Team USA Preview: 2013 Women’s World Championships Gabriella Fundaro | April 2, 2013 The Americans, world champion runner-ups in 2012, have announced their 23-player roster for this year’s tournament in Ottawa, Ontario. The United States will look to avenge their 5-4 overtime loss…
NHL Draft Radar: Team Canada U18 Projected Roster Christopher Ralph | April 1, 2013 Guest post by Eldon MacDonald (edited by Chris Ralph) I thought that I would take a stab at projecting Team Canada’s U18 team for the upcoming U18 World Championship,…
Team Canada Preview: 2013 Women’s World Championships Gabriella Fundaro | March 31, 2013 The hosts and defending world champion Canadians have named their roster for this year’s IIHF World Championships, in Ottawa, Ontario. Hockey Canada settled on their 23-player roster without holding a selection camp, but they did tweak things just a bit from last year’s squad.
2014 Olympic Preview: That’s Right, USA Will Win The Gold Medal Steven Ives | March 19, 2013 Previous Previews: Team Czech Republic Team Finland Team Sweden Team Canada Team Russia In the 2010 Vancouver games, Team USA beat the Canadians in the preliminary round and brought them…
2014 Olympic Hockey Preview: Is Czech Republic Still a Major Power? Steven Ives | March 12, 2013 Back in the old days of Czechoslovakia, the still-fused Czech Republic and Slovakia were a consistent threat to win Olympic gold. Though it also helped to have two of the…
Team Canada: An Early Look at Sochi 2014 Carl Maloney | February 8, 2013 With the Sochi Olympics coming up in a year from now, it’s usually the time where people start keeping an eye on the NHL and an eye on potential candidates…
Swiss Hockey Players Making The News Daniel Schöpf | January 28, 2013 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…
2013: An Olympic Audition for Canadian Goalies Shaheed Devji | January 18, 2013 Going on the assumption that the NHL and NHLPA come to an agreement to send their players to the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia (and yes, that…
International Spotlight: Anders Jespersen Margann Laurissa | January 10, 2013 When Helle Thorning-Schmidt said upon her election as Prime Minister that Denmark needs change, she was probably not talking about hockey. That being said, however, it can relate to the sport, especially in the position of goaltender.
The Case For Trading Nail Yakupov Christopher Ralph | January 10, 2013 Given he has just come off one of his better performances internationally in a bronze-medal winning game over Canada at the 2013 World Juniors, it may seem preposterous that someone…
Team Canada: Epic Failure or Unrealistic Expectations? Carl Maloney | January 7, 2013 Going into the 2013 World Junior Hockey Championships, many teams were going in with high expectations. None more so than Canada, loaded with a number of potential NHL calibre players and…
Highs and Lows for Boston Bruins Prospects at the World Juniors Bob Mand | January 6, 2013 After ten days, four Boston Bruins properties head home after the IIHF 2013 World Junior Championships in Ufa, Russia. Only one future-Bruin earned a medal in the competition – Alex…