Posts tagged with "Shawinigan Cataractes"
3rd Time's A Charm for JC Campagna
September 24th, 2012 As the hockey pundits always say: "There is always next season." Those five words have become all too familiar for JC Campagna. Having switched teams and leagues twice already, he finds himself in the exact same scenario this year, but with much loftier goals with the reigning Memorial Cup Champions, Shawinigan Cataractes. But...
A Year After His Tragic Death, Ian Jenkins Continues to Have A Purpose
June 1st, 2012 Last week the London Knights fell to the Shawinigan Cataractes in the Memorial Cup Final. It was painful for Joel Jenkins. But not as painful as the loss he suffered a year prior. Ian Jenkins was riding high leading up the OHL Priority Draft in 2011. It wasn't a matter of if his name would be called, but rather when and by...
Shawinigan Cataractes Win 2012 Memorial Cup
May 30th, 2012 Underdogs and longshots. Those are what the Shawinigan Cataractes were considered at the 2012 Memorial Cup, despite the fact that they were the host team. The Cataractes had a month-long layoff after their premature exit from the QMJHL playoffs, losing in Game 7 of a second-round series against the upstart Chicoutimi...
Bob Hartley to be named the Montreal Canadiens' next head coach
May 28th, 2012 Now that the Mastercard Memorial Cup is over after the host team, the Shawinigan Cataractes, eliminated Dale Hunter's London Knights 2-1 in overtime yesterday at Centre Bionest on Anton Zlobin's goal late in the first overtime period, according to a source, it is expected that the Montreal Canadiens will name Robert "Bob" Hartley the...
The Over-Evaluation of Canadian Hockey
May 25th, 2012 With the recent naming of Steve Spott, the head coach and general manager of the OHL's Kitchener Rangers, as the head coach of Canada's entry into the 2013 World Junior Hockey Championships in Ufa, Russia there has been a revival of discussion over Canada's national junior program. The recent surge of popularity in the month of May is...
Memorial Cup 2012: Facts, Figures and Forecasts
May 17th, 2012 The 2012 Memorial Cup is quickly approaching (we at The Hockey Writers are eagerly excited), with the tournament opener coming on Friday night, and it may go down in history as one of the deepest in recent memory. With many NHL draft picks and hopefuls between the four teams, as well as bragging rights as Canadian Hockey League...
