Posts About "Cal Foote"
Tri-City, Kelowna Series Features Future NHLers
March 28th, 2018 There’s no shortage of star power and firepower on display in the Western Hockey League’s first-round playoff matchup between the Tri-City Americans and Kelowna Rockets. On paper, in comparing the rosters, this is a series fitting of a conference final, and both these teams could be considered Memorial Cup contenders. Tri-City...
Lightning Top 4 Prospects 2018
March 7th, 2018 After making a major futures trade for Ryan McDonagh and J.T. Miller at the 2018 trade deadline, the Tampa Bay Lightning's prospects pool has experienced one of its biggest shake-ups in recent memory. While Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman tends to hold futures close to his heart, this year he traded two top prospects,...
Lightning Well-Represented at 2018 World Juniors
January 4th, 2018 The Tampa Bay Lightning have yet another big showing at the World Juniors. This year, the Lightning are represented by five talented prospects. Four of them play for Canada (Cal Foote, Taylor Raddysh, Boris Katchouk, and Brett Howden), more than any NHL team. Meanwhile, defenseman Libor Hajek was selected to play for his home country the...
Lind & Phillips Still Cheering for Canada at World Juniors
January 3rd, 2018 Rivals in the Western Hockey League, the bond between Dillon Dube and Matthew Phillips has been well documented — both from Calgary and drafted by their hometown Flames. Now, Phillips and Kole Lind have something in common too — both coming up short in their quest to crack Canada’s roster for the ongoing World Junior...Cal Foote: Canada's 'Mr. Steadfast' at the WJC
December 29th, 2017 Everyone saw the save. How could you have missed it? With Canada up 4-2 in the third period against the Finns, mere inches preserved their two-goal lead. Goaltender Carter Hart made the initial save, but the puck tumbled in behind him. As it continued to make its way to the goal line, a superhero of sorts came out nowhere. If there...
World Juniors Day Two: 5 Takeaways
December 28th, 2017 With only two games on the schedule for Day Two of the 2018 World Junior Championships, it was a lighter day of hockey in Buffalo. The two games themselves - Belarus against Switzerland, and Canada against Slovakia - ended up being key performance indicators for all four teams who played. Belarus and Canada did not have any luxury, as...
