3 Takeaways from Team Canada’s Win Over Team Czechia
Team Canada showed emotions early in Game One of the 2022 World Junior Hockey Championship, but not the ones you’d expect. The Canadians, always considered a favourite to win gold,…
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2018 NHL Draft: Top Canadian Centers
The 2018 NHL Entry Draft is roughly eight months away but it’s never too early to start getting familiar with some of the names that will be announced at the…
Why Canadian Fans Should Cheer on the Stars
In a follow up to Wednesday’s piece, where I criticized the notion that Canadians will be disinterested by this year’s NHL post-season due to absence of a Canadian market for the…
O Canada! How 7 Canadian Teams Became Mediocre
The seven Canadian teams have won 43 Stanley Cups since 1915. Montreal and Toronto are the two most successful clubs in the NHL with 37 of those. However, the last time…
WJC: 6 Takeaways From Canada-Finland Quarterfinal
HELSINKI, FINLAND – In what was one of the best games you’ll see, Finland comes away with a seesaw 6-5 victory over Canada to advance to the medal round. Here…
My 2016 Team Canada World Juniors Team
We’re currently going through the dog days of summer, so I thought it would be fun to try and get into the minds of the Team Canada brass and try…
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week
PRAGUE – If you think you had a tough week, try being Alexander Ovechkin. After yet again failing to win a Game 7 –after having his team lead 3-1 in…
Oh, Canada – Not so Friendly to Columbus
International road trips have been a struggle for the Jackets. Columbus has played in five games north of the border this season ahead of tonight’s game in Edmonton. With the…
WJC Attendance: A Tale of Two Cities
The 2015 World Junior Hockey Championship comes to a close Monday night and already there seems to be some uncertainty about the International Ice Hockey Federation’s 2017 edition of the…
Team Canada Goalies: In Argument of Comrie
When Hockey Canada announced their roster for the IIHF World Under-20 Championships (also known as the World Juniors) they had only named two goalies: incumbent Zachary Fucale and challenger Eric…
Hockey Honours Canada’s Fallen
This week has been the most difficult time that Canada has ever faced. First came the shocking fatal ambush on two Canadian soldiers just south of Montreal on Monday, October 20,…
Canada or Columbus: A Stanley Cup Race
I know what you are thinking. You probably are still laughing at the notion that the Columbus Blue Jackets will not only win a Stanley Cup soon, but will do…