Mikhail Grigorenko’s life has drastically changed since his bronze medal finish at the 2013 WJC: • Jan 29, 2013: Buffalo Sabres informed Grigorenko that he will be staying with the team for the rest of the season • That SAME DAY: Grigorenko scored his 1st career NHL goal against the Toronto Maple Leafs • TWO days later: ... Read More »
Jake McCabe (Sabres 2nd rd pick 2012) McCabe was the USA captain at this year’s tournament. From what I could see, he is very smart with the puck. He looks to be a solid player and I am excited to see him in a Sabres uniform down the road. McCabe lead the USA team to a gold medal at the ... Read More »
A spirited rivalry was renewed Saturday as Team Canada and Team Russia took to the ice. Once the dust had settled it was Team Russia securing a victory over the Canadians in over time with a final score of 6-5. Less than two minutes into the extra frame, Valeri Nichushkin, capitalizing on an error from Canadian defenseman Morgan Rielly, shot ... Read More »
The atmosphere was obviously amped for this bronze-medal game, in what many thought would actually be the gold-medal game. Possibly trying to emanate the Mighty Ducks from the movies, Russia came out of the gates wearing their red jerseys, but switched to their whites. It wasn’t really that dramatic, though, because they switched jerseys before the game started, and only ... Read More »
Team Canada laid it all on the line in their bronze medal game against Russia, but in the end they came up short and lost 6-5 in overtime. After beating Russia earlier in the round robin, Canada may have had a slight edge going into this one, but both teams had the players to win. Canada spent the whole game ... Read More »
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 »
It was never meant to be easy for Russia; playing back-to-back games, and having to beat the defending champions, Sweden, to advance to the gold-medal game. Continuing with the theme of yesterday’s game – penalties – Nikita Kucherov took a hooking penalty a minute into the game, but Russia killed it off. But Pavel Koledov took down Swede captain Filip ... Read More »
I think everyone thought this game would be pretty one-sided, but it was, surprisingly, and incredibly a close game throughout. Yaroslav Kosov had a breakaway a little more than a minute into the game, but the 6’6” Eliot Antonietti denied him on a great defensive play on the backcheck. Switzerland’s strategy, like Germany’s, seemed to be to attempt to bully ... 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 »
Team Canada’s tear through the 2013 World Junior Tournament continued with their best game so far, a 4-1 win over the host Team Russia. For the first time, Canada had their full roster with Boone Jenner back in after serving a three-game suspension and his presence was well felt in all ends of the ice. Malcolm Subban continued after his ... Read More »
The first think one might notice about the game is that the crowd is really into it. The second thing one might notice is that these are probably the two best teams and the probable gold-medal matchup. The third thing one might notice is that, who needs the NHL? This was a great game, especially the first period, that would ... Read More »
I don’t think anyone expect much competition for the Russians against the 0-2 Germans, who were outscored a combined 17-3 against Canada and the U.S. And let’s just say that expectations were met. One of the first things you notice about the Germans is that they are a physical team, which, for some reason, doesn’t surprise me. After icing in ... Read More »
Florida Panther Yaroslav Kosov had a hat trick and Andrei Vasilevski had a shutout as Russia defeated Germany 7-0 on Saturday morning. Germany was dominated for the third straight game as they fell to 0-3 in the 2013 World Junior Championships. Germany played more competitively than they had against USA on Thursday, actually threatening to score several times and having ... Read More »
After what I felt like was a really sloppy game for the Russians (that they should have won in the first 12 minutes) against Slovakia, I expected them to raise their game against the Americans. Russia started off pretty sloppy, earning three icing calls in the first minute and only keeping the game tied with a huge toe save by ... Read More »
Coming off a decisive victory yesterday morning against a weak German squad, the United States took on a tough opponent this morning in Team Russia. Russian defenseman Albert Yarullin scored for Russia not even three minutes into the game. It followed quickly after a US penalty. It did not take long for the Russians to capitalize on their powerplay chance. ... Read More »
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