Hockey’s Top Five of 2011
(Part 2 of a two-part series) On Tuesday, we examined five events that saddened the hockey world. Today, we will look at the five best moments of 2011. Thankfully for…
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World Junior Championship Predictions
Christmas?!?!?!? Pfffftt. Overrated. Boxing Day is where it’s at. This year on December 26th, the 2012 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships will be held in Alberta. Calgary and Edmonton will…
Nail Yakupov: The Stinging Star
Nail Yakupov is arguably the most highly skilled player available in the 2012 NHL Draft. In the 2010-2011 season, he put up outstanding numbers, recording 101 points in 65 games,…
Evgeni Malkin is Back in Art Ross Trophy Form
Pittsburgh-Before the 1st period of the first pre-season hockey game was over at the CONSOL Energy Center Wednesday night it became evident to the Pittsburgh Penguins,and everyone watching, that Evgeni…
The Russian Non-Factor – NHL Theory May Become Obsolete
“Because a player is from Russia, will their draft stock drop?” – Is this still a valid question? For many years this has been the case with the likes of…
2012 NHL Entry Draft: The European Contingent
If you’re favorite team’s offseason moves have left you absolutely puzzled, it’s never too early to look ahead to the 2012 draft class. It appears as though this would be…
Kirill Kabanov – Roller Coaster Ride to the NHL
While many fans were eagerly awaiting to see where highly-coveted Brad Richards would sign on July 1st, over in Long Island a hopeful Russian was getting his chance to make…
Q&A with goalie coach Jukka Ropponen
By Alessandro Seren Rosso – THW Staff Writer Jukka Ropponen is a Finnish goalie coach with 25+ years of experience working in Finland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, U.S. and Canada. He…
Babchuk is back and better than ever
Carolina’s Anton Babchuk has been a big surprise during the ’08-’09 season