WHL Preview and Predictions: Several Contenders, Stellar Rookies Larry Fisher | September 22, 2017 The Regina Pats are hosting the Memorial Cup in 2018. That will make them the team to beat this season. It also means the Western Hockey League will get two…
WHL Playoff Predictions: First Round Favours Higher Seeds Larry Fisher | March 22, 2017 The stage is set for the Western Hockey League playoffs, which promise to be entertaining from start to finish. Despite all that talk about parity last week, there does appear…
WHL Playoffs Offer Plenty of Parity Larry Fisher | March 15, 2017 The Western Hockey League playoff picture probably won’t be clear until the final day of the regular season this weekend. However it shakes out come Sunday night, the postseason promises…
Flyers Prospects Contributing Everywhere Wes Herrmann | March 10, 2017 While the Philadelphia Flyers continue to make a playoff push, many of their prospects have had excellent seasons this year. For the Flyers, and in the case of many NHL…
Gold Medal Game Decided by Shootout Marcy Di Michele | January 6, 2017 The better team doesn’t always prevail in a one-game, winner-take-all affair, especially when that game isn’t decided by actually playing hockey. Such was the case for Team Canada, who was…
World Juniors Medal Predictions Marcy Di Michele | January 5, 2017 It all comes down to this. Four countries, vying for three medals, one looking to be crowned World Junior Champion. In a tournament that is normally fairly predictable, the four best…
7 Standouts From World Juniors Semifinals Dustin Nelson | January 5, 2017 The 2017 World Junior Championship, with its Finnish disaster and potential for Canada to continue its dominance on home ice, is almost at an end. Wednesday’s semifinals carried loads of…
Canada Beats Sweden, Gets Re-Match with USA Marcy Di Michele | January 4, 2017 After the dandy of a game that the Russians and Americans provided us in the first semifinal, we wondered if Canada and Sweden would be able to match it. Though…
Does Canada Have a Chance? Marcy Di Michele | January 3, 2017 If Canada had any semblance of goaltending, the game (or least the score) against the Czech Republic wouldn’t have been nearly as close as it was. Connor Ingram allowed three…
World Juniors Quarter-Final Preview From Montreal Marcy Di Michele | January 1, 2017 The group stage is done, the quarter-finals are ahead. Here’s a look at the match-ups taking place at the Bell Centre in Montreal, including predictions. Be sure to head down…
Facing Off: World Junior Predictions Aplenty Larry Fisher | December 26, 2016 Facing Off is a weekly column debating five of hockey’s hottest topics each and every Monday. From current events like trades and hat tricks to bigger-picture stuff like scandals and expansion —…
Canada’s Road to Gold Marcy Di Michele | December 20, 2016 Sure, it was an only a pre-tournament game. But for Team Canada’s juniors, an opening night thumping of the defending gold medalists had to feel good. Sure, Finland didn’t have…
