Hockey Canada Announces ‘Capital City Challenge’ Tournament
Get ready for a very unique hockey tournament. It’s so unique that you may never see it again after this go around. Hockey Canada announced on Wednesday the creation of…
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Who is the Leader in Hockey Player Development? – Part 1
This is a follow-up to my July 18, 2019 article entitled “CHL and Canadian Players Drafted Hits 10-Year Low”.The piece reviewed the NHL Draft results over the last 10 years…
No NHL Draft Guarantees for Canada’s Hlinka Hopefuls
For players dreaming of being selected in the annual National Hockey League entry draft, the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament is a big deal. Held annually since 1991, the Hlinka Tournament…
Oilers Snubbed from Canada’s WJC Selection Camp
Hockey Canada named their 32 man selection camp roster for the upcoming World Junior Championships (WJC), and the Edmonton Oilers are without a prospect on that list. Edmonton has several notable…
Team By Team Guide: 2016 World Cup Of Hockey
With the World Cup of Hockey preliminary 16 player rosters named yesterday there are some interesting facts to note. Canada is heavily favored to win the tournament that takes place…
Hockey Canada and P.K. Subban
So what gives? While it has yet to be made official it appears as though Hockey Canada has decided to leave Montreal Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban off their list of…
Canada Trumps Russia In First Summer Tune-Up
Mitch Marner is pretty good at ice hockey. The Hockey Canada brass has a lot of decisions to make and questions to answer in the months leading up to the…
Will Youngstars Experiment Fall Flat in 2016 World Cup?
Like advertisements on NHL uniforms, the re-institution of the World Cup of Hockey was inevitable. It was only a matter of time before the league brought back their own tournament under…
5 Things That Led to Canada’s Gold
When the final buzzer sounded at the Air Canada Centre Monday night, it was barely heard as fans cheered uncontrollably as Canada had won their first gold medal since 2009.…
Hockey Canada Can Forget about Getting Bo Horvat for WJC
Rookie Bo Horvat is too Valuable to Lend The Canucks never expected 19-year-old rookie Bo Horvat to explode into the NHL the way he did this year. Early in the…
Dan Church: How To Grow Women’s Hockey
The rise of women’s hockey has gained great publicity over the past decade culminating in it’s celebration at the Olympics every four years. But what we don’t see are the…
The Demise of Canadian Goalies
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…