Team Austria Eager to Surprise at the Olympics Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | January 21, 2014 Ice-hockey enjoys great and ever growing popularity in Austria Team Austria is one of the outsiders of the Olympic ice-hockey tournament. This fact is recognized by the Austrian ice-hockey community…
Olympic Hockey Showdown: Team Canada Versus Team Snubbed Christopher Ralph | January 20, 2014 After Hockey Canada announce the Team Canada roster going to Sochi to compete for gold at the 2014 Olympics, I posed the question: “What if Canada could take two squads…
Who Will Carry Your Country’s Flag at The Opening Ceremony in Sochi? Brady Smith | January 13, 2014 It’s no secret that being selected to compete for your home country in the olympics is an honor that many will never have. However, it is even more of an…
Stavanger Oilers Win the Continental Cup in Rouen, France Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | January 13, 2014 Stavanger Oilers have tenaciously won the Plate of the Continental Cup Winners. The finals of this IIHF tournament were hosted on 10-12 January 2014 by the French city of Rouen…
Selecting the ‘Best of the Rest’ Olympic Roster Joseph Vito DeLuca | January 12, 2014 For the players left out of the Olympics, we’ve constructed a ‘Best of the Rest’ roster of players hailing from nations that didn’t qualify.
Continental Cup Super Final Under Way in Rouen, France Vyacheslav Hnatyuk | January 12, 2014 The French city of Rouen, the historic capital of Normandy, is hosting the finals of the IIHF’s Continental Cup. The first day of the games has been eventful and full…
Valeri Nichushkin Continues To Ascend Derek Neumeier | January 10, 2014 Roughly one year ago, on January 5th, 2013, Russian forward Valeri Nichushkin dealt a crushing blow that resonated throughout the Canadian hockey world. Nichushkin, playing for Russia’s 2013 World Junior…
Team Canada Olympic Roster – Take 2 Christopher Ralph | January 9, 2014 The much anticipated Team Canada Olympic roster was finally released this week by Hockey Canada’s Steve Yzerman et al. The ensuing debate of who should or shouldn’t have been selected…
Understanding the St. Louis Snub Josh Kay | January 8, 2014 Team Canada General Manager Steve Yzerman was put in a thankless position when he was forced to make a decision about the fate of one of his own. As the…
5 Ways to Lose a World Juniors Tournament Joseph Vito DeLuca | January 7, 2014 While many will look to the Finns as a blueprint for World Juniors success, we can also learn a lot from the likes of Russia, the United States, Canada and…
2014 World Juniors: Top 5 Most Disappointing Performances Bill Schoeninger | January 7, 2014 2014 World Juniors Make no mistake, a player’s performance at the 2014 World Juniors is far from a guarantee about what his NHL future could look like. For most fans,…
The Demise of Canadian Goalies Bill Schoeninger | January 6, 2014 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…
