Since entering the Ontario Hockey League as an expansion franchise in 1995, the Barrie Colts have had plenty of talented players walk through the doors of Sadlon Arena (formerly Barrie Molson Centre), among them being several from Europe through the Canadian Hockey League’s Import Draft. Many of the 41 players selected by the Barrie Colts […]
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We’re a little over a week away from the start of the men’s hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano-Cortina, Italy, which is set to feature National Hockey League players for the first time since 2014, when Canada downed Sweden 2-0 to take their second consecutive gold medal. There’s plenty of anticipation ahead […]
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We’re less than two months away from the start of the men’s hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy and anticipation is building ahead of the NHL’s first trip to the Winter Games since 2014 in Sochi, Russia. Recently, there has been some concerns regarding the arena in Milan, which still isn’t […]
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(Image source: NHL Media) The National Hockey League’s 2025-26 season is officially underway and since June, we’ve seen a ton of teams release new uniforms, the most in a single campaign since the Reverse Retro 2.0 program during the 2022-23 campaign. In total, 19 jerseys have been unveiled in recent months, with four more on […]
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The National Hockey League’s 2025-26 season officially kicks off on Tuesday, with a trio of games including the Chicago Blackhawks and New York Rangers opening up their Centennial campaigns against the Florida Panthers and Pittsburgh Penguins, respectively, while the nightcap features one of the team’s I’ll be talking about in my final division preview – […]
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We’re less than a week away from the start of the National Hockey League’s 2025-26 season and today, it’s time for the third of my four divisional previews – the Metropolitan Division. While the Washington Capitals had a solid offseason in 2024, no one could’ve predicted them to win the division last season and did […]
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In less than two weeks, the National Hockey League’s 2025-26 season will begin and after previewing the Atlantic Division last week, it’s time to shift our attention to the Central Division, which should be quite competitive once again this year. The Chicago Blackhawks are hoping to turn the corner in the third year of the Connor Bedard […]
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We’re one week away from the start of training camps around the National Hockey League, with the 2025-26 campaign set to get underway in 25 days, so it feels like the perfect time to begin by four-part Season Preview series starting off with the Atlantic Division. This offseason was quieter than normal, aside from a […]
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The National Hockey League’s offseason is officially in its second full month and there’s a lot to talk about. From signings and trades that have occurred since the Stanley Cup Final concluded, the Entry Draft, players that are still unsigned, potential PTO candidates, the NHL’s new Collective Bargaining Agreement and of course, last month’s 2025-26 […]
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Later this week, the eyes of millions of hockey fans will be on the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, California for the 2025 NHL Entry Draft, which will be decentralized this year and only the top 50 prospects have been invited, with executives, scouting staffs and coaches remaining in a central location in their team’s […]
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We’re just eight days away from the opening of the National Hockey League’s free agency period, which is slated for Noon ET on Tuesday, July 1st, with TSN and Sportsnet’s broadcasts a Canada Day tradition for many households from coast-to-coast. At the time of writing this, there are several big names that are set to […]
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After 16 days of exhilarating international hockey action, the 2025 IIHF World Championship has officially come to a close with the Bronze and Gold Medal Games taking place at Stockholm’s Avicii Arena on Sunday. The tournament’s two co-hosts Denmark and Sweden, met in the Bronze Medal Game after losses to Switzerland and the United States, […]
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After an exciting Semifinal Saturday at the 2025 IIHF World Championship, we’re set up for what will be a historic Gold Medal Game tomorrow at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. It’s been a great two weeks in Stockholm and Herning with 16 of the best hockey nations competing for the gold medal at the 2025 […]
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After 12 days of some incredible action in the Preliminary Round at the 2025 IIHF World Championship, we’ve officially reached the Playoff Round and we’re down to eight nations vying for the gold medal and by the end of Thursday, only four would still be standing. There were some intriguing matchups on Thursday in Stockholm […]
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The Preliminary Round is officially over at the 2025 IIHF World Championship as eight nations say goodbye to Stockholm and Herning, while the other eight prepare for their chance at taking home the gold medal on Sunday. Two of Tuesday’s games had massive implications for the Playoff Round as Austria and Latvia battled for the […]
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The penultimate day of the preliminary round at the 2025 IIHF World Championship was a tense one, with one nation’s relegation fate being decided earlier on Monday, and two other nation climbing out of last place in their respective groups to remain in the top division in 2026 in Switzerland. Aside from the Czechia-Germany tilt […]
