Posts About "National Juniors"

Judging Markets Based on Their Hockey History

May 19th, 2017 Whenever the proposition of the NHL relocating a team or expanding comes up, people will point to cities like Portland or Quebec City as expansion spots. Why these cities? Both Portland and Quebec have successful hockey histories. Portland has the Portland Winterhawks of the WHL, who are regularly at the top of WHL attendance. Quebec...

50 Years Ago Today - Bruins Beaten Again

October 19th, 2014 The first weekend of the 1964-65 NHL season is in the books, and it ended with the hapless Boston Bruins dropping their fourth straight game. This time it was a 3-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens. In other action last night, the Red Wings edged Chicago 3-2 while Toronto and New York skated to a 3-3 stalemate. Habs' defence smothers...

Will Junior Hockey Ban Fighting?

June 24th, 2014 One of the issues that I have been following closely is fighting in junior hockey. The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) and USA Hockey have taken significant steps to curtail and make fighting less frequent in their games. Recently, the CJHL decided to adopt the One-Fight Rule. In the future, fighting in the Five CJHL...

Valeri Nichushkin – The Next Ones: NHL 2013 Draft Prospect Profile

June 7th, 2013 We've seen it countless times. In every draft there is always that one special, talented player who could be in the discussion for 1st overall pick if it weren't for "The Russian Factor". This year's culprit is Valeri Nichushkin. Valeri Nichushkin THW Close-Up: Date of birth: 3/4/1995 Place of birth: Chelyabinsk, Russia Ht:...

Swiss Juniors Make Headlines In Alberta, Davos Wins Spengler Cup

December 31st, 2011 WJC Though 1 Loss, 1 SO Loss and 1 Win might not look like a great World Junior's record, the Swiss are getting a lot of media coverage for their play and a lot of scouting attention for their young stars, many of whom are eligible for the NHL entry draft in June. Manuele Celio's team started the tournament with a 3-0 loss...

OHL Week 2 Review

October 3rd, 2011 Team of the Week: Mississauga Majors: The Majors went three for three in their games this weekend starting with a 6-4 win in Thursday's showdown on the road against the Niagara IceDogs. Riley Brace led the way with a hat-trick spoiling the return of star Niagara defenseman Dougie Hamilton. The following night they returned...