Exceptional 15 year old’s don’t dominate Major Junior. It just doesn’t happen, most aren’t even allowed to play. Under normal circumstances a 15-year old is only allowed to play 5 games in the WHL, unless their midget season is already over. Connor Bedard is a different story. He’s “exceptional”. Connor […]
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EOK Recap | Oil Kings tame Medicine Hat Tigers
Edmonton comes off of a easy two game opening set over the Lethbridge Hurricanes while the Medicine Hat Tigers also come off an undefeated weekend over the Red Deer Rebels. What’s a better test than two undefeated teams facing each other in the second weekend of new season? Following the […]
EOK Recap | Oil Kings trounce Lethbridge in Season Openers
We finally got there, after almost a year since they last played hockey and after numerous delays to the 2020-2021 season. The WHL Central Division will play all 2020-2021 Regular Seasons games within the provincial boundaries of Alberta. They will play a 24-game schedule with the rest of the schedule […]
Why Russia Will End Sweden’s Streak
54 games. That’s how long it has been since the Swede’s have lost a preliminary round game at the World Junior Championships. It doesn’t matter who has been in their group, somehow, someway they have been perfect. However, just because they have had preliminary round success does not mean they […]
Oil Kings Deep Dive | Jake Neighbours
Born March 29th, 2002 in Airdrie, AB, CAN, Jake Neighbours has always been an elite hockey player, just like everybody else that goes in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft.
WJC Gold | Russia (3) – Canada (4)
Russia @ Canada It comes down to this, one game for all the marbles. Canada and Russia have been the best rivalry in the past decade in my opinion. Since the tournament changed to this head to head format, Canada and Russia have played each other 8 times in the […]
WJC SF | Russia (5) – Sweden (4) OT
Russia @ Sweden It’s going to be heartbreak for one of these teams, both powerhouses in the hockey world. However, both have struggled to win the big game at the WJC. Russia has 1 gold in the last 16 tournaments. Sweden is a shocking 52-0 in the last 13 years […]
WJC QF | Russia (3) – Switzerland (1)
Russia (2-0-0-2) @ Switzerland (3-0-0-1) Throw the group stage out the window, the real World Junior Championship tournament starts today with the quarterfinals. Russia finished a very tough Group B with 2 wins and 2 losses. It was really a roller coaster group for the Russians who started it with […]
WJC | Russia (6) – Germany (1)
Russia (1-0-0-2) @ Germany (1-0-0-2) Both teams fighting for their tournament lives, a win sends you to the elimination round while a regulation loss sends you to the relegation round. There is no room for error anymore, as Yaroslav Askarov would get the start for the Russians. A very high-pressure […]
WJC | Russia (1) – USA (3)
Russia (1-1-0-0) @ United States (1-1-0-0) Not nearly as a rivalry as Canada/Russia but still two powerhouses coming together between Russia and the United States. In what has become a very important game for the landscape of Group B with every team being tied at 1 win, 1 loss. Whoever […]
WJC | Canada (0) – Russia (6)
Canada (1-0-0-0) @ Russia (0-1-0-0) It’s probably the most hyped game on this side of the world outside of Canada/USA. Canada and Russia have given us some of the best World Juniors games in the history of the tournament. Canada in their opening game beat the Americans then were awarded […]
WJC | Russia (3) – Czech Republic (4)
Russia (0-0-0-0) @ Czech Republic (0-0-0-0) It’s time for Russia to prove themselves, it’s the beginning of the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championships and they will be facing the home nation on opening day. This could be a sneaky difficult game for the Russians as the Czech Republic always play […]
IIHF World Junior Championship: Team Russia Preview
Coming off a perfect 4-0-0 round-robin last year at the World Junior Championship before being bounced by the United States in the semifinals, they managed to grab the bronze medal after not medalling at all in 2018, the first time since 2010 that the Russians left the tournament without any […]
