Two cycles ago Switzerland’s U20 ice hockey team was best-known for a viral fail.
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IIHF World Junior Championship: Team Sweden Preview
There may not be another team that has as much riding on their success at the 2020 World Junior Championship as Team Sweden. It has been eight years since the nation has had its hands on the gold medal, and are coming off a recent heartbreaking loss to Team Slovakia […]
WJC: 10 Players To Watch
It all starts tomorrow.
IIHF World Junior Championship: Team Finland Preview
It really couldn’t have gone any better for the Fins in Vancouver last year. A 3-2 win of the Americans secured their fifth World Junior Championship. What’s even crazier is how only two years earlier they were one loss away from being relegated to Division A. I’m sure that thought […]
IIHF World Junior Championship: Team Slovakia Preview
Slovakia has only two medals to show from the World Junior Hockey Championships, and repeating the feat of a 2005 Bronze Medal performance seems out of reach barring any sort of holiday miracle.
WJC: Goalies to watch
The most important position on a team is the goaltender, in the words of Alain Vigneault “If my goaler is better than your goaler, I win, if your goaler is better than my goaler, you win.”
IIHF World Junior Championship: Team Germany Preview
After four years of battling for a promotion, the nation of Germany is making its return to the World Junior’s top division for the first time since 2015. While countries like Canada, Sweden, Russia and the United States have come to expect success at this event, Germany has acquired the […]
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 […]
Preview: Canada looks to continue World Juniors success in Czech Republic
Canada has won gold in two of the last three World Junior Championship tournaments in the Czech Republic.
IIHF World Junior Championship: United States Preview
The 2019-2020 World Junior Squad for the US will definitely have a lot of new faces on it.
IIHF World Junior Championships: Team Kazakhstan Preview and Roster Notes
The IIHF World Championships are a fertile landscape for Cinderella bids. Played on Olympic-style ice (for now) in a setting called “quirky” by NHL fans and “ice hockey” by the rest of the civilized world, the tournament gives Finnish, Swedish, and Swiss-league pros a fighting chance against the class of […]
IIHF World Junior Championships: Team Czech Republic Preview
The puck is set to drop for the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship on December 26 in Ostrava and Třinec Czech Republic. With their country hosting the tournament for it’s fourth time, Team Czech Republic will look to make a bigger push into the medal rounds after last year’s finish. […]
Team Canada roster released for Spengler Cup
The Canadians should roll the 2019 Spengler Cup.
Babcock kicked to the curb
He gone.
Top 10 NHL Teams Entering the Third Week of the NHL Season
The NHL season is already three weeks old. Some teams are off to hot starts and some teams are off to slow starts. The NHL season is not a sprint, it is a marathon. Who are the Top 10 teams entering the third week of the NHL regular season? 10. […]
Who is going to end up with the coveted Stanley Cup?
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Patrik Laine Signs Two-Year Deal With Winnipeg
Forward Patrick Laine signed a 2-year deal worth $6.75 million per season with the Winnipeg Jets. Laine was a restricted free agent all summer and there was some concerns that he was not going to be signed by opening night. Patrik Laine should now be ready when the season starts […]
Jagr fined in Czech Rep for not wearing helmet in warmups
Now this is stupid.
Justin Faulk Traded to the St. Louis Blues
Defenseman Justin Faulk was traded from the Carolina Hurricanes to the St. Louis Blues and so was a 2020 fifth-round pick for defenseman Joel Edmundson, Dominik Bokk, and a 2021 seventh-round pick. Faulk also signed a 7-year contract extension with St. Louis worth $6.5 million per season. The Blues just […]
Ivan Provorov Signs Six-Year Deal With Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov was a restricted free agent of Thursday. He is 22 years old and was drafted seventh overall for this franchise back in 2015. Provorov officially signed a six-year deal worth $6.75 million each season on Friday with Philadelphia.He had a down year last season with […]
