2012 Canada-Russia Challenge: Game One in the Books Brendan Ross | August 9, 2012 Forty-years ago, a Soviet team filled with amateurs travelled to Montreal, Quebec to face-off against the Canadian powerhouse team at the legendary Montreal Forum in an eight-game series. Seconds after…
WHAT IF Canada Did Not Win Gold in 2010? Chris Wassel | August 9, 2012 This was just a subject that had to be explored. Given all the talk in the past few days of that good old American-Canadian rivalry, this just seemed appropriate. What…
14 Shades of Shea: Ranking Shea Weber’s Career Highlights The Hockey Writers | August 8, 2012 Unless you’ve spent this Summer hibernating in a cave, you know that the Shea Weber saga has been the biggest story for the Nashville Predators this off-season. How big? Well,…
When the Russians Were Better Than Us Jeff Mazur | August 5, 2012 It’s always subjective as to which hockey playing nation is better than the rest, since results in important tournaments usually vary from year to year, sometimes month to month. However,…
Team USA World Junior Championship Evaluation Camp Predictions THW Archives | August 4, 2012 After achieving gold in 2010 and a bronze in 2011, last year’s World Junior Championship effort by Team USA was utterly abysmal; it was atrocious; it was horrid; it was…
How Much Canada is in the American Hockey League? Brent Lemon | July 19, 2012 Considering that the American Hockey League has firmly established itself as the primary development league of the NHL, and knowing how rabid passionate Canadians are about hockey, what does the…
USA Hockey’s Second Biggest Victory Michael Rappaport | July 4, 2012 USA Hockey will always be linked with, and defined by, the ‘Miracle on Ice’ in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. The unlikely victory over the Soviet Union, who…
Jarrod Maidens – The Next Ones: 2012 NHL Draft Prospect Profile: Maidens’ Voyage Brendan Ross | June 15, 2012 Jarrod Maidens THW Close Up: Date of Birth: March 4, 1994 Place of Birth: Grimsby, ON, CAN Ht: 6-1 Wt: 178 lbs Shoots: Left Position: Center/Left Wing NHL Draft Eligibility:…
Paul Henderson: Career, Accolades, Cancer Mark Ascione | June 10, 2012 The news has recently featured reports that former NHL, WHA and Team Canada player Paul Henderson’s cancer has advanced to the point where he is likely going to have chemotherapy or clinical…
The Over-Evaluation of Canadian Hockey Thomas Strangward | May 25, 2012 [This article was originally published over at Calgary Puck] With the recent naming of Steve Spott, the head coach and general manager of the OHL’s Kitchener Rangers, as the head…
Charles Hudon – The Next Ones: NHL 2012 Draft Prospect Profile – How Hudo-ing? Fred Poulin | May 14, 2012 Charles Hudon THW Close-Up: Date of birth: June 23rd, 1994 Place of birth: Boisbriand, Quebec Ht: 5-10 Wt: 170 Shoots: Left Position: Left wing NHL Draft Eligibility: 2012 *** Click…
Previewing Canada’s 2012 World Hockey Championship Team David OConnor | April 29, 2012 Every spring, the main goal of National Hockey League players is to win the Stanley Cup. However, when that dream finishes for the year some of the best players no…
