Alex Hobson
Broadcasting Student at Niagara College. Born and raised Leafs fan since 2005, but fan of the sport in general. Also an avid guitarist.
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Avalanche Experimenting With New Lines at 2020-21 Training Camp
January 4th, 2021 As the World Juniors wrap up this week, hockey fans will only have eight more days to kill before the NHL season is officially underway. The Colorado Avalanche have four prospects representing them at the tournament while the current team began training camp on Sunday. In this article, we'll be focusing on the NHLers over the...
2021 World Juniors Were a Transition Year for Team Switzerland
January 3rd, 2021 The 2021 World Juniors continue on Monday following the quarterfinals on Saturday. Canada, USA, Russia, and Finland all punched a ticket to the semifinals while Sweden, Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Germany all packed their bags. If we're going to talk about Team Switzerland, their tournament went just about how I expected it would....
Newhook Leads Avalanche Prospects in 2021 WJC Preliminary Round
January 2nd, 2021 We're officially through Phase 1 of the holiday season. When I say Phase 1, I mean the preliminary round. And when I say holiday season, I mean the World Junior Championship (WJC). Because to any hockey fan, the tournament IS the holiday season. The excitement of the tournament has been delivered as advertised. We've seen our share of...
3 Takeaways From Team Switzerland's 4-1 Loss to Team Finland
December 28th, 2020 The 2021 World Juniors are well underway and so far, the excitement of everyone's favourite holiday tradition has been delivered as advertised. Canada blew out Germany 16-2, and the United States followed up their 5-3 loss to Russia on Christmas Day with an 11-0 blowout of their own against Austria. Team Switzerland, on the other...
Kitchener Rangers' All-Time World Junior Lineup
December 26th, 2020 The World Junior Championship kicked off Friday and I think it's safe to say that at least 90% of hockey fans look forward to the holidays for this very reason. And while the tournament usually starts on Boxing Day, fans were treated to a collective Christmas present from the schedule makers. This year, the show started on Christmas Day...
2021 World Junior Championship Team Switzerland Final Roster
December 25th, 2020 Team Switzerland enters the 2021 World Junior Championship coming off of two of the best performances in the nation's tenure at the tournament. Finishing fifth place in last year's tournament and fourth place the year before, the Swiss found themselves finishing higher than household names like Team Canada and Team Sweden in 2019 and...
