2014 Subway Super Series: Team WHL Preview Larry Fisher | November 10, 2014 Bring on the Ruskies! It’s that time of the year again, time for the Subway Super Series — a six-game exhibition showcase with Canadian Hockey League all-star teams representing the…
World Juniors: 5 Players That Won’t be Available for Canada Carl Maloney | August 11, 2014 With Canada just finishing up their one week summer evaluation camp, it gives everyone a preview of what the potential team could look like. 41 players, 11 returnees from 2014, were…
Minnesota Wild Prospect Mathew Dumba Faces Uncertain Future Tony Dean | January 16, 2014 What’s next for Wild Prospect Mathew Dumba? The return of Mathew Dumba to the Minnesota Wild may be put on hold until next season despite his return to the Twin…
Former Maple Leafs Dominate Tournaments of Old Andrew Forbes | January 11, 2014 It’s finally time to unveil the top five former Toronto Maple Leafs to play at the World Junior Hockey Championships. This short list of players includes no current Leafs and might…
Valeri Nichushkin Continues To Ascend Derek Neumeier | January 10, 2014 Roughly one year ago, on January 5th, 2013, Russian forward Valeri Nichushkin dealt a crushing blow that resonated throughout the Canadian hockey world. Nichushkin, playing for Russia’s 2013 World Junior…
5 Ways to Lose a World Juniors Tournament Joseph Vito DeLuca | January 7, 2014 While many will look to the Finns as a blueprint for World Juniors success, we can also learn a lot from the likes of Russia, the United States, Canada and…
2014 World Juniors: Top 5 Most Disappointing Performances Bill Schoeninger | January 7, 2014 2014 World Juniors Make no mistake, a player’s performance at the 2014 World Juniors is far from a guarantee about what his NHL future could look like. For most fans,…
Leafs’ Budding Stars at World Junior Hockey Championships Andrew Forbes | January 6, 2014 So far, we’ve looked at the bottom ten of the top 20 former and current Toronto Maple Leafs who have contributed to their country’s success at the World Junior Championships.…
The Demise of Canadian Goalies Bill Schoeninger | January 6, 2014 Patrick Roy. Jacques Plante. Martin Brodeur. Ken Dryden. Glenn Hall. The list of superstar Canadian goalies of the past could go on forever. It could be argued that nine of…
Rasmus Slays the Giant to Bring Gold to Finland Joseph Vito DeLuca | January 5, 2014 In an outcome few predicted, Rasmus Ristolainen fired the shot heard around the hockey world to knock off host country Sweden in overtime and deliver a World Junior Championship to…
A Scandinavian Showcase For Gold at World Juniors Joseph Vito DeLuca | January 4, 2014 A Sweden win against Russia and a Finland win against Canada in the semifinals have the two Scandinavian rivals squaring off for Gold At the World Junior Championship in Malmö,…
Canada Avoids Trap Game to Advance to WJHC Medal Round Joseph Vito DeLuca | January 3, 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…