Posts About "Sweden"
John Gibson Golden as Team USA Wins 2013 World Junior Championship
January 5th, 2013 John Gibson and his mesmerizing play carried Team USA to a 3-1 gold medal victory over Team Sweden in the 2013 World Junior Championship Saturday morning. Team USA won their second IIHF U-20 World Junior Championship in the last four years. No one was more responsible for Team USA’s gold medal celebration than Gibson. Gibson...
Behind Hockey Betting Lines: USA vs. Sweden
January 4th, 2013 It has come down to this. Two teams will battle early in the morning for the 2013 World Junior Championship. Some will be hearty enough and wake up really early for the "Bronze Medal Game" as Canada and Russia battle at 4:00 AM ET. It is hard to believe that the appetizer is the second round of Canadian and Russian games. However,...
Mikael Wikstrand: The Lone Senators Prospect in Ufa
December 20th, 2012 With the NHL lockout on the verge of dragging into 2013, one of the events that has been circled on the calendars of starved hockey fans for some time is the upcoming 2013 World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, Russia. And while many are excited for a pre-dawn wake up call to support this year's crop of talented U20's, the serious...
USA Hockey: Winning the Race to the Wrong Finish Line
November 24th, 2012 Ice Hockey in the United States has a serious problem. Many players, parents and coaches who participate in USA Hockey fail to recognize this problem or ignore the issue completely. This problem is why we struggle to hold dominance in the game of hockey over other countries. The problem: Skill Development. Do we want our young...
International Spotlight: Jhonas Wiik
October 31st, 2012 American author and motivational speaker Hilary Hilton “Zig” Ziglar has been quoted as saying, “Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.” If that is a definite truth, then no one will become more successful than Jhonas Wiik. A goaltender with the Lidingö Vikings in Sweden’s Division 2 league,...