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The tenth day of the preliminary round at the 2025 IIHF World Championship has come to a close and there were plenty of exciting moments throughout each of the four games in Herning and Stockholm today. Slovenia, who was in desperate need of a point, took on Austria in the first game of the day […]
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We’ve entered the middle weekend of the 2025 IIHF World Championship and Saturday brought the tournament’s third triple-header in Herning and Stockholm, with some massive games that have playoff round implications. The United States and Germany battled in the early game of the day Group B in Herning, followed Czechia vs Kazakhstan, while the co-hosts […]
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With the preliminary round at the 2025 IIHF World Championship a little over a week old, we’re beginning to get a good look at where each nation stands and whether they’re heading to the playoff round, missing out on the quarterfinals or at risk of being relegated. The morning games in Herning and Stockholm featured […]
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If you’re a fan of offense, then Day 7 of the 2025 IIHF World Championship was a fun one, with a total of 29 goals between the four games in Stockholm and Herning, with some memorable moments for Finland and Switzerland as they continue to put themselves in a prime position to advance to the […]
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Day 6 of the 2025 IIHF World Championship has concluded and fans were treated to four great games, with Denmark, France, Kazakhstan, Norway and Slovakia all needing to pick up as many points as possibly if they want to have a shot at making it to the playoff round, which begins next Thursday. In the […]
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We’re officially through five days at the 2025 IIHF World Championship after eight nations played their third game of the tournament with Canada and Germany looking to remain undefeated, both of whom had an opportunity to climb into the first spot in Groups A and B, respectively. Slovenia (2) vs Latvia (5) F Coming into […]
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Day 4 of the IIHF World Championship had a bit of everything including some controversy, a pair of upsets and the battle of two Nordic rivals – co-hosts Sweden and Finland, which ended up being a tight affair. After back-to-back triple headers in Stockholm and Herning on Saturday and Sunday, Day 4 at the 2025 […]
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We’ve reached Day 3 of the 2025 IIHF World Championship and while it’s still quite early in the tournament, every single game and every single point matters and if you drop any points now, it could come back to bite you later in the preliminary round. On Sunday, fans were treated to yet another triple-header […]
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Day 2 of the 2025 IIHF World Championship has come and gone and now, all 16 teams have played at least one game following a triple-header in both Groups A and B in Stockholm and Herning, respectively. Saturday’s action brought plenty of exciting moments including the return of Hungary and Slovenia to the top division […]
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The IIHF World Championship never fails to disappoint and that was exactly the case on Friday with four action-packed games to kick off the tournament in Denmark and Sweden. In the early game in Group A, Finland took on Austria, and over in Group B, it was a rematch of last year’s gold medal game […]
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The 2025 IIHF World Championship is set to get underway on Friday in Herning, Denmark and Stockholm, Sweden with 16 nations vying for the chance to take home the gold medal and this year’s tournament is shaping up to be one of the best in quite some time. Those 16 nations, as is the case […]
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We’re officially eight days away from the start of the 2025 IIHF World Championship, which will be held in Stockholm, Sweden and Herning, Denmark from Friday, May 9th to Sunday, May 25th. After a somewhat disappointing tournament last year, with them not medalling for the first since 2018, Canada is looking to bounce back in […]
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Montreal Canadiens fans, get excited – as it’s officially Ivan Demidov time. SKA St. Petersburg’s elimination from the first round of the Gagarin Cup Playoffs on Sunday at the hands of Dynamo Moscow signalled the end of Ivan Demidov’s time in the KHL, with many expecting that the 2024 fifth overall pick would be assigned […]
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We’re officially less than one year away from the 2026 Winter Olympics and the return of NHL players to the biggest multi-sport event in the globe, which will do wonders for growing the game not only in Italy, but elsewhere around the world. The 2026 Winter Olympics marks the sixth time that the National Hockey League […]
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The NHL’s trade deadline for the 2024-25 season is set for Friday, March 7th at 3 pm ET and it’s set to be quite a busy week leading up to then with some big names expected to be available. It’s been a while on my site since I’ve taken a look at potential trade candidates, but today […]
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Best-on-best international hockey returned with a bang at the 4 Nations Face-Off and for those who are a big fan of international competition, like myself, the next decade is going to be a treat to watch the game’s biggest stars represent their respective nations. Just before the 4 Nations Face-Off began, the NHL announced the return of […]
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The best players from Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States are set to take to the ice in Montreal, Quebec and Boston, Massachusetts starting next Wednesday for the ‘4 Nations Face-Off’, first best-on-best international tournament in nearly nine years. Just over one year ago, the National Hockey League and the Players Association announced the […]
