2018 NHL Draft Consensus Rankings – Mid-Season Edition Ryan Pike | January 28, 2018 We’re midway through the 2017-18 hockey season and the players eligible for the 2018 National Hockey League entry draft have played a significant number of games. Several of them have…
Smith, Veleno Named Captains at CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game Andrew Forbes | January 18, 2018 With the rosters already set for the 23rd annual Sherwin-Williams CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game, there was still some logistics that needed to be determined – with one of them being…
Pike’s Picks: 2018 NHL Draft Rankings – January Edition Ryan Pike | January 15, 2018 The calendar has flipped over from 2017 to 2018. Most junior teams have played in excess of 40 games, so there’s a fairly large recent sample size from which to…
2018 NHL Draft Ranking: January’s Top-31 Brett Slawson | January 1, 2018 The 2017-18 NHL season could very well come to be defined as the year of the rookie. Not only is the current campaign nearly half over with each and every…
Facing Off: 18 Thoughts on 2018 WJC Larry Fisher | December 26, 2017 Tis the season where, to many, Christmas Day is viewed as World Juniors’ Eve. The annual under-20 world championship, taking place in Buffalo, N.Y., from Boxing Day through Jan. 5,…
2018 NHL Draft Prospects at the World Juniors Ryan Pike | December 26, 2017 The annual World Junior Hockey Championship is an under-20 tournament, so typically it’s dominated by 18 and 19-year-old players who have already been selected by clubs in the annual National…
2018 WJC Team Russia Final Roster for Buffalo Nathaniel Oliver | December 26, 2017 The Russians aren’t coming — they’re already here, and are poised once more to make a medal run in Buffalo. Will it be another repeat of 2011 when Russia took…
Pike’s Picks: 2018 NHL Draft Rankings – November Edition Ryan Pike | November 13, 2017 The 2017-18 hockey season is well underway, with the majority of professional, major-junior and collegiate leagues already well into their regular season schedules. As such, many of the players vying…
2018 NHL Draft Rankings: Slawson’s November Edition Devin Slawson | November 8, 2017 Just a little less than eight months away from the 2018 NHL Draft, we are beginning to see a fairly consistent top 31 around the majority of scouting outlets. Although…
OHL Power Rankings: Owen Sound Attacking on All Fronts Andrew Forbes | October 17, 2017 With the continued growth of junior hockey coverage here at The Hockey Writers, some of our most tenured OHL writers decided to band together to deliver our readers some power…
2018 NHL Draft: Fisher’s Top 93 Preseason Rankings Larry Fisher | September 16, 2017 I don’t typically publish my preseason rankings, but I just couldn’t contain my enthusiasm for the 2018 draft class. It’s shaping up to be elite and deep — stacked throughout…
Russian Rebuild: Colts Aim for Playoffs Joel Vanderlaan | September 14, 2017 Last season marked the first time since 2010-11 that the Barrie Colts missed the Ontario Hockey League playoffs; both times the club finished in last place. In 2011, the Colts…