Posts About "2014 Winter Olympics"
The Golden Touch: Carey Price's Excellence Since Sochi
March 20th, 2015 Since the Olympic break last year, Carey Price has been the best goalie in the entire world. It's not very hard to imagine why. On last year's Canadian mens Olympic hockey team there were 8 NHL captains and 7 NHL alternate captains. They had a locker room filled with experience, skill and leadership. As Price said at the time, "I...
Canada to Blame for USA's Meltdowns
January 3rd, 2015 Team USA saw their World Juniors hopes come to an end Friday after losing their quarterfinal match to Russia 3-2. The game was close and ultimately decided by a fluky goal on a bouncing shot by Sergei Tolchinski. The loss means that a potential rematch of the Connor McDavid-Jack Eichel saga has been put to bed. Though Russia deserves...
Hit Somebody! Top 10 Roughest NHL Hits of 2014
December 24th, 2014 As the year winds to a close, it’s time to reflect on the big goals, saves, and hits that make hockey so exciting. In 2014, NHL fans enjoyed a snow-capped Winter Classic with an attendance of 105, 491. Team Canada won gold in the 2014 Sochi Olympics, shutting out Sweden for a 3-0 win. Southern California even saw its first successful...
"Growing The Game" in the Desert
April 10th, 2014 A New Beginning During the past four seasons of NHL hockey, the Phoenix Coyotes, and their fans have been through some highs, and lows. On July 2, 2013 hockey, as we know it in the state of Arizona was resurrected from the ashes that could have been. Glendale, Ariz city council members voted 4-3 in favor of the new arena lease...
Claude Giroux, Philadelphia's 'Hart' & Soul
April 3rd, 2014 It wasn't so long ago that Claude Giroux was the butt of all golf jokes. After stumbling out of the gate due in large part to a freak accident on a golf course, the Flyers captain now finds his name in the Hart Trophy discussion. Even more important to Giroux, the Flyers are now in the thick of a playoff push. And after all Giroux has...
Team Austria's Crisis During the Olympics
March 10th, 2014 Team Austria has definitely not fared well in the recent Sochi Olympics. This is obvious not only because the team has not qualified for the quarterfinals. The team has also revealed psychological unpreparedness for the top tournaments. Moreover, many of Austria’s star performers have showed themselves lacking in professionalism, to...
Tweet for Gold: The Seven Best NHL Tweets Sent From Sochi
March 1st, 2014 Twitter gave the world a special look at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia—and the view wasn’t always pretty. The Twitter handle @Sochi_Problem documented all of the Olympic’s “whoopsie” moments, from bobsledders locked in elevators to stray dogs in a journalist’s hotel room. But for every Tweet reminding us that it only...
Phil Kessel: Proving He's at the Top
February 26th, 2014 Even though the results weren’t what they wanted, the Kessel name garnered quite the reputation at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. A two-player effort, it's the older half that stepped up his play on the big stage becoming an international household name. With Amanda and Phil both showing off their scoring...
What to Expect from Your St. Louis Blues, Post Sochi
February 26th, 2014 The Blues have a healthy mix of elated and deflated Olympians who've just returned from across the world, 4 of them with some quality hardware. Now that everyone is back from Sochi and in St. Louis it's time to get back to the daily grind, and to get focused on the playoffs which are quickly approaching. Here's a look at what you...
Teemu Selanne: Still surprising in Sochi
February 24th, 2014 Looking back on the Olympic men’s hockey tournament, which wrapped up yesterday with another gold for Team Canada, there were more surprises than I expected. I touted Oliver Ekman-Larsson as a guy who’d finally gain recognition on the world stage, solidifying himself as a top-10 defender on the planet. Wrong. He was somehow...
5 Ducks Come Back to Anaheim With Olympic Hardware
February 24th, 2014 Before we commend our Ducks on their fine work in Sochi, let's all give a hearty round of applause for the Canadians, Swedes and Finns for their dilligent work. Also, let's not forget about the American squad who looked so dominant in the preliminary round and fought a hard match against Canada, which seemed to deflate them entirely...
Team Canada's Gold Defence: How They Silenced the Critics
February 24th, 2014 Team Canada was under heavy scrutiny in the months and years leading up to the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Many fans and analysts questioned whether the goaltending would be good enough to win gold. At the summer orientation camp there were jokes made regarding the ball hockey and walk-throughs the players were doing under head coach Mike...
The Importance of the Empty Netter
February 24th, 2014 Hockey is a unique sport. There isn't another sport (maybe with the exception of Soccer) where you can take a player off the playing surface and add an attacker. But in hockey, the team down a man is just a clear shot away from putting a puck in the net and icing the game. If you were a player, wouldn't you want to take the opportunity...
