Posts About "Hockey Canada"
No NHL Draft Guarantees for Canada's Hlinka Hopefuls
July 30th, 2017 For players dreaming of being selected in the annual National Hockey League entry draft, the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament is a big deal. Held annually since 1991, the Hlinka Tournament is the first major event of the draft cycle – pitting the top under-18 players from eight countries against each other in a rare best-on-best event....
Oilers Snubbed from Canada's WJC Selection Camp
December 1st, 2016 Hockey Canada named their 32 man selection camp roster for the upcoming World Junior Championships (WJC), and the Edmonton Oilers are without a prospect on that list. Edmonton has several notable junior prospects but when it comes to Canada both forward Tyler Benson and defenseman Ethan Bear did not receive invites to camp. Of the...
Team By Team Guide: 2016 World Cup Of Hockey
March 3rd, 2016 With the World Cup of Hockey preliminary 16 player rosters named yesterday there are some interesting facts to note. Canada is heavily favored to win the tournament that takes place this fall with even Team USA general manager Dean Lombardi stating he had to build a team that could defeat Canada. Each NHL team is represented in the...
Hockey Canada and P.K. Subban
March 2nd, 2016 So what gives? While it has yet to be made official it appears as though Hockey Canada has decided to leave Montreal Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban off their list of 16 players they will announce as locks to represent Team Canada at this summer's much-anticipated World Cup of Hockey. Sorry but with all due respect to general manager...
Canada Trumps Russia In First Summer Tune-Up
August 4th, 2015 Mitch Marner is pretty good at ice hockey. The Hockey Canada brass has a lot of decisions to make and questions to answer in the months leading up to the World Junior Hockey Championship, but whether Marner can hack it against high-end talent is not up for debate. Marner was the star of the first exhibition game put on by Hockey...
Will Youngstars Experiment Fall Flat in 2016 World Cup?
June 9th, 2015 Like advertisements on NHL uniforms, the re-institution of the World Cup of Hockey was inevitable. It was only a matter of time before the league brought back their own tournament under their own auspices. The NHL was leaving too much money on the table by not having their own sanctioned international competition and it was about time...
