Posts About "2012 WJHC"
Zemgus Girgensons - The Next Ones: 2012 NHL Draft Prospect Profile - The Latvian Locomotive
April 8th, 2012 Zemgus Girgensons THW Close-Up: Date of birth: 1/5/1994 Place of birth: Riga, Latvia Ht: 6'2" Wt: 198 lbs Shoots: Left Position: C/RW NHL Entry Draft Eligibility: 2012 He's been drafted by CSKA Moscow of the KHL. He's been drafted by the Kelowna Rockets of the WHL. The only team he REALLYwants to get...
World Juniors: Team Sweden Makes History In Gold Medal Win Over Russia
January 6th, 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 more like: "The Russians are coming, but boy are they tired..." The normally ever explosive Russian forwards like Kuznetsov, Gusev and Yakupov only...
World Juniors: Team Canada Avoid "Murray's Law" Against Finland To Win Bronze
January 6th, 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 to Team Russia. The bronze medal never really seemed in doubt as Canada executed Coach Don Hay's game plan and skated to a 4-0 shutout victory. One has to...
World Juniors Player Spotlight: Evgeny Kuznestsov
December 30th, 2011 Evgeny Kuznetsov Date of birth: May 19, 1992 Place of birth: Chelyabinsk, Russia Ht: 6-0 Wt: 172 Shoots: L Position: Forward (C/W) Drafted by Washington Capitals in 2010 (26th overall) The Hockey Surgeon Team Latvia's goaltender Elvis Merzlikins, after making some superb saves in the first period, must have felt...
Stories from the 2012 WJHC: What Have We Seen From Canada Thus Far?
December 29th, 2011 We've seen two dominating performances by Team Canada to open the 2012 IIHF WJHC, and barring the apocalypse another one tonight against Denmark. It's hard to find fault with a team that has outscored its opponents 13-1, but also difficult to truly gauge the team based on three consecutive games against opponents they, to be frank,...
2012 WJHC: Previewing Finland/US Game
December 28th, 2011 The first game today takes place in Edmonton between the United States and Finland. Based on their reception against Denmark, it's safe to say that the crowd will be very pro-Finland, who look to rebound after getting thumped 8-1 by Canada on the tournament's opening day. In goal for the Fins is Colorado Avalanche prospect Sami...
