Posts About "WJHC"
World Juniors Throwback: 2005 to 2009
December 23rd, 2016 It's near the 2017 World Junior Championships, and as every year the excitement is all around us. We have seen many times before that the World Juniors indeed is the tournament where future hockey stars often shine for the first time. But the fascinating part is that it isn't always the stars we expected who end up doing it. As a...
European Defenseman Reaches the Hockey Bar
February 15th, 2016 “He’s a pretty sharp-dressed guy”, Kris Knoblauch says with a chuckle. Knoblauch is the Head Coach of the Ontario Hockey League’s (OHL) Erie Otters and he's referring to defenseman Erik Černák. “Our Euro players tend to be a little more so than our other players.” It’s no secret that Europeans tend to dress better than...
First Overall in Sight, Gold in Mind
December 15th, 2015 With the World Junior Championship in Helsinki just 10 days away from puck drop, the most important weeks of the year for U20 national teams are just around the corner. Training camps are under way and the first cuts have been made already. defenceman and potential top three pick at the 2016 NHL-Draft, Jakob Chychrun, is among those who...
Maple Leafs News: Bernier, World Juniors and the 2016 Draft
December 9th, 2015 The Toronto Maple Leafs are always making some kind of news. There are numerous story lines that are worth following at this point in the season. They range from goaltender, Jonathan Bernier, trying to get his confidence back, to the Toronto Marlies ripping up the AHL. We can even look ahead to the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. Let's break down...
Checking in With 3 Top Maple Leafs Prospects
December 6th, 2015 The Toronto Maple Leafs have finally fully committed to rebuilding their organization and turning the franchise back in the direction of respectability. They have hired a top notch management team with a solid mixture of youth and experience which is arguably the envy of the league today. They went out and landed the coveted coach the...
Canucks Should Loan One Teenager for WJC
November 27th, 2015 With each passing season it seems more evident that the NHL is quickly becoming a young man's game, unless you're Jaromir Jagr. This much is evident for the Canucks this season as they dressed three raw rookies in their opening line up, with two of them being 19-year-old's. Both Jared McCann and Jake Virtanen remain with the Canucks,...
Flyers Prospects Konecny, Aube-Kubel and Kase Shine In Summer Exhibition
August 5th, 2015 Last night, as a part of the World Junior Championship Summer Showcase, Canada faced off against the Czech Republic. Among the participants in the game were Flyers prospects Travis Konecny (CAN), a first round pick in 2015, Nicolas Aube-Kubel (CAN), a second round pick in 2014 and David Kase (CZE), a fifth round pick in 2015. All...
Maple Leafs Taking the Right Approach With Marner
August 5th, 2015 Months of debate and speculation is essentially the norm in hockey mad Toronto. Every decision, whether it is big or small, is put under the microscope in order to analyze every potential scenario. One of the biggest decisions of the off season was who the Maple Leafs would select in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. Much of that decision hung...
The Rise and Possible Fall of Long Island Hockey
August 5th, 2015 When discussing American hockey, the debate for decades has almost always been whether Minnesota or Massachusetts is the best. Understandably so, as historically these are the two states that have produced the most NHL talent, but it's Long Island that leads the way at this year's United States World Junior Evaluation Camp. Sonny...
Will WJC Star Goalie Denis Godla Be Drafted?
June 27th, 2015 He arguably put on the best performance of any player at the World Juniors. He received a standing ovation from the sellout crowd at the Air Canada Centre, even after his team lost 5-1 to a superior Canadian team. Denis Godla stole the show at the World Juniors in December while guarding the crease for the Slovaks. Slovakia wasn't...
Q&A With Philadelphia Flyers Prospect Jesper Pettersson
January 7th, 2015 Jesper Pettersson is a diminutive defenseman from Stockholm, Sweden. Nicknamed the “Pitbull”, Petterson plays his game tough and ferocious whilst standing a mere 5’9” and at 190 pounds he throws his body around like a freight train. Small defenders are a rarity in today’s NHL and get the short end of the stick in most cases,...
WJC is Oskar Lindblom's Coming Out Party
January 2nd, 2015 The World Junior Championships always start with a few exhibition games. Sweden first faced Canada on December 21st where they were outplayed in a 5-2 loss. Things didn’t get any better for Tre Kronor as they were trounced 10-5 by the United States two days later. However, when the round robin play started on Boxing Day, Sweden...
Jake Virtanen Flashes Size, Speed, and Skill at World Juniors
December 30th, 2014 The Vancouver Canucks have three prospects playing at the World Juniors: Jake Virtanen, Thatcher Demko, and Gustav Forsling. While the latter two prospects play on the U.S. and Swedish teams respectively, Jake Virtanen, by way of being drafted 6th overall this past Spring and playing on Team Canada, is going to garner the most attention...