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The National Hockey League will continue unveiling their Quarter Century Teams on Sunday and it’ll be the Montreal Canadiens’ turn, with their best players over the last 25 years being given the spotlight. Since the dawn of the new millennium, the Montreal Canadiens have qualified for the Stanley Cup Playoffs on 13 occasions, which included […]
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The 2024-25 National Hockey League season is officially underway and today, I decided to take a look at who I think are the top-50 drafted prospects heading into the new campaign, along with ten honourable mentions. As I did last year, I won’t be ranking the prospects individually, instead, I’ll be putting them into different […]
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The 2024-25 National Hockey League season will get underway on Friday afternoon as the Buffalo Sabres take on the New Jersey Devils in Prague, Czechia at 1 pm ET, before facing each other once again on Saturday morning at 10 am ET. Over here in North America, the schedule begins on Tuesday, October 8th with […]
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The Montreal Canadiens hosted the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Bell Centre over the weekend for a pair of games dubbed the ‘Prospect Showdown’. As expected, Habs fans packed the Bell Centre on both Saturday and Sunday, nearly selling out the arena for a prospects game – that shows how much Montreal loves their team. […]
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The hockey world is in mourning after the loss of Columbus Blue Jackets forward Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew, who was also a professional hockey player, spending his time in the AHL and ECHL. Johnny and Matthew lost their lives on Thursday evening while out riding their bicycles, heading home from a rehearsal dinner […]
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The 2024 UEFA European Championship is set to get underway this Friday as the hosts Germany take on Scotland. While I’m still disappointed Wales failed to qualify after losing to Poland on penalties in March, I’m really looking forward to the Euros, as I do every four years. Here are my group stage and knockout […]
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After 16 days of great hockey, the IIHF World Championship has come to a close and the host nation, Czechia, walked away golden for the first time since 2010, while Switzerland took home their first medal in six years. Looking back at the 2+ weeks, this tournament was one of the best in quite a […]
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The 2024 IIHF World Hockey Championship is set to get underway on Friday, May 10th from Prague and Ostrava, Czechia and this year’s tournament is set to be one to remember for a very long time. With the National Hockey League returning to a more consistent best-on-best international calendar starting in February 2025 with the […]
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We are officially in the final week of the existence of the Arizona Coyotes as next Thursday, April 18th, National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman is expected to announced the sale of the team to Ryan Smith, owner of the NBA’s Utah Jazz, who will be relocating them to Salt Lake City. It’s been a […]
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Best-on-best international hockey is expected to return in early 2025. According to reports, a four-team international event involving Canada, Finland, Sweden and the United States will take place in February 2025 which will prelude more best-on-best events in the coming years, including the 2026 Winter Olympics and a full-scale World Cup of Hockey in 2028. […]
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After a long summer, the 2023-24 National Hockey League season is finally here. The first game of the new campaign will get underway tomorrow at 5:30pm ET as the Tampa Bay Lightning take on the Nashville Predators. Meanwhile, Connor Bedard will make his NHL debut at 8pm as the Blackhawks battle Sidney Crosby and the […]
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The 2023-24 National Hockey League season is right around the corner and I wanted to share my top-50 prospects drafted by teams. To be included on the list, the following criteria needed to be met: Instead of ranking the players from 1 to 50, I’ve decided to break it down into tiers – A++, A+, […]
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The 2023-24 National Hockey League season is less than two months away and starting today, I’m going to be trying to put out at least one or two articles per week as we head into the new campaign on various different topics. Throughout the next several weeks, I’ll be sharing my top-50 prospects list, as […]
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The 2023 National Hockey League Entry Draft is less than three weeks away and after watching video and analyzing eligible players throughout , I’ve decided to share my rankings. My rankings include 32 players I think will be selected during the first round of the draft and the order in which I think they will […]
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The 2023 IIHF World Hockey Championship is coming to a close this weekend with Canada, Germany, Latvia and United States the four teams still standing heading into semi-final Saturday. Today’s article is a short one but I’ve decided to rank my ten favourite jerseys that have been worn during the tournament. I have several other […]
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We’re only a matter of days away from the start of the 2023 IIHF World Hockey Championship, which is set to be co-hosted by Tampere, Finland, and Riga, Latvia, from May 12th to May 28th. The World Championship every May is my favourite tournament on the international calendar for several reasons, including the fact I […]
