New Media Driving Hockey’s Growth

Throughout the last two decades, the popularity and participation of hockey have increased around the world. The underlying driving force of hockey’s growth is the result of increased media coverage. This…

World Juniors Medal Predictions

It all comes down to this. Four countries, vying for three medals, one looking to be crowned World Junior Champion. In a tournament that is normally fairly predictable, the four best…

Did Juolevi Get His Coach Fired?

Team Finland’s struggles in the 2017 World Junior Championships (WJC) were well publicized. The defending gold medalists lost their first three preliminary round games before finally defeating Switzerland in their final…

WJC 2017 Quarter-Finals Preview

Happy New Year everybody! The calendar has shifted and with that the preliminary round of the 2017 World Junior Championship is over. We now move on to the quarter-finals. Now…

USA Hangs On to Beat Russia

The Americans did something they haven’t been able to do since 2007: They beat Russia. In a game that will have a big impact on how things end up in…

Canada Rolls Over Slovakia in WJC

Canada played their second game of the 2017 World Junior Championships against Team Slovakia, who was playing in their tournament opener. This game was almost a carbon copy of the Latvia-USA…

Russia Dominates Over Latvia

Well, that story stayed more true to the script for Team Latvia. After staying in the game for most of their game against the USA on Boxing Day, the same…