Posts About "Memorial Cup"
London, Windsor Set to Make World Junior Hockey Bid
July 24th, 2016 Two cities are looking to team up and bring the World Junior Championship to southwestern Ontario in 2019. According to CBC News, London and Windsor are looking to host the under-20 tournament that is held annually from the end of December to early January. According to CBC, members of London’s community and protective services...
London Knights Deserve Crown as Canadian Hockey League Champions
May 27th, 2016 Whether you’re a fan of the London Knights, or just a hockey fan in general, you have to think this is the year for the green-and-white. From 2012-2014, the London Knights were fixtures in the Mastercard Memorial Cup, the four-team tournament to determine the Canadian Hockey League Championship. In 2012, London went 2-1 during Round...
2016 Mastercard Memorial Cup Preview
May 20th, 2016 After the marathon of the major-junior regular season and the relative sprint of the post-season, the Canadian Hockey League season finally culminates with the annual Mastercard Memorial Cup tournament. Contested annually since 1919, the Memorial Cup will be played for the 98th time this season – and the 34th time in its current format...
The 3 Best and Worst CHL Attendances
January 18th, 2016 The Canadian Hockey League is responsible for the most prospects drafted into the NHL each and every year. It is comprised of the Ontario Hockey League, Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, and the Western Hockey League. In the past two drafts, 95 of the 211 draftees (45%) came out of the CHL. At the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, the WHL had...
Justin Kirkland Hopes Memorial Cup Leads to Breakout Season
June 5th, 2015 Justin Kirkland and the Kelowna Rockets may not have won the Memorial Cup, but he used the tournament to lay the groundwork for next season. The Nashville Predators third-round pick in the 2014 NHL Draft had been slowed by an injury that he suffered on Valentine’s Day. That injury put a damper on what our own Larry Fisher hoped...
Senators Prospect Tobias Lindberg Shining at Memorial Cup
May 27th, 2015 Senators fans have had a genuine interest in the Memorial Cup the past two years, and rightfully so. The previous instalment of the CHL's best-of-the-best tournament showcased Ottawa's beloved youngster Curtis Lazar playing in the final games of his junior career. In dramatic fashion, Lazar scored the game-winning goal during triple...
Memorial Cup Madness: Tobias Lindberg Edition
May 18th, 2015 The NHL playoffs are not the only high stakes hockey happening in late May. From May 22nd to 31st, the winners of the OHL, WHL and QJMHL playoffs, plus the host team from Quebec City, battle it out for the Memorial Cup. The four teams competing this year are: the Kelowna Rockets, Rimouski Oceanic, host team Quebec Remparts and the Oshawa...
Edgars Kulda: Interview With Coyotes Prospect
August 3rd, 2014 #451821546 / gettyimages.com After winning the MVP award of the Memorial Cup, the Latvian Forward Edgars Kulda has been drafted 193rd overall by the Arizona Coyotes. In this translated interview, originally written by Andrei Matseroga , Kulda talks about the NHL draft, the rookie camp with the Arizona Coyotes, and discusses life...
Q & A with Carter Rigby of the Kelowna Rockets
November 20th, 2013 The NHL season is only a month old - roughly 20 percent done. Many would argue that it’s probably too early to start talking about the 2014 NHL draft, which will take place at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia at the end of June. Sure, maybe it is. But there’s one young man who surely has this date in the back of his mind...
Scott Niedermayer Honoured by the Kamloops Blazers
January 28th, 2013 This is a guest post written by Adam Williams Scott Niedermayer sits at a table at the head of the Kamloops Blazers board room, on his right sits Mark Recchi, on his left the Memorial Cup. His number 28 hangs around the room on vintage Blazers jerseys and plastered on pucks and t-shirts. Niedermayer looks slightly...
Anthony Duclair: In His Own Words
December 24th, 2012 Fans of the Quebec Remparts have much to be thankful for this holiday season. The team has been on a tear the past two seasons, and with hall-of-famer, Patrick Roy at the helm, the Remparts have revamped and continually push to claim the QMJHL title. Much of the success has been due to one key player in the lineup. Anthony...
Zachary Yuen Interview: Getting ready for Yuen-sanity
November 20th, 2012 In June of 2011, Zachary Yuen arrived in Minnesota on the eve of the NHL Draft, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed not knowing what to expect. His chances of getting picked in the first round may not have been sky high, but it was more of matter a when, not if, he would be drafted. On June 25th, 2011 Zach was selected in the 4th round...
QMJHL: A Two Horse Race
November 1st, 2012 Yes. It's only been a month and a half. Yes. It's very early in the season. Yes. There are still roughly anywhere between 51-53 games yet to be played. However, the QMJHL has become a two-team battle as to who will represent the league in the Memorial Cup. Right out of the gate, the Quebec Remparts and the Halifax...
