Posts About "2013 WJHC"
US World Under-18 Roster Headlined by Draft Eligibles
April 12th, 2013 Coming off four-straight gold medals at the World Under-18 Championships, the United States have selected the 23-man roster that will attempt to make it five straight first place finishes. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) annual World U-18 tournament is scheduled to commence on April 18th in Sochi, Russia when ten countries...
NHL Draft Radar: Team Canada U18 Projected Roster
April 1st, 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, commencing April 18th , 2013 in Sochi, Russia. http://twitter.com/hockeyprospect/status/316625102336839681 First, I reviewed all the CHL teams that...
Steve Spott: A Chat With Kitchener Rangers GM & Head Coach
March 5th, 2013 Steve Spott was born on May 18, 1968 in Toronto, Ontario. He played for Colgate University from 1986 until 1990 where he had 148 points in 121 games. He then played for the Richmond Renegades of the ECHL for 27 games in the 1990-91 campaign where he had 28 points. For the rest of the season he played for the Newmarket Saints of the AHL...
Highs and Lows for Boston Bruins Prospects at the World Juniors
January 6th, 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 Khokhlahev of Russia – though all four prospects participated in the Bronze-medal game (three for Team Canada came up short). While each player...
2013 WJCs: Individual Winners and Losers
January 6th, 2013 With a dramatic close of the curtain, the 2013 World Junior Hockey Championships from Ufa, Russia, are at an end. The terrific brand of hockey that these ten nations displayed couldn't have been a more welcomed sight to hungry hockey fans. While NHL arenas are still solemn and darkened, the AHL still very much a regional entity and the...
John Gibson Golden as Team USA Wins 2013 World Junior Championship
January 5th, 2013 John Gibson and his mesmerizing play carried Team USA to a 3-1 gold medal victory over Team Sweden in the 2013 World Junior Championship Saturday morning. Team USA won their second IIHF U-20 World Junior Championship in the last four years. No one was more responsible for Team USA’s gold medal celebration than Gibson. Gibson...
2013 WJC: Canada’s Loss To Team USA Alarming
January 3rd, 2013 In what was supposed to be an epic battle, the United States easily dismissed Team Canada at the 2013 World Junior Championships today, embarrassing head coach Steve Spott and the Canadian squad by a final score of 5-1. American Defenseman Jake McCabe scored two goals in the first period, while forward John Gaudreau (who was coming...
Learning How To Succeed At The WJHC
December 29th, 2012 When you think championship team, you think star athletes. You think about all the parts that contribute to the cliched well oiled machine. In the NHL there are many parts that have to thrive in every scenario. For starters, you have to have three effective and dominant lines up front that can score, and defend. You need three...
2013 World Junior Championship Predictions
December 25th, 2012 Check out Shawn Reznik's predictions for the the 2013 World Junior Hockey Championships. You may be suprised about his gold medal prediction.
World Juniors 2013: Team Canada – The Defencemen and Goaltenders
December 21st, 2012 Rise and shine, Canada. Given the defensive talent on this team, Team Canada should be worth getting up bright and early for. Let’s take a look at Canada’s defencemen and goaltenders in the second article of a two-part series.
Mikael Wikstrand: The Lone Senators Prospect in Ufa
December 20th, 2012 With the NHL lockout on the verge of dragging into 2013, one of the events that has been circled on the calendars of starved hockey fans for some time is the upcoming 2013 World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, Russia. And while many are excited for a pre-dawn wake up call to support this year's crop of talented U20's, the serious...
World Juniors 2013: Team Canada - The Forwards
December 18th, 2012 Rise and shine, Canada. Given the offensive talent on this team, they should be worth getting up bright and early for. Let's take a look at Canada's forwards in the first article of a two-part series.
Alex Galchenyuk Primed for World Junior Dominance
December 16th, 2012 Just a few miles from the US-Canada border, Montreal Canadiens’ prospect Alex Galchenyuk, an American slated to star for Team USA in the upcoming 2013 World Junior Hockey Championships in Ufa, Russia, entered the Christmas break on an absolute tear after recording five goals and eight points in his two weekend games. In a 7-4...
