michigan, Di Giuseppe had a hand in two of team White’s goals in their 3-2 win over Red in the opening intra-squad game. ...
As was being speculated for the past week or so, Brett Connolly of the Tampa Bay Lightning and Devante Smith-Pelly of the Anaheim Ducks have indeed been loaned out by their respective organizations to play for team Canada at the upcoming World Junior Hockey Championships. While the likes of Tyler Seguin, Jeff Skinner, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and ...
