World Cup
Red Wings World Cup Takeaways
October 1st, 2016 Now that the 2016 World Cup of Hockey is over, the participating Detroit Red Wings players are set to join their teammates for the remainder of the preseason. Team Europe forwards Tomas Tatar, Frans Nielsen, and Thomas Vanek were the last to be eliminated, having lost to...
World Cup Champs: Canada on Top of the Hockey World
September 30th, 2016 It was never in doubt. Okay, actually it was. For two periods, and 17 minutes of the third, Team Europe suffocated, stymied and smothered Team Canada, who looked disjointed and discombobulated. Once the Europeans got a goal early in the first period, they shut things down...
How'd the Habs Do at World Cup of Hockey?
September 30th, 2016 In total, the Montreal Canadiens had six representatives at the World Cup of Hockey. Carey Price and Shea Weber suited up for Team Canada, Andrei Markov and Alexei Emelin for Team Russia, Max Pacioretty for Team USA and Tomas Plekanec for Team Czech Republic. The World Cup...
World Cup Has Impact on OHL
September 30th, 2016 The second week of OHL action began Wednesday night when the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds traveled to Windsor to take on the Spitfires. In this contest alone, the Spitfires were missing Julius Nattinen (ANA), Logan Stanley (WPG) and Mikhail Sergachev (MTL), all to NHL...The Unstoppable Team Canada
September 30th, 2016 If there was ever any doubt that Team Canada was the most dominant hockey nation in the world, those doubts can now officially be put to rest. Before the World Cup of Hockey started, in one of my original pieces I posed the question of whether or not Team Canada would...
Do Fans Care About World Cup?
September 29th, 2016 The Air Canada Centre was sold out for game one of the World Cup of Hockey final, but the empty seats were evidence that not everyone actually attended. On the television side, the ratings on Sportsnet were only slightly higher than the Toronto Blue Jays game, which was...
Team Europe Proving They Have NHL Players Too
September 28th, 2016 With all the excitement that has surrounded the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, the underdogs in Team Europe have surprised everyone and advanced to the best-of-three final series, where they will face perennial favorite Team Canada. Inspiring small hockey countries like Mexico...
Canada One Win Away From the World Cup, But Just Barely
September 28th, 2016 Don't let the Europeans hang around. That was the game plan for Team Canada. But, rather than take advantage of the dominant puck possession they had in the first period, the Canadians didn't press for more and got sloppy. Bad turnovers and dropped passes allowed Team...
Lanny McDonald, the World Cup and Dreams of Playing Hockey
September 27th, 2016 With the hype that surrounded the revamped World Cup of Hockey leading up to the middle of this month, it seemed only fitting that Scotiabank would release arguably one of the best hockey commercials in recent memory. The commercial - part of the bank’s fifth season...
2 Penguins at the World Cup
September 27th, 2016 The Pittsburgh Penguins sent six of their players to play in this year's World Cup of Hockey. Four of them played in the semifinals; one of them will be playing in the finals this week. This is a profile of two of those players, both of whom are key in the Pittsburgh...
Facing Off: World Cup Winding Down, But Who’s Winning?
September 26th, 2016 Facing Off is a weekly column debating five of hockey’s hottest topics each and every Monday. From current events like trades and hat tricks to bigger-picture stuff like scandals and expansion — you name it, we’re debating it. Albeit, not always with a serious tone....World Cup Final: Guaranteed Win or Trap for Canada
September 26th, 2016 For a few moments, one minute and 12 seconds to be precise, it almost felt as though Team Canada was toying with the Team Russia. For all the Canadian faithful, it felt as though their country might *gasp* lose. But this is Team Canada we're talking about. After falling...
Swedish Roster for World Cup 2020?
September 26th, 2016 After a disappointing performance in the knock-out stage against Team Europe, the Swedes got sent off in the World Cup of Hockey before they ever got to reach the summit of their own expectations. But there's really no use in dwelling on that surprising semifinal loss;...