Posts About "2019 WJHC"
World Junior Championship: Finals Preview
January 5th, 2019 The dust has settled. The finals are set. The World Junior Championship will come to an end on Saturday, and all the drama will be over. It's been a terrific tournament so far, with huge upsets, surprising superstars and prized prospects making a name for themselves. Now, the United States and Finland, the two teams that have...
Canucks Prospect Pipeline: Tyler Madden
January 4th, 2019 Another member of the Vancouver Canucks' stacked prospect pipeline is Tyler Madden of the Northeastern Huskies in the NCAA. Madden is a prospect who has been overshadowed by names like Quinn Hughes, Olli Juolevi and Michael DiPietro, among others, but his name has been surfacing more of late. With the 2019 IIHF World...
World Junior Championship: Semifinal Preview
January 4th, 2019 In our preview of the World Junior Championship quarterfinals, we suggested that upsets were a real possibility. And the upsets came in droves on Wednesday, with arguably the two best teams of the tournament, Canada and Sweden, being eliminated. Now, the semifinals are upon us, and it's anyone's tournament. There will be three games...
Finland Dumps Canada From WJC in OT
January 3rd, 2019 VANCOUVER — Toni Utunen scored 5:17 into overtime as Finland shocked Canada 2-1 on Wednesday in a dramatic quarterfinal at the world junior hockey championship. Utunen's teammate Aleksi Heponiemi forced the extra time with just 47 seconds left in ...
World Junior Championship: Quarterfinal Preview
January 2nd, 2019 The dust has settled on the first week of World Junior Championship action, and we now know who will play whom in a single elimination tournament, as well as which two teams will move on to a three-game series for relegation. Wednesday may be the best day of WJC action, as there will five games on the docket. Let's take a...
Growing Fangs: College Prospects & World Juniors
December 31st, 2018 "Growing Fangs" is a monthly article in which I write about the state of the Nashville Predators' farm system and how individual prospects are performing. I wrote the first installment in November when I introduced some of the team's most-touted prospects. Starting with this month, and continuing in subsequent months, the articles will...
