Patrick O’Sullivan and What Should Have Been Sheng Peng | October 4, 2012 A week ago, former NHL top prospect Patrick O’Sullivan quietly signed with a Finnish team, HIFK Helsinki. It would be easy to see this move as just another disappointing twist…
Canadian World Juniors Benefit from NHL Lockout Brendan Ross | October 3, 2012 The 2005 Canadian Under-20 World Junior team was dubbed the “best world junior team ever assembled” as Hockey Canada had the opportunity to handpick the nation’s best junior eligible players…
International Spotlight: Emīls Potāpovs Margann Laurissa | September 30, 2012 It seems almost stereotypical to think of how many young hockey players, several of them from small towns, get their starts on frozen ponds or rivers, hoping to make their…
Is Yakky Back? Making Sense of the Yakupov Situation Brendan Ross | September 27, 2012 Over the past few days, Nail Yakupov has been making headlines after receiving word that he was suspended from playing in any more Kontinental Hockey League games until further notice.…
Patric Hornqvist to play in Sweden, other moves David Schauer | September 25, 2012 While St. Louis’ Patrik Berglund will be playing for no salary in Sweden, he’ll see some familiar faces: NHL Central Division rivals Patric Hornqvist and Roman Josi. All three…
Tyler Seguin, Logan Couture And Jason Spezza Join Nash, Thornton In The Swiss NLA During NHL Lockout Daniel Schöpf | September 22, 2012 After the news broke last week of Rick Nash and Joe Thornton rejoining HC Davos during the NHL lockout, the same team they played for in 2004/5, other North-American players…
NHL Lockout Rumblings: Mark Streit, Roman Josi To SC Bern? Rick Nash, Joe Thornton Back To Davos? Daniel Schöpf | September 16, 2012 With the NHL lockout now in place, rumblings in the Swiss media have begun about the influx of NHL players into the Swiss NLA. In 2004/5, the NLA saw around 43…
The Hockey Writers Live Says Hello, Sunday night at 8pm ET! Chris Wassel | September 15, 2012 It is nearly that time. In just a few short days, we unleash THW Live on the sports podcasting world. There are so many people to thank, including The Hockey…
2012 NHL Draft Follow-Up: Joonas Korpisalo Margann Laurissa | September 13, 2012 When we here at The Hockey Writers first profiled Joonas Korpisalo three months ago, he was eagerly anticipating the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. He went into the draft in Pittsburgh…
International Spotlight: Filip Ćurković Margann Laurissa | September 1, 2012 English poet Robert Browning (1812-1889) once wrote, “Ambition is not what man does… but what man would do.” Even though Browning died nearly 100 years before Filip Ćurković was born, he…
NHL Lockout Rumors: Russian Edition James Gazzale | August 31, 2012 Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeny Malkin will play in the KHL this season should there be a NHL work stoppage. Talking to Russian Sport-Express newspaper, Malkin said he would return to…
The ZSC Lions Sign Ex-NHL Players And Coaches For New NLA Season Daniel Schöpf | August 26, 2012 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…