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The Montreal Canadiens’ 2022-23 season is set to come to a close on Thursday night as they host their Original Six rivals, the Boston Bruins, at the Bell Centre at 7 p.m. ET. Going into this season, Habs fans didn’t expect much in terms of success on the ice, with the priority being the development […]
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Hello again! Today, I’m continuing my eight-part series predicting rosters for the 2026 Winter Olympics, which are set to be hosted in Italy in just over three years. As a reminder, the nine highest ranked nations by the International Ice Hockey Federation automatically qualify for the Olympics, as well as three other nations via a […]
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Hey everyone, it’s been a little while since I’ve posted anything on my website, especially hockey-related. I hope everyone had a great holiday season and is having a good start to 2023. Starting today, I plan to be more active on here and have roughly 15 articles planned between now and the end of March, […]
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Nearly three and a half years ago, 206 nations, in six different confederations, embarked on a qualification campaign for the 2022 FIFA World Cup that suffered several delays and postponements due to COVID-19. But here we are, three days from the start of the tournament and 32 teams will begin the chase for international soccer […]
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For those who know me, not only am I a massive hockey fan, I’m a hockey jersey fanatic. Since I was young, I was always fascinated with uniforms at every level of hockey and I’ve made a handful of articles here on my blog site about my passion for hockey jerseys. Back in January, I […]
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The NHL and Adidas have come together for another line of Reverse Retro jerseys for all 32 teams, with all-new designs. For those who aren’t familiar with what a Reverse Retro jersey is, here’s a bit of a synopsis. The Reverse Retro jerseys are essentially a twist on a teams retro jersey. It could feature […]
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The 2022-23 National Hockey League season is set to get underway here in North America tomorrow, October 11th when the New York Rangers take on the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Vegas Golden Knights battle the Los Angeles Kings. The season technically has already begun when the San Jose Sharks and Nashville Predators faced each […]
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The Montreal Canadiens began training camp on Thursday with their first on-ice sessions that involved mainly conditioning work. The group of 74 players were split into four teams for scrimmages on Friday and Saturday. Tomorrow (Sunday) afternoon at the Bell Centre, the Canadiens will play their annual ‘Red vs White’ game, with the first cuts […]
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The 2022 draft has come to a close and 225 players and their families have a lot to celebrate by joining a National Hockey League franchise. Montreal held the first pick, in their own building, and used it to select 6’4″ Slovakian winger Juraj Slafkovsky from TPS Turku (Liiga). While this surprised a lot of […]
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The 2022 NHL Entry Draft is set to get underway in just over a week (July 7th-8th) at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec. In late October, I released a “20 players to watch” article for the draft and a “mid-season ranking” article in the middle of January. Following several months of watching video and […]
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Bronze Medal Game: Czechia (8) vs United States (4) Czechia’s statistics Player G A PTS David Pastrnak 3 0 3 Tomas Hertl 0 3 3 David Kampf 2 0 2 Roman Cervenka 1 1 2 Jiri Smejkal 1 1 2 Jiri Cernoch 1 0 1 David Krejci 0 1 1 Hynek Zohorna 0 1 1 […]
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(1) Finland (4) vs (4) United States (3) Finland’s statistics Player G A PTS Miro Heiskanen 1 2 3 Joel Armia 1 1 2 Sami Vatanen 1 1 2 Harri Pesonen 0 2 2 Sakari Manninen 1 0 1 Teemu Hartikainen 0 1 1 Mikko Lehtonen 0 1 1 Jussi Olkinuora (G) 25 saves/28 shots […]
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(A2) Germany (1) vs (B3) Czechia (4) Germany’s statistics Player G A PTS Moritz Seider 1 0 1 Marcel Noebels 0 1 1 Matthias Plachta 0 1 1 Philipp Grubauer (G) 20 saves/23 shots against 1 Loss Czechia’s statistics Player G A PTS Roman Cervenka 1 2 3 David Krejci 1 2 3 David Pastrnak […]
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Germany (3) vs Switzerland (4) SO Germany statistics Player G A PTS Kai Wissmann 1 1 2 Stefan Loibl 1 0 1 Matthias Plachta 1 0 1 Moritz Seider 0 1 1 Moritz Muller 0 1 1 Lukas Reichel 0 1 1 Philipp Grubauer (G) 29 saves/32 shots against 1 Loss Switzerland statistics Player G […]
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Kazakhstan (5) vs Italy (2) Kazakhstan statistics Player G A PTS Valeri Orekhov 1 1 2 Roman Starchenko 1 1 2 Nikita Mikhailis 1 1 2 Jesse Blacker 0 2 2 Darren Dietz 0 2 2 Alikhan Asetov 1 0 1 Curtis Valk 1 0 1 Mikhail Rakhmanov 0 1 1 Yegor Petukhov 0 1 […]
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Kazakhstan (4) vs Germany (5) Kazakhstan statistics Player G A PTS Roman Starchenko 1 1 2 Samat Daniyar 0 2 2 Nikita Mikhailis 1 0 1 Pavel Akolzin 1 0 1 Yegor Petukhov 1 0 1 Alikhan Asetov 0 1 1 Leonid Metalnikov 0 1 1 Anton Sagadeyev 0 1 1 Andrei Shutov (G) 31 […]
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Denmark (3) vs France (0) Denmark statistics Player G A PTS Frederik Storm 0 2 2 Markus Lauridsen 0 2 2 Peter Regin 1 0 1 Joachim Blichfield 1 0 1 Julian Jakobsen 1 0 1 Nikolaj Ehlers 0 1 1 Sebastian Dahm (G) 19 saves/19 shots against 1 Win 1 Shutout France statistics Player […]
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Germany (9) vs Italy (4) Germany statistics Player G A PTS Kai Wissmann 1 3 4 Lukas Reichel 1 2 3 Marc Michaelis 0 3 3 Yasin Ehliz 2 0 2 Daniel Fischbuch 2 0 2 Alexander Karachun 2 0 2 Maximilian Kastner 0 2 2 Daniel Schmolz 0 2 2 Stefan Loibl 0 2 […]
