Posts About "2016 World Cup of Hockey"
Tape2Tape: Marchand, The NHL's Super Villain
December 15th, 2016 Nowadays, most of us have seen a good old superhero movie. I mean, you can’t really go to the theatre anymore without there being a Marvel or DC Comic film playing. And for every superhero, there has to be some kind of villain. Now, for those of you who haven’t seen a superhero flick, I’m about to spoil some of the plot line for...
NHL Makes Right Play with Latest Commercial
October 5th, 2016 While the World Cup of Hockey was met with mixed reviews, the NHL's marketing around the event and its ability to relate it back to its original product offering (the NHL season) is spot on. Check out the After They Play for the World, They Play for You spot: Creating an Integrated Message As you can see, the NHL not only...
Stamkos Needs to Rebound from World Cup
October 3rd, 2016 Steven Stamkos was one of 23 Canadians who received the honour of representing Canada at the World Cup of Hockey in Toronto these past few weeks, carrying out a young hockey player’s dream of one day donning the red and white maple leaf for a country that lives and breathes for the game of hockey. Unfortunately, Stamkos’...
Red Wings World Cup Takeaways
October 1st, 2016 Now that the 2016 World Cup of Hockey is over, the participating Detroit Red Wings players are set to join their teammates for the remainder of the preseason. Team Europe forwards Tomas Tatar, Frans Nielsen, and Thomas Vanek were the last to be eliminated, having lost to tournament host Canada and Mike Babcock. Even with captain...
Black N' Gold Hockey Podcast: Marchand, Training Camp and World Cup
September 27th, 2016 The Latest From the THW Podcast Channel In Episode 25 of the Black N' Gold Hockey podcast hosts Mark Allred and Rob Tomlin break down the latest Boston Bruins headlines. The duo starts with the big news of the Brad Marchand extension, then the details of Bruins training camp by reviewing the Peter Mueller PTO, the Frank Vatrano...
Lanny McDonald, the World Cup and Dreams of Playing Hockey
September 27th, 2016 With the hype that surrounded the revamped World Cup of Hockey leading up to the middle of this month, it seemed only fitting that Scotiabank would release arguably one of the best hockey commercials in recent memory. The commercial - part of the bank’s fifth season initiative aimed to connect young players with the great game of...
Vegas Hockey Podcast: Atlantic Division, UNLV and World Cup
September 26th, 2016 The Latest From the THW Podcast Channel In the latest episode of the Vegas Hockey Podcast hosts Mark Warner and Chris Lizza preview the Atlantic Division. The duo is joined by Dana Lane, the play by play man for the NCAA UNLV Rebels, and The Hockey Writers' own Andrew Forbes to break down the Atlantic Division as well as discuss UNLV...
Sweden Shouldn't Take Europe Lightly
September 25th, 2016 Team Sweden earned first place in Group B at the World Cup of Hockey thanks to their defeat of Team Russia in game one of the tournament. In doing that, they stayed away from Team Canada in the semi-finals, earned a greater chance of advancing to the final series and instead drew the newly-formed Team Europe in the lead-up match to the...
Is Team Russia up to the Challenge?
September 24th, 2016 On Thursday afternoon, Team Russia secured their ticket to the semifinal in the World Cup of Hockey with a convincing defeat over Team Finland. They knocked out Team North America by beating Finland in regulation time with a Vladimir Tarasenko goal and a Sergei Bobrovsky shutout. After a shaky first game of the tournament against Team...
PrimeSport - Make Sure You Check This Out
September 24th, 2016 Before the semifinal and final games begin at the World Cup of Hockey in Toronto this weekend, there will be plenty going on around the city. This includes the Scotiabank World Cup of Hockey Fan Village, concerts and other events to prepare hockey fans for the exciting week of hockey ahead. However, speaking from personal experience,...
Beyond The Blade Podcast: World Cup, Sabres Prospects & Predictions
September 22nd, 2016 The Latest From the THW Podcast Channel In Episode 16 - Hockey Season hosts Chad DeDominicis and Bill Schake discuss the start of the hockey season with the exciting World Cup of Hockey. The duo then talks about the Sabres outcome from the Prospects Challenge over the weekend, and last but not least, the guys make some player...
Team North America Focused on Sweden
September 21st, 2016 Coming into the tournament the hockey world was undecided on whether or not it was a good idea to have the under-24 North American group as part of an international competition. At least that’s how it seemed for the most part. However, three days into the tournament, the North American had provided one of the most exciting games...
It's Do or Die for Team USA
September 20th, 2016 Tuesday night could be the last night of Team USA's 2016 World Cup tournament. After coming into the World Cup as one of the favourites to win, Team USA is on the brink of elimination at the hands of their rivals, Team Canada. Team USA came into the tournament with one goal: to beat Team Canada. They specifically built the team to...
