Tracking Red Wing Prospects Currently on Loan in Europe Ryan Guenter | November 12, 2020 With uncertainty surrounding the schedules of nearly every hockey league in North America, NHL teams are loaning players to European teams on an increasing scale. The Detroit Red Wings have…
Draisaitl & Stützle Leading the Resurgence of German Hockey Ben Wagner | October 6, 2020 In a nation renowned for its soccer clubs and players, it seems that hockey is once again getting noticed in Germany and German players getting noticed in North America. Leon…
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Remembered Margann Laurissa | September 7, 2020 *Originally written in September 2012* On September 6, 2012, there was cause for celebration in Yaroslavl, Russia. For the first time in nearly a calendar year, the city’s hometown hockey…
Top-10 Finns of the 1990s Nathaniel Oliver | August 17, 2020 The 1990s were a time when Finnish hockey players became more prevalent throughout the NHL. By the time that the decade had gotten underway, three Finns already had their names…
Peyton Krebs’ Hlinka-Gretzky Experience Makes Him a Playoff Threat Casey Dobson | August 5, 2020 The Vegas Golden Knights aren’t short on X-factor type talent. With big names like Max Pacioretty, Mark Stone, and William Karlsson, it’s hard to imagine that they would need anyone…
Russia’s New Coach Valeriy Bragin Targets Olympic Gold Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | July 4, 2020 Team Russia has a new coach now – Valeriy Bragin, 64. He is the coach who led the Russian youth national teams to a lot of international success, including gold medals…
“Sokil” Kyiv Boasts Great Past, Hopes for Revival Linger Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | June 19, 2020 “Sokil” Kyiv has achieved the most of any club in Ukraine’s hockey history. Its major achievement in Soviet hockey is third place in the USSR hockey championship of 1985. Besides that,…
Swiss Hockey Struggles to Survive the Crisis Caused by Pandemic Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | June 9, 2020 Switzerland could have been a great hockey winner in 2020. Accepting the hosting responsibilities for the 2020 World Championships last spring could have helped popularize the game in the alpine…
Islanders ‘Ziggy’ Palffy: Underappreciated IIHF Hall of Famer Jon Zella | May 26, 2020 With the Stanley Cup years of the 1980s fading into the past, New York Islanders fans during the 1990s didn’t have much to cheer about following their team’s 1993 playoff…
Red Wings: 4 Intriguing European Free Agent Targets Tony Wolak | April 29, 2020 Now that the NHL has extended its player development agreements with the CHL and European leagues, the Detroit Red Wings and other NHL can begin signing free agents from across…
SC Bern: From Swiss Champs to Chumps and Back Again? Urs Berger | April 10, 2020 Bern had a terrible season. The club with the biggest audience other than the NHL failed miserably and finished ninth in the Swiss National League. The list of failures is…
Florence Schelling of SC Bern: World’s First Female General Manager Urs Berger | April 8, 2020 SC Bern just dropped a bomb. It was expected that Alex Chatelain would be replaced as general manager sooner or later. As of next Tuesday, it will be former goalkeeper…