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Germany (1) vs Denmark (0) Germany statistics Player G A PTS Marc Michaelis 1 0 1 Daniel Fischbuch 0 1 1 Marcel Noebels 0 1 1 Philipp Grubauer (G) 18 saves/18 shots against 1 Win 1 Shutout Denmark statistics Player G A PTS Sebastian Dahm (G) 12 saves/13 shots against 1 Loss Great Britain (0) […]
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France (2) vs Italy (1) OT France statistics Player G A PTS Hugo Gallet 1 0 1 Sacha Treille 1 0 1 Damien Fleury 0 1 1 Yohann Auvitu 0 1 1 Tim Bozon 0 1 1 Henri Corentin Buysse (G) 18 saves/19 shots against 1 Win Italy statistics Player G A PTS Luca Frigo […]
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Italy (1) vs Denmark (2) Italy statistics Player G A PTS Alex Petan 1 0 1 Enrico Miglioranzi 0 1 1 Dante Hannoun 0 1 1 Andreas Bernard (G) 43 saves/45 shots against 1 Loss Denmark statistics Player G A PTS Mathias Bau 1 1 2 Nikolaj Ehlers 1 0 1 Nicolai Meyer 0 1 […]
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Latvia (3) vs Norway (2) Latvia statistics Player G A PTS Rudolfs Balcers 0 2 2 Rodrigo Abols 1 0 1 Roberts Bukarts 1 0 1 Nikolajs Jelisejevs 1 0 1 Sandis Smons 0 1 1 Ronalds Kenins 0 1 1 Kristaps Sotnieks 0 1 1 Elvis Merzlikins (G) 34 saves/36 shots against 1 Win […]
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Norway (4) vs Great Britain (3) SO Norway statistics Player G A PTS Mathis Olimb 2 0 2 Mats Rosseli Olsen 0 2 2 Andreas Klavestad 1 0 1 Ludvig Hoff 0 1 1 Mathias Trettenes 0 1 1 Ken Andre Olimb 0 1 1 Johannes Johannesen 0 1 1 Henrik Haukeland (G) 21 saves/24 […]
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Denmark (9) vs Kazakhstan (1) Denmark statistics Player G A PTS Markus Lauridsen 0 4 4 Joachim Blichfield 3 0 3 Mathias Bau 0 3 3 Nikolaj Ehlers 0 3 3 Frederik Storm 1 1 2 Oliver Larsen 1 1 2 Felix Scheel 1 0 1 Peter Regin 1 0 1 Patrick Bjorkstrand 1 0 […]
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United States (4) vs Latvia (1) United States statistics Player G A PTS Seth Jones 1 1 2 Riley Barber 1 0 1 Thomas Bordeleau 1 0 1 Sam Lafferty 1 0 1 Kieffer Bellows 0 1 1 Alex Galchenyuk 0 1 1 Jaycob Megna 0 1 1 Andrew Peeke 0 1 1 Nate Schmidt […]
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With the 2022 IIHF World Hockey Championship getting underway in Finland on Friday, it’s time to take a look at some players to watch during the tournament. The sixteen skaters and three goaltenders I’m choosing are players that people may not have heard of before, but that I have watched occasionally. My list has several […]
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The 2022 IIHF World Hockey Championship is set to get underway on Friday, May 13th and will wrap up on Sunday, May 29th with the bronze and gold medal games. The tournament is set to be held in Tampere and Helsinki, Finland. Last year’s tournament provided some highly entertaining hockey. Canada, who lost their first […]
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The National Hockey League’s Central Scouting department released their final rankings on Thursday ahead of the 2022 Entry Draft in July and it’s no surprise that Simon Nemec was the top-ranked defenceman. Simon Nemec is an 18-year-old blueline from Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia who played the 2021-22 season with HK Nitra in the Slovak Extraliga. He […]
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The Montreal Canadiens family and hockey as a whole lost one of the best players to ever lace them up, Guy Lafleur. The Thurso, Quebec native passed away on Friday morning following a battle with lung cancer, his family announced. Tributes have poured in from all across the hockey world including from the Canadiens, NHL, […]
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When you think of the best hockey players to come out of Slovakia, Marian Hossa, Miroslav Satan, Pavol Demitra, and Marian Gaborik are just a handful of those names. Within the next decade you’ll be able to add another name to that list, Juraj Slafkovsky. Juraj Slafkovsky is a 17-year-old centerman and top draft eligible […]
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It’s been quite a while since I did my first tier list. That came nearly fourteen months ago (Jan. 2021) I believe, when I ranked the NHL’s Reverse Retro uniforms. Today, I’ve decided to re-visit that concept, but instead, I’ll be ranking the outdoor jerseys that have been worn/will be worn in games between November […]
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The 2022 Winter Olympics are set to get underway tonight with the first games of the women’s hockey tournament. Today, I’m going to look at some of the players I’m going to be keeping an eye on over the next few weeks. I’ve broken it down into three categories. Men’s (three players per nation), Men’s […]
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The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China are fast approaching, with the first games of the men’s hockey tournament getting underway in two weeks. Today, I’m going to share my predictions for the tournament including game-by-game predictions, standings, media all-star team, awards, etc. Before I get into the predictions, let’s take a look at the […]
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Yesterday, the National Hockey League’s Central Scouting department released their mid-season rankings for the 2022 draft. For the most part, the rankings were as people expected, with a couple of surprises. Today, I’m going to share who I have as the top thirty-two draft prospects and will be breaking them down into two categories as […]
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The National Hockey League’s 2022 trade deadline in set for March 21st, only 73 days away. A lot of activity will happen between now and then as teams across the league try to gear up at a potential run towards the Stanley Cup. Today, I’m going to take a look at who I think are […]
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The 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China are fast approaching with the Opening Ceremony less than a month away. Canada’s Men’s Hockey team won’t be in action for 36 days (February 10th). As everyone knows by now, the National Hockey League has decided that it will not send it’s players to the Olympics due to […]
