Olympics
Team Germany Men’s Roster & Preview for Winter Olympics
February 5th, 2018 Germany has recently published its list of 25 players for the PyeongChang Winter Games, with all the players representing the top Germany league, the DEL. In this aspect, the German roster is similar to the Swiss one - Former NHL forward Marco Sturm, now head coach of the...
Team Switzerland Women’s Roster & Preview for Winter Olympics
February 4th, 2018 The Swiss women are the reigning Olympic bronze medalists from the 2014 Sochi Games. There will be 12 returnees from that particular squad. Guess what? All 12 of them are pretty darn good players, too. They also bring a sense of ownership over the bronze and are prepared to...
Team Unified Korea Women’s Roster & Preview for Winter Olympics
February 2nd, 2018 Women's hockey players are making ginormous strides across the globe. Examples abound: two CWHL teams are now based in China, a billionaire owner purchased the NWHL's Buffalo Beauts, and Team USA women were welcomed into the fold at the 2018 NHL All-Star Game. These are...
Gionta Back in Sabres Pipeline... For a Night
January 30th, 2018 When Sabres captain Brian Gionta finished the 2016-17 season, he had a feeling his chances of returning to the team were remote. The Greece, N.Y. native had just finished a strong season in which he compiled 15 goals and 30 points in 82 games. He skated more than 16 minutes...
Alevtina Shtarëva - A Russian's Journey to PyeongChang
January 29th, 2018 Picture this if you will. In less than two weeks it will be your birthday. You will be turning 21 years old. In many cultures, turning 21 is a momentous age to become. It signifies another step further into adulthood, in more ways than one. Now imagine that you will be...
Team Finland Women’s Roster & Preview for Winter Olympics
January 29th, 2018 Finland's women's Olympic team is truly an extraordinary blend. Incredible goaltending that is among the best (if not the best) at the Games, a few fresh faces representing the upcoming generation, a player in her 40s, and the usual sprinkling of top-end talent. Plain and...
Team Norway Men’s Roster & Preview for Winter Olympics
January 28th, 2018 Norway has recently published its list of 25 players for the PyeongChang Winter Games, only eight of them representing the Norwegian Elite League. This is both good and bad for the domestic league: from one hand, it means that Norway players are competitive and requested...
Team Russia Women’s Roster & Preview for Winter Olympics
January 28th, 2018 Make no mistake—Russian athletes deserve every opportunity to represent their country at the Winter Olympics. Certainly just as much as any other nation. While there are mixed sentiments on the participation of Russia in the 2018 Games, it is hard to swallow the fact that...
Team Czech Republic Men's Roster & Preview for Winter Olympics
January 27th, 2018 Of the 25 players that the Czech Republic has named to their men's roster for the PyeongChang Winter Games, 16 of them are players from Kontinental Hockey League teams. While not as many as some of the other teams who will be playing in South Korea, the Czechs do have their...
Rebecca Johnston - a Canadian's Journey to Pyeongchang
January 26th, 2018 Even as you are reading this article, the athletes are making their way to South Korea. Plenty of them are there already and getting acquainted with their new confines. Seeing familiar faces and shaking the hands of new ones. The 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics officially...
Who Would You Start? Fleury or Price?
January 23rd, 2018 Forget all the dream matchups...men's hockey in South Korea will look and feel vastly different compared to years past. The NHL has, as we all know, elected to take a pass on the 2018 Olympics – the last time such an event occurred? 1994. Instead, the 2018 Winter...
Team Japan Women’s Roster & Preview for Winter Olympics
January 22nd, 2018 At a quick glance, the most noticeable aspect of the Japan's women's hockey team that has been named for the PyeongChang Winter Games is that the roster bears players with substantial professional experience - an NWHL alum in net, along with a few CWHL players. This will...
Team Slovenia Men’s Roster & Preview for Winter Olympics
January 20th, 2018 When it comes to the Slovenia men's hockey team that will be playing in PyeongChang '18, it is a glass-half-empty, glass-half-full type of situation. The optimistic approach is that all of the teams taking part in this year's Winter Olympics do not have current NHL players...
