Posts About "Team Switzerland"
Eichel, Team USA Survive Slovakia to Win Group at Worlds
May 12th, 2015 Team USA and Jack Eichel won Group B at the world championships, but it wasn't easy. The Americans were streaky and sloppy in its 5-4 overtime win over Slovakia to close out the preliminary round of the 2015 IIHF World Hockey Championships. It wasn’t pretty, but the Americans got the job done to set up a showdown with Switzerland in...
Filip Forsberg, Pekka Rinne Leading Preds at IIHFs
May 8th, 2015 It’s been a tournament to remember so far for Nashville Predators forward Filip Forsberg and goalie Pekka Rinne. Forsberg has raced out to a fast start at the IIHF World Hockey Championships. Forsberg is tied with Edmonton Oilers and Team Canada forward Taylor Hall as leading goal-scorer. Filip Forsberg is also eighth in points for...
Team Germany Wins Deutschland Cup 2014
November 9th, 2014 Team Germany has won its domestic Deutschland Cup 2014 in Munich. It took only two games out of three for the winners to get to the title of their dreams. Prior to the tournament the local media, namely the Sport 1 channel, reported on the German Hockey Federation’s (DEB) estimate that the team had all it needed for winning the...
Swiss Sensation Damien Brunner Hoping to Shine in Sochi
February 12th, 2014 The New Jersey Devils will only represented by four players at the 2014 Winter Olympic games in Sochi, Russia and with three of those players representing the Czech Republic, Damien Brunner will be a lone wolf for Team Switzerland. Unlike the majority of the teams in the tournament the Swiss will only have eight players that are current...
Canada Avoids Trap Game to Advance to WJHC Medal Round
January 3rd, 2014 By defeating the United States on the final day of preliminary play Canada secured the top spot in Group A to end up facing the lowest qualifier of Group B Switzerland. However, as expected, the Swiss were no push over. Canada ground the game out on its way to a 4-1 victory to advance to the medal round. Breaking Down the Trap The...
Nine Ducks Given Mighty Opportunity
July 26th, 2013 The lists of Olympic Camp Invitees were announced on Monday, and there was no shortage of Ducks. In total, nine Ducks were invited, spanning across the five rosters, including three Americans. These rosters will be cut down to 25 players as the Olympics approach, but for now, all nine Ducks are in contention. The group of players...