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As everyone knows by now, the International Ice Hockey Federation announced this afternoon that the 2022 World Junior Hockey Championship has been cancelled due to COVID-19 cases within the tournament. In this post, I’m going to take a look at how this could have been avoided. But first while on the topic of the IIHF […]
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Day three at the 2022 World Juniors was originally supposed to have two games, USA vs Switzerland and Canada vs Austria. Due to COVID related reasons, the United States have forfeited their game against Switzerland. Switzerland receives a 1-0 regulation win (3pts) in the standings, while the United States receives a regulation loss (0pts). The […]
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Austria (1) vs Finland (7) Austria statistics Player G A PTS Martin Urbanek 1 0 1 Lucas Thaler 0 1 1 Luca Auer 0 1 1 Sebastian Wraneschitz (G) 41 saves/48 shots against 1 Loss Finland statistics Player G A PTS Ville Koivunen 2 1 3 Brad Lambert 1 2 3 Samuel Helenius 1 1 […]
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Finland (3) vs Germany (1) Finland statistics Player G A PTS Samuel Helenius 2 0 2 Brad Lambert 0 2 2 Joel Maatta 1 0 1 Aleksi Heimosalmi 0 1 1 Roni Hirvonen 0 1 1 Ville Koivunen 0 1 Leevi Meriläinen (G) 23 saves/24 shots against 1 Win Germany statistics Player G A PTS […]
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The 2022 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship is set to get underway in one week, so it’s time for my preview and predictions for this year’s tournament in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, last year’s event was originally supposed to be held by Edmonton and Red Deer, but with fans […]
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NHL teams, for the most part, have plenty of depth within their prospect pools, and some include high-calibre players who will make an impact on their roster some day. Today, I’ve decided to compile a list of who I think the top 30 NHL drafted prospects are. I’ll also compare the rankings from my last list […]
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Welcome to December! We’re officially twenty-five days away from the start of the 2022 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships in Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta. As I did last year, I’ll be posting daily updates, as well as a preview/prediction post that will be coming out in the next few days. Today’s article is something […]
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The Montreal Canadiens returned from their three-game road trip on Sunday morning. This weekend won’t be remember for the 6-3 win over Pittsburgh last night, but rather the changes made off the ice in the last twenty-four hours. It all started last night, with the report that former New York Rangers General Manager Jeff Gorton […]
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Tomorrow will mark one month until the 2022 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships kick-off in Edmonton and Red Deer Alberta. As I did last year, I will be posting daily updates/recaps for the tournament. For today’s post, I will be predicting Canada’s roster for the 2022 World Juniors. I wrote out my projected roster before […]
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Throughout the 2021-22 season, I will be revisiting my original twenty players to watch list for next July’s draft. My update posts will come whenever the NHL’s Central Scouting releases their rankings. Typically, NHL Central Scouting releases four lists I believe. The preliminary list, first ranking, mid-season ranking, final ranking. Last week, NHL Central Scouting […]
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The 2021-22 NHL season begins in less than three weeks with the first two games taking place on Tuesday, October 12th. On that day, the Pittsburgh Penguins will take on the two-time defending Stanley Cup champions, the Tampa Bay Lightning. Later that night, the Seattle Kraken will make their highly-anticipated debut as the NHL’s 32nd […]
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The NHL is full of talent, and today I’m going to take a crack at ranking the top-50 players currently in the league. The inspiration for this post was the NHL Network who has been putting out top-50 lists ahead of the last several seasons. I’ve always planned on doing a post like this one, […]
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As most European and Junior leagues begin to prepare for their upcoming seasons, I want to share twenty draft-eligible prospects that I’m keeping my eye on during the 2021-22 season. The majority of the names I have listed are expected to be first round selections. There are a handful of others who are players I […]
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The Seattle Kraken are less than 48 hours away from selecting their team in the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft. Now that protection lists have been released, I’m going to share my predictions on who the Kraken may take on Wednesday night. Before I jump into my list, there are a few points to remember. At […]
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It’s been nearly a week since the Montreal Canadiens fell to the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 2021 Stanley Cup Final. As a die-hard fan, the loss still stings quite a bit, but it’s time to look to the future. Today, I’m going to take a look at the Canadiens off-season, who’s a free agent, […]
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The 2020-21 hockey calendar has been a tough one for scouting due to the pandemic. Scouts have been limited to watching video, and have only been allowed in to watch games in a handful of markets in certain leagues. I was hoping to release multiple rankings from September/October 2020 to July 2021 when the draft […]
