Posts About "Alexis Lafrenière"
2020 NHL Draft: Fisher’s Top 124 Preseason Rankings
August 12th, 2019 Recency bias can be a real thing. That is the risk in holding off until after the Hlinka Gretzky Cup to publish my preseason rankings for the 2020 NHL draft. However, that summer under-18 tournament is also the first best-on-best showcase of the draft year and thus a key evaluation tool in seeing how the top talents perform amongst...
2019 World Juniors: Canada’s Depth Outshines Czechs’ Stars
December 30th, 2018 VANCOUVER — Canada is firing on all cylinders, attacking in waves and getting contributions from everyone. Even their 13th forward, who also happens to be their youngest player. Alexis Lafrenière, who isn’t eligible for the NHL draft until 2020, burst out of Tim Hunter’s doghouse and onto the scoresheet with his first goal and...
Alexis Lafreniere No Underdog for Canadian Juniors
December 21st, 2018 VANCOUVER — Alexis Lafreniere isn't thinking much about the elite class he's about to join — he just wants to play hockey. The 17-year-old will be Team Canada's youngest player at the world junior hockey championship next week. Few athletes have made t...
Alexis Lafreniere Looking Like a Future NHL Star
November 22nd, 2018 TORONTO — Serge Beausoleil might be the head coach of the Rimouski Oceanic, but even he can feel like a student when forward Alexis Lafreniere hits the ice. "Sometimes I have to shut my mouth, I don't want to put him in a ...
5 Standouts from Hlinka Gretzky Cup
August 13th, 2018 There were no shortage of stellar performances at this year’s Hlinka Gretzky Cup, which didn’t disappoint in terms of entertainment value as the annual summer under-18 tournament played out in primetime from Edmonton for the first time. It wasn’t without some controversy, with the United States getting robbed of a chance to play...
Hlinka Gretzky Cup: Canada & USA Paths to the Semifinals
August 10th, 2018 With Team Canada's dramatic defeat of Sweden on Wednesday night, they propelled themselves to the Hlinka Gretzky Cup semifinal as the top seed in Group A. This pins them against a United States squad who were shell-shocked by an overall deeper team in that of the Russians, who routed the Americans by a score of 8-3 on...
