50 Years Ago in Hockey – Russia’s Tarasov Speaks Rick Cole | December 9, 2014 This week the Russian National Hockey team will begin a Canadian tour in which they will engage a variety of opponents. The team arrives in Canada tomorrow and will play…
50 Years Ago in Hockey – The Big M to Return Tomorrow Rick Cole | December 8, 2014 Frank Mahovlich, the Toronto Maple Leafs star left winger who has been out of the lineup since November 11 with an undisclosed illness, is all set to return tomorrow night…
Hockey Canada Can Forget about Getting Bo Horvat for WJC The Hockey Writers | December 6, 2014 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…
Quinn and Tikhonov: The Hockey World Grows Smaller Andrew Forbes | November 25, 2014 On Sunday, the hockey world lost two recognizable figures with the passing of legendary Soviet coach Viktor Tikhonov and former NHL player and coach Pat Quinn. The 84-year-old Tikhonov passed…
Across The Pond: 5 Best Players Outside Of North America Derek Neumeier | November 20, 2014 As the sport of hockey continues to grow and expand worldwide, so too do the professional leagues where the sport is played. The National Hockey League is, without question, the…
Team Germany Wins Deutschland Cup 2014 Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | November 9, 2014 Team Germany has won its domestic Deutschland Cup 2014 in Munich. It took only two games out of three for the winners to get to the title of their dreams.…
Dutch Hockey: Building the Game From the Inside Out Joseph Vito DeLuca | November 9, 2014 After taking a look at hockey’s early history, Dutch leagues and the national governing body in part one of our series on hockey in the Netherlands, we’ll examine the country’s challenge…
The State of Hockey in the Netherlands Joseph Vito DeLuca | October 31, 2014 As a two-part series, THW will examine the state of ice hockey in the Netherlands. In this first instalment, we’ll take a look at hockey’s early history, Dutch leagues and…
Ilya Kovalchuk: KHL Check Up and Look Into the Future Devin Slawson | October 20, 2014 Well, Ilya Kovalchuk is now well into his second season as a full time KHL player. Hard to believe its only been a year and 2 months since Kovalchuk announced…
Q&A with Mykola Maiko, Head Coach of Ukraine’s Junior Team Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | October 17, 2014 TheHockeyWriters talk to Mykola Oleksandrovich Maiko – the Head Coach of Ukraine’s Junior Team. Mr. Maiko has been coaching junior and men’s teams in Ukraine since 1996 after he was forced…
KHL Season Movin’ n Groovin’ Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | September 24, 2014 With three weeks into the season KHL is moving and grooving. The games within conferences and divisions have already revealed leaders and outsiders. The newly admitted teams have had enough…
DEL Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | September 11, 2014 The German professional ice hockey league (Deutsche Eishockeyliga – DEL) celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2014. The history of the league is definitely shorter than the history of ice hockey…