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As most people know, I’m a die-hard fan of the Montreal Canadiens. In my eyes, the Habs have one of the best prospect pools in the National Hockey League. Today, I’m going to breakdown the Canadiens prospects and how they’ve fared during the 2020-21 season across North America and Europe. Name Position Age 2020-21 Team […]
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Today’s post is one I’ve been wanting to do since I started this blog. I’m going to share a roster of players I’ve met throughout my life. The roster includes Stanley Cup champions, Hockey Hall of Famers, and plenty of them have a ton of experience at the International level. Many of these players I’ve […]
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This weeks post is going to feature 15 players that in my eyes are undoubtedly locks to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame once their career ends. Alexander Ovechkin. Age: 35. Regular season stats: GP: 1,160. G: 711. A: 579. PTS: 1,290. PIMS: 721. +/-: +80. Playoff stats: GP: 136. G: 69. A: […]
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Today’s post is going to focus on my hometown Junior club, the Barrie Colts. The modern day Colts joined the Ontario Hockey League after being granted an expansion franchise. Their first season in the OHL was the 1995-96 season, playing out of the old Dunlop Arena in downtown Barrie, until the Barrie Molson Centre opened […]
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With the 2020-21 NHL season starting in less than 48 hours, I thought I would share my predictions in what will be a 56-game sprint, before a hard fought two-month battle for the greatest trophy in all of sports, the Stanley Cup. I’m sure people will disagree with my predictions, and there’s nothing wrong with […]
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NHL teams, for the most part, have plenty of depth within their prospect pools, and some include high-calibre players who will make an impact on their roster some day. Today, I’ve decided to compile a list of who I think the top 30 NHL drafted prospects are. I have also included five honorable mentions. Many […]
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Bronze Medal Game: (3) Finland (4) vs (4) Russia (1) Finland statistics Player G A PTS Anton Lundell 3 0 3 Mikko Petman 1 0 1 Eemil Viro 0 1 1 Mikael Pyyhtia 0 1 1 Matias Mantykivi 0 1 1 Topi Niemela 0 1 1 Samuel Helenius 0 1 1 Kari Piiroinen (G) 28 […]
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(1) Canada (5) vs (4) Russia (0) Canada statistics Player G A PTS Dylan Cozens 1 2 3 Braden Schneider 1 1 2 Jakob Pelletier 0 2 2 Cole Perfetti 1 0 1 Alex Newhook 1 0 1 Connor McMichael 1 0 1 Jack Quinn 0 1 1 Ryan Suzuki 0 1 1 Dawson Mercer […]
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(B2) Russia (2) vs (A3) Germany (1) Russia statistics Player G A PTS Danil Bashkirov 1 0 1 Vasiliy Ponomarev 1 0 1 Zakhar Bardakov 0 1 1 Arseny Gritsyuk 0 1 1 Egor Afanasyev 0 1 1 Semyon Chistyakov 0 1 1 Yaroslav Askarov (G) 18 saves/19 shots against 1 Win Germany statistics Player […]
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It’s been a little while since I’ve posted anything related to the NHL (other than the brief “NHL is back” post on Dec. 20th) as my focus has been solely on the 2021 World Juniors. Today, I’m going to unveil my Reverse Retro tier list. I was originally going to post this at the end […]
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Czech Republic (7) vs Austria (0) Czech Republic statistics Player G A PTS Martin Lang 2 1 3 Pavel Novak 1 2 3 Simon Kubicek 1 1 2 Jan Mysak 1 1 2 David Jiricek 1 1 2 David Vitouch 0 2 2 Filip Prikryl 1 0 1 Radek Muzik 0 1 1 Stanislav Svozil […]
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Finland (6) vs Slovakia (0) Finland statistics Player G A PTS Anton Lundell 1 2 3 Samuel Helenius 2 0 2 Kasper Simontaival 1 1 2 Topi Niemela 1 1 2 Roni Hirvonen 0 2 2 Benjamin Korhonen 0 2 2 Santeri Hatakka 1 0 1 Mikko Petman 0 1 1 Kari Piiroinen (G) 12 […]
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United States (7) vs Czech Republic (0) United States statistics Player G A PTS Trevor Zegras 2 1 3 Bobby Brink 2 0 2 Cole Caufield 1 1 2 Arthur Kaliyev 1 0 1 Matthew Boldy 1 0 1 Brock Faber 0 1 1 Matthew Beniers 0 1 1 Ryan Johnson 0 1 1 Henry […]
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Austria (0) vs Sweden (4) Austria statistics Player G A PTS Sebastian Wraneschitz (G) 61 saves/65 shots against 1 Loss Sweden statistics Player G A PTS Noel Gunler 2 0 2 Lucas Raymond 1 1 2 Simon Holmstrom 0 2 2 Theodor Niederbach 1 0 1 Alexander Holtz 0 1 1 Albert Johansson 0 1 […]
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Finland (4) vs Switzerland (1) Finland statistics Player G A PTS Anton Lundell 1 1 2 Kasper Simontaival 1 1 2 Brad Lambert 0 2 2 Topi Niemela 0 2 2 Aku Raty 1 0 1 Juuso Parssinen 1 0 1 Roni Hirvonen 0 1 1 Roope Taponen (G) 13 saves/14 shots against 1 Win […]
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Sweden (7) vs Czech Republic (1) Sweden statistics Player G A PTS Victor Soderstrom 0 3 3 Philip Broberg 0 3 3 Elmer Soderblom 1 1 2 Simon Holmstrom 0 2 2 Tobias Bjornfot 0 2 2 Albin Sundsvik 1 0 1 Noel Gunler 1 0 1 Theodor Niederbach 1 0 1 Arvid Costmar 1 […]
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Switzerland (0) vs Slovakia (1) Switzerland statistics Player G A PTS Thibault Fatton (G) 31 saves/32 shots against 1 Loss Slovakia statistics Player G A PTS Roman Faith 1 0 1 Simon Nemec 0 1 1 Michal Mrazik 0 1 1 Simon Latkoczy (G) 28 saves/28 shots against 1 Win 1 Shutout Germany (3) vs […]
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Finally! It’s the three words NHL fans have been waiting to hear: Hockey is back. The National Hockey League and the Player’s association officially announced today that the 56-game 2020-21 season will commence on January 13th. The 31 teams will be placed into four divisions, North (Canadian), West, Central, and East. Regular season play will […]
