Posts About "2014 WJHC"
Connor Brown: A Future Leafs Stud
January 11th, 2015 With their 4-3 win over the Texas Stars Saturday night, the Toronto Marlies extended their current point streak to eight games. And with his 20th assist of the season of Brendan Mikkelson’s second period goal, rookie Connor Brown added to his already impressive first season. Despite the win the Marlies still sit fourth place in...
5 Ways to Lose a World Juniors Tournament
January 7th, 2014 While many will look to the Finns as a blueprint for World Juniors success, we can also learn a lot from the likes of Russia, the United States, Canada and the other countries that came up short as they show us what NOT to do. Play Poor Special Teams "In a tournament like this, it's key to get good power plays and capitalize on...
Rasmus Slays the Giant to Bring Gold to Finland
January 5th, 2014 In an outcome few predicted, Rasmus Ristolainen fired the shot heard around the hockey world to knock off host country Sweden in overtime and deliver a World Junior Championship to Finland. "It feels awesome scoring the game winning goal, but the better feeling is we won and we won the gold," said Ristolainen. "It doesn't matter who...
A Scandinavian Showcase For Gold at World Juniors
January 4th, 2014 A Sweden win against Russia and a Finland win against Canada in the semifinals have the two Scandinavian rivals squaring off for Gold At the World Junior Championship in Malmö, Sweden. Swedish Dansk Moves In their second matchup of the tournament, The Swedes once again edged out the Russians by a final score of 2-1. The big story...
Canada Avoids Trap Game to Advance to WJHC Medal Round
January 3rd, 2014 By defeating the United States on the final day of preliminary play Canada secured the top spot in Group A to end up facing the lowest qualifier of Group B Switzerland. However, as expected, the Swiss were no push over. Canada ground the game out on its way to a 4-1 victory to advance to the medal round. Breaking Down the Trap The...
3 Reasons Team USA Won't Play For a 2014 World Juniors Medal
January 2nd, 2014 In their quarterfinal matchup of the 2014 World Juniors, the United States faced off against Russia this morning. Coming in, the United States had won six of their last seven quarterfinal matchups, but had also never beaten Russia in a playoff game, going 0-4. Something had to give. The result was a frustrating 5-3 loss that...