Lafrenière: Big Season Ahead for Potential First-Overall Pick Josh Bell | August 17, 2019 With the 2019-20 regular season getting closer, there are already many eyes looking ahead to the extremely talented 2020 NHL Entry Draft. While it’s still a full season away, Rimouski…
2020 NHL Draft: Fisher’s Top 124 Preseason Rankings Larry Fisher | August 12, 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.…
2019 World Juniors: Canada’s Depth Outshines Czechs’ Stars Larry Fisher | December 30, 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,…
Alexis Lafreniere No Underdog for Canadian Juniors The Canadian Press | December 21, 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 The Canadian Press | November 22, 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 Larry Fisher | August 13, 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…
Hlinka Gretzky Cup: Canada & USA Paths to the Semifinals Drew Johnson | August 10, 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…
Projecting Canada’s World Junior Roster Larry Fisher | August 10, 2018 Once the World Junior Summer Showcase wrapped up in Kamloops, everybody in the hockey world turned their attention to the inaugural Hlinka Gretzky Cup under-18 tournament in Edmonton. That included…
Hlinka Gretzky Cup: Canadian Domination Drew Johnson | August 8, 2018 What the Canadians have done thus far is quite simply remarkable. The Hlinka Gretzky Cup, which is being held from Aug. 6-11 in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta, pins eight…
Meet the NHL’s Next Superstar Brett Slawson | January 30, 2018 The last time the Rimouski Oceanic held the first overall selection in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League Entry Draft, they used the choice to nab a young phenom by…