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On Sunday, all 10 countries participating in the 2021 World Juniors entered the bubble in Edmonton, Alberta, and rosters, for the most part, have been finalized. The rosters don’t have to be registered with the IIHF until December 24th, but all 10 countries have announced their final 25-man rosters, with the exception of a couple […]
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Over the course of my life, I’ve had the opportunity to attend five international games, and I have to say, the atmosphere at a few of those was incredible. The fans of European nations are great, and so passionate about their country. International events such as the World Juniors, World Cup of Hockey, and Olympics […]
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We’re 12 days from the beginning of pre-tournament games, and 17 days until the start of the 2021 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships. Today, we’re going to look at 15 players to watch/keep an eye on at this years tournament. Before we get started, my original list was impacted by COVID-19, as I had included […]
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We’ve finally hit one of the best months of the year, December. It’s not only a great month because of Christmas, and being with family/friends, but because it means we’re about to witness some of the best hockey of 2020. This year’s tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Edmonton, and Red Deer, Alberta, […]
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The National Hockey League and Adidas have come together to create a line of jerseys called “Reverse Retro”. All 31 teams will be wearing one this upcoming season. Before I unveil what they look like, here is a bit of background information about the Reverse Retro jersey program. I first came across info regarding the […]
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Marc Bergevin has been one of the busiest general managers in the NHL this off-season, and it’s arguably been his best off-season since joining the Canadiens in May of 2012. It started in early September with the acquisition of backup goaltender Jake Allen from St. Louis, and then a couple weeks following that, he got […]
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Today’s blog is a simple one. In my eyes, these are the 25 greatest players to ever wear the Bleu-Blanc-Rouge. I’m sure some people will disagree with a few of my choices, but this list was one of the toughest I’ve ever done. There is so many great players in the 110 years the Canadiens […]
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In recent years, the German men’s national ice hockey team has taken big strides in the development of their program. They currently sit seventh in the IIHF World Rankings, and have a talented group of young players on the way. It wouldn’t surprise me at all if Germany is able to surpass the Czech Republic […]
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This is my first blog post in a little over a month and it’s a big one. Today I’m going to dive deep into what’s in store for the Habs this off-season, and what I think the team should do. First, lets take a look at how Montreal did during the postseason. Postseason Recap The […]
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From the moment the puck dropped last Saturday, the Montreal Canadiens embraced the role of being an underdog. Their will and determination lead them to a 3-1 series win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. A big Game 1 Overtime win came courtesy of Jeff Petry, who really stood out in the entire series, scoring 2 game […]
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NHL players and staff arrived in their hub cities yesterday, exhibition games begin tomorrow through Thursday, and then Saturday, it all begins, the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs! I thought today would be the perfect day to share my predictions for the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs. I’ve been working on these predictions for about a week […]
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Tomorrow, the NHL will be announcing the 3 finalists for the Frank J Selke Trophy. This award is given to a forward who demonstrates the defensive component of the game. Today, I am going to make my case for why Montreal Canandiens centerman Phillip Danault deserves to be one of those 3 nominees. The NHL […]
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Yes, you read the title right..hockey is back! There are plenty of details to go over so lets dive on in. This evening, the NHL and NHLPA ratified the Return to Play plan, as well as a new 4 year extension on the CBA, which will now go until the end of the 2025-26 season. […]
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Last night was one of the strangest moments in NHL draft lottery history. I mean, it’s 2020 after all, with everything that has happened so far this year in the world it doesn’t shock me that a placeholder team won the lottery. Yes, you heard that correctly. A placeholder team, more specifically, Team E, won […]
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A big passion of mine is scouting as many of you know, and apart of that passion is because I really enjoy watching players grow and develop from the time they start in junior hockey, all the way to the NHL. Today’s post I am going to be listing my favourite prospect on each NHL […]
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Today’s post, as mentioned in the title, is about my ideas for an expanded version of the World Cup of Hockey. The inaugural World Cup of Hockey was held in 1996, and there have been 3 tournaments overall (1996, 2004, 2016). Before the tournament was re-branded as the World Cup of Hockey it was known […]
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Happy Friday everyone, hope you all had a good week. Today is the final installment of my 2022 Olympic series. I decided to focus on my roster/management predictions for the teams I picked to win Gold (Canada), Silver (Russia), and Bronze (USA). Beside each players name will be their age as of February 4th 2022, […]
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In Part