When the Russians Were Better Than Us Jeff Mazur | August 5, 2012 It’s always subjective as to which hockey playing nation is better than the rest, since results in important tournaments usually vary from year to year, sometimes month to month. However,…
Team USA World Junior Championship Evaluation Camp Predictions THW Archives | August 4, 2012 After achieving gold in 2010 and a bronze in 2011, last year’s World Junior Championship effort by Team USA was utterly abysmal; it was atrocious; it was horrid; it was…
How Much Canada is in the American Hockey League? Brent Lemon | July 19, 2012 Considering that the American Hockey League has firmly established itself as the primary development league of the NHL, and knowing how rabid passionate Canadians are about hockey, what does the…
USA Hockey’s Second Biggest Victory Michael Rappaport | July 4, 2012 USA Hockey will always be linked with, and defined by, the ‘Miracle on Ice’ in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. The unlikely victory over the Soviet Union, who…
Jarrod Maidens – The Next Ones: 2012 NHL Draft Prospect Profile: Maidens’ Voyage Brendan Ross | June 15, 2012 Jarrod Maidens THW Close Up: Date of Birth: March 4, 1994 Place of Birth: Grimsby, ON, CAN Ht: 6-1 Wt: 178 lbs Shoots: Left Position: Center/Left Wing NHL Draft Eligibility:…
Paul Henderson: Career, Accolades, Cancer Mark Ascione | June 10, 2012 The news has recently featured reports that former NHL, WHA and Team Canada player Paul Henderson’s cancer has advanced to the point where he is likely going to have chemotherapy or clinical…
The Over-Evaluation of Canadian Hockey Thomas Strangward | May 25, 2012 [This article was originally published over at Calgary Puck] With the recent naming of Steve Spott, the head coach and general manager of the OHL’s Kitchener Rangers, as the head…
Charles Hudon – The Next Ones: NHL 2012 Draft Prospect Profile – How Hudo-ing? Fred Poulin | May 14, 2012 Charles Hudon THW Close-Up: Date of birth: June 23rd, 1994 Place of birth: Boisbriand, Quebec Ht: 5-10 Wt: 170 Shoots: Left Position: Left wing NHL Draft Eligibility: 2012 *** Click…
Previewing Canada’s 2012 World Hockey Championship Team David OConnor | April 29, 2012 Every spring, the main goal of National Hockey League players is to win the Stanley Cup. However, when that dream finishes for the year some of the best players no…
Time heals hostility of ’72 Summit Series James Gazzale | February 26, 2012 Moscow. 1972. The Canadians had just defeated the Soviet Union in the Summit Series, proving themselves, they believed, as the class of international hockey. Forty years later, legends of both…
Pavel Bure, Russia win Summit Series rematch with Canada James Gazzale | February 25, 2012 Pavel Bure scored three goals while four other Russians netted one goal each as Russia defeated Canada 7-5 at Megasport Arena in Moscow in the 40th anniversary rematch of the…
Early Predictions for Canada’s Olympic Team in 2014 Carl Maloney | February 7, 2012 2014 is a long way off. Most people don’t even know where they will be in two years, let alone what the 2014 version of Team Canada will look like. …