With everyone gearing up for the World Junior Championship in Edmonton, I took some time this week to finish reading a book I kept chipping away at when I first received it. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to read this book – quite the opposite, in fact! – but I kept finding myself busy...
It was brought to my attention today that there was some history set back in 1981 by the man to the left. That’s Doug Smail who was a constant on the Winnipeg Jets roster throughout the 1980s before bouncing through a number of teams and leagues at the end of his career. If there was...
After taking the IIHF to task yesterday over their management of World Junior Championship, the fallout from the positive tests in the Sweden and Germany selection camps continues to be felt through those teams with more announcements of people and players that will be excluded from the tournament. With Sweden missing seven people from their...
We’re dealing with an unprecedented season of hockey around the world, and that doesn’t exclude the NCAA. We’re dealing with an unprecedented season of hockey around the world, and that doesn’t exclude the NCAA. There have been many transactions through the league, and Ryan Kennedy breaks it all down. Source link
Rena Laverty/USA Hockey The goalies are set and the forwards are dangerous. Now, Team USA heads into camp in Michigan with a few overall questions, but a very good crop of kids who could very well contend for a gold medal at the 2021 world juniors in Edmonton. The Americans have whittled their summer roster...
Devon Levi. Photo courtesy of Northeastern University. If you don’t know much about goaltender Devon Levi yet, it’s OK. The Florida Panthers prospect spent the early part of Canada’s world junior camp isolated with fellow NCAA players Dylan Holloway and Alex Newhook, so he didn’t get the same exposure as his major junior peers. Levi...
Every year, there’s an addition to a university roster that flies under the radar, but could potentially have immediate payoffs if the player is ready to play. I don’t know how these players aren’t mentioned more by the teams they join, but any NCAA player jumping back to Canada to compete for a Canadian university...
If you’ve listened to The Hockey Show when we have university-level players on, one of the questions I always like to ask is how did they come to the decision to attend the school they are representing. The answers vary in terms of how players came to their decisions, and it always has me wondering...