A lot going on today in hockey history, including a few feats by the Great One, a crazy week for a pair of brothers, a few Olympic gold medals, and a miracle. February 22, 1981 – Remember the post from two days ago when the Stastny brothers each recorded their first career hat trick in the same game (for the ... Read More »
It hasn’t been the best season for the Connecticut Whale. For a franchise that has only missed the AHL Playoffs once in its existence (1997-98 was their first season), 4th in your division and 12th in the conference isn’t where you want to be around early January. But with the end of the NHL lockout on the horizon, some on ... 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 »
Two pre-tournament games followed by four preliminary games and two playoff round games, and it all came down to this morning’s gold medal game against the Swedish National Junior Team. Let’s first recap the games leading up to today. Preliminary Round Game 1 of the preliminary one was a dominant one for Team USA. 8 different players each scored a ... Read More »
The 2012 WJC defending champs looked well on their way to taking it all, but in the end they came up just short of taking home the gold. Team Sweden lost 3-1 in the Gold Medal game against Team USA, killing their chance to be the World Junior champions back to back years. It comes as a surprise to some, ... Read More »
Team Canada received an unwelcome surprise in their semi-final game against Team USA, losing 5-1 and all hope of competing for a gold medal. After sweeping through four game in the round-robin, including a 2-1 win against this same American team, Canada entered the semi-final matchup poised to beat their continental rivals and move on to the finals. That did not happen and for a number ... Read More »
Following Monday’s win against Team Slovakia, the United States advanced to the playoff round. The quarterfinal game matchup was determined to be against the Czech Republic. Team USA, coming off a 9-3 win Monday, faced a Czech team with a record of 2-1-0-1 (2 wins, 1 overtime win, and 1 loss).2 The first period saw a lot of action at ... 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 »
It was win or go home for Team USA this morning. The winner of this elimination game would advance to the playoff round, joining Canada and Russia in their Group. The pace of the game from the get-go was intense. After multiple rushes both ways ended in intercepted passes, Cole Bardreau was given a perfect pass from Ryan Hartman through ... Read More »
This morning the United States faced what many consider to be the best Canadian Junior Team in years. Players such as Edmonton’s Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Jonathan Huberdeau, and Ryan Strome lead the Canadians to a 2-0 start in this tournament, having defeated Germany and Slovakia so far in the preliminary round. The United States entered the matchup 1-1, having beaten Team ... Read More »
Team Canada continued to roll Sunday with their third win of the World Juniors, beating possibly their biggest rival Team USA, 2-1. It was a goaltending duel between Canada’s Malcolm Subban and the US’s John Gibson. Canada was playing with only 11 forwards with JC Lipon and Boone Jenner both suspended. There was enough scoring chances from both sides for ... Read More »
Friday morning’s contest against Team Slovakia tested the tenacity, heart, and skill of Team Canada. Touted as an offensive juggernaut, Team Canada entered the game as a heavy favorite. But the pesky Slovakians, determined in their pursuit of a win, proved to be a challenge. After a 3-1 deficit in the second period, Canada’s valiant efforts paid off with a ... 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 »
It’s beginning to look a lot like winter in parts of the northern United States, which means only one thing. NHL hockey finally? Not so fast. Important hockey has just begun, but across the pond, in Ufa Russia. That’s right, the World Junior Championship has arrived just in time for Christmas and New Years. *Thank Santa here* The US is ... Read More »
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