Future Watch: Ryan Murphy Aaron Hall | January 15, 2012 Most people in the hockey world say there are two kinds of defencemen. The one’s who are stay at home types and the one’s who play offensively. When you watch…
World Juniors: Top 10 2012 NHL Draft Eligible Prospect Performances Part 2: Overagers Christopher Ralph | January 14, 2012 It is no secret the World Junior Hockey Championships provides an outstanding opportunity for scouts to evaluate prospects – both drafted and undrafted. Part 1 of this series highlighted the…
World Juniors: Top 10 2012 NHL Draft Eligible Prospect Performances Christopher Ralph | January 13, 2012 Part 1: First Year NHL 2012 Entry Draft Eligible Prospects It is no secret the World Junior Hockey Championships provides an outstanding opportunity for scouts to evaluate prospects – both…
OHL Trade Deadline Review David OConnor | January 11, 2012 The Ontario Hockey League trade deadline passed on Tuesday. Many teams were busy unloading star players to gain future draft picks and prospects, in particular the teams who were aware…
Mid-Season 2012 NHL Mock Draft Brendan Ross | January 8, 2012 The National Hockey League season is at its midway point and with the Under-20 World Junior Championship recently completed scout’s notebooks are containing a little more information on the upcoming…
The Prospect Panel David OConnor | January 6, 2012 Welcome to the latest of many weekly columns on The Hockey Writers: The Prospect Panel. Each week, three of our prospect writers will be answering your questions, as well as…
World Juniors: Team Sweden Makes History In Gold Medal Win Over Russia Christopher Ralph | January 6, 2012 Calgary – “The Russians are coming!” historic phrase is often burrowed for sports analogies. In the gold medal battle between Sweden and Russia Thursday night at the Saddledome, it was…
Top Prospect Nail Yakupov injures knee, will miss at least a month Fred Poulin | January 6, 2012 Yesterday night, Sweden won World Junior Championship gold for the first time in 31 years with a 1-0 overtime victory over Russia in a tremendous game that saw everything from great…
World Juniors: Team Canada Avoid “Murray’s Law” Against Finland To Win Bronze Christopher Ralph | January 6, 2012 Calgary – For Canada it has always been gold or bust. Gold or nothing. On Thursday night in Calgary, however, bronze helped sooth the wounds of the devastating semifinal loss…
Jonathan Huberdeau: Quebec’s Latest Sensation David OConnor | January 5, 2012 For years, the best ice hockey players in the world came from Quebec. That’s the way it was, and, as much as they wanted to, there was nothing Ontario, Western…
The Comeback That Wasn’t: Another Canada-Russia Epic at the WJHC Andrew Sykes | January 4, 2012 In the blink of an eye, the impossible seemed possible. A game that looked like it would end being one of Canada’s most miserable international defeats nearly became one of of…
World Under-17 Hockey Challenge: Past and Future Stud Players Brendan Ross | January 3, 2012 The hockey world’s eyes have been glued to the ongoing Under-20 World Junior Championship taking place in Alberta but there is some damn good hockey being played in Windsor, Ontario…