The Czech Republic defeated Switzerland 4-3 at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Russia this morning to finish the tournament in 5th place. Although the result is an improvement over the 7th place finish that the Czechs achieved at the Juniors in 2012, it is still far removed from the ambitious standing Czech officials have openly discussed achieving. The Czech ... Read More »
By now it should be clear that the brains behind promoting the game of hockey for the NHL aren’t the sharpest cookies in the box. This is apparent nearly every time a coach, owner, general manager, or player opens his[1] mouth. I’m not referring to the lockout that has earned the ire of so many fans, or to its drawn-out ... Read More »
Tomáš Hertl scored 1:39 into overtime to provide the Czech Republic with a 4-3 victory over Switzerland. The Czechs managed to win the game despite allowing Switzerland to overcome a two goal deficit in the third period and send the game into overtime. Switzerland scored twice on the power play in the third. Hertl’s goal came when Dmitrij Jaškin bounced the puck boards behind ... Read More »
Patrice Bergeron notched a goal and three assists and Ryan Smyth ad John Tavares tallied two goals apiece to pave the way towards Team Canada’s 7-2 victory over HC Davos in the Spengler Cup Final in Switzerland. After losing 2-1 to Adler Manheim on opening game of the tournament, Canada cruised through the rest of the competition to claim its ... Read More »
Spengler Cup host HC Davos advanced to the Spengler Cup Final after defeating HC Vitkovice 5-4 in a thrilling match before an enthusiastic crowd. Patrick Kane scored two eye-popping goals against the Steel to highlight a match filled with a series of dazzling plays. The hosts boast a number of star players but HC Vikovice offered up some magnificent goals of their own ... Read More »
Team Canada advanced to the Spengler Cup Final in Switzerland after defeating Fribourg Gottéron 5-1 in the first semi-final match of the day. Canada met Fribourg after finishing first in its group and securing a bye into the semi-final. Fribourg advanced to the semi-final after defeating Adler Mannheim 5-2 in quarterfinal action on Saturday. Matt Duchene led the way with two goals and an ... Read More »
The Czech Republic defeated Latvia 4-2 at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Russia this morning. The Czechs have now won two straight games in the tournament after losing on Boxing Day to Sweden 4-1 and defeating Finland 3-1 on Friday night. Latvia failed to win a game during the Group Stage and is now obliged to play in the ... Read More »
HC Davos uses a 5-goal first period to defeat UFA HC Davos jumped out to a quick 5-1 lead over Salavat Yulaev UFA in the second quarterfinal game of the Spengler Cup in Switzerland. The two teams exchanged goals eight seconds apart in a high-scoring affair that ended 7-5 in favor of the hometown team. A goal was scored in every period of the ... Read More »
The quarterfinals at the Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland began this morning after three games of exciting round robin action. Fribourg Gotteron skated to a 5-2 victory against Adler Mannheim in the first of two quarterfinal match-ups on the schedule. HC Davos played host to Salavat Yulaev UFA in the other semi-final. Adler Mannheim was forced to play the quarterfinal match-up after losing 6-3 yesterday ... Read More »
The Czech Republic defeated the Finnish National Junior team 3-1 at the World Junior Championship in Russia last night on the strength of a breakout goal by Tomáš Hyka and a power play goal by Marek Hrbas during the first period of the game. The quick 2-0 start to the game was precisely what the Czechs needed after falling into a 2-0 hole ... Read More »
The Czech Republic is still seeking its first win at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Russia after losing its opening match to Sweden 4-1 on Boxing Day. The team narrowly avoided being shutout by the Swedes, who didn’t concede a goal until there were just six seconds left in the game. After conceding two goals in the first five ... Read More »
Hockey fans have been noticeably angry about the latest NHL lockout. Many fans are calling for the resignation of either Gary Bettman or Donald Fehr, or both. Some fans have even broached the possibility of boycotting the league even after the conflict between the NHL and NHLPA has been resolved. Hockey fans are not happy about cancelled games or the fight over ... Read More »
The NHL-NHLPA Labour negations are playing out like a meeting between alien cultures. Not only does each side have different wants and desires, they also are approaching the negotiations in completely different temperaments. While the Player’s Association expresses interest in a fair and balanced resolution, the owners are angry and seek to beat the players into a bloody pulp. The ... Read More »
With the NHL in its off-season, August is a time of reflection. With that in mind, Hooked on Hockey is looking back at Oilers history. A proper retrospective of what the Oilers once looked like provides perspective on the current Oilers roster. Today’s blog deals with the Oilers first season in the NHL, which happened in 1979-80. On March 22nd, 1979, the NHL Board ... Read More »
The Edmonton Oilers and I are the same age. I was born in March of 1979 and the Oilers began their incarnation as an NHL franchise just weeks later, in April 1979. When I was 5, I started attending the local elementary school near my house in the same year that the Oilers started their dynasty. As the team reeled off consecutive ... Read More »
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