Posts About "Tim Hunter"
2019 World Juniors: Canada Fails to Medal, But Show Goes On
January 3rd, 2019 VANCOUVER — The critics will take aim at a lack of scoring, with consecutive 2-1 losses ending Canada’s tournament earlier than anticipated at the 2019 World Junior Championship. That and a power play that went ice cold, going 0-for-8 in those defeats — 0-for-3 against Finland in the quarterfinal after an 0-for-5 showing against...
Coach Hunter: Patience & Honesty Key to Leading Team Canada
December 31st, 2018 VANCOUVER — For head coach Tim Hunter, honesty and patience are the keys to getting the best out of his players on Canada's junior hockey team. "I've learned that patience really pays off," he said in Vancouver this week, where the squa...
Coach Hunter: Team Canada's Special Teams Still Work in Progress
December 28th, 2018 VANCOUVER — Team Canada coach Tim Hunter says his team will have to improve their penalty kill and power play if they're going to continue winning at the world junior championship. The Canadians remained undefeated after two games with 3-2&nb...
2019 World Juniors: Late-Blooming Leason Carving Out Role for Canada
December 28th, 2018 VANCOUVER — Forgive Morgan Frost if he didn’t know who Brett Leason was prior to this hockey season. Heck, many avid Western Hockey League followers weren’t even familiar with Leason before his big breakout. He wasn’t a household name by any means. And Frost, a first-round pick of the Philadelphia Flyers playing in the Ontario...
Projecting Canada’s World Junior Roster
August 10th, 2018 Once the World Junior Summer Showcase wrapped up in Kamloops, everybody in the hockey world turned their attention to the inaugural Hlinka Gretzky Cup under-18 tournament in Edmonton. That included Tim Hunter, the new head coach of Canada’s under-20 national team for this winter’s World Junior Championship, taking place in...
Addison Makes Case for Team Canada at Summer Showcase
August 8th, 2018 Tim Hunter and Team Canada are going to have some difficult decisions on defence when it comes time to finalize the World Junior roster at selection camp in December. The easy decisions are Noah Dobson and Evan Bouchard — taken 12th and 10th overall, respectively, in this June’s draft. Hunter was most impressed by those two at...
Studnicka Steps Up for Canada at Summer Showcase
August 7th, 2018 Jack Studnicka made a name for himself at the World Junior Summer Showcase. Overshadowed and unheralded heading into the exhibition tournament — that also featured the United States, Sweden and Finland — Studnicka emerged as a standout for Canada as the week progressed in Kamloops. “Obviously I’m not a big name in one of...
Moose Jaw Is the WHL's New Development Factory
October 31st, 2016 In the Western Hockey League, there are teams that have developed reputations as strong development organizations. No matter how their teams do from year to year, some clubs just keep sending players to the National Hockey League. Over the last few seasons, the Moose Jaw Warriors have elbowed their way into the conversation as one of the...
2016 NHL Draft Dark Horses: Noah Gregor
February 7th, 2016 Noah Gregor broke into the Western Hockey League as a fresh-faced 16-year-old after leading the Alberta Midget Hockey League in scoring the previous year. He seemed poised for a strong rookie season. He had a good start, generating five points in his first eight games. Then he broke his collarbone and missed the bulk of the remainder of...
Book Review - Warriors on the Ice: Hockey's Toughest Talk
March 18th, 2014 Warriors on the Ice: Hockey's Toughest Talk by Brian D’Ambrosio (2013: Jabberwocky Press. Kindle Edition. Pp. 229. $8.70.) As human beings, we’re taught that every story has two sides - that people see things differently. In hockey, the ‘story’ that has surfaced and remained at the forefront for the sports’ discussions is...
Hershey Bears Welcome Adam Oates
October 6th, 2012 As the frustration continues to build on both sides of the National Hockey League lockout, players are looking for employment elsewhere. Some are wearing temporary sweaters overseas, while others have decided to skate for their American Hockey League affiliate, granted they were given the chance to do so. Mandatory rules of having to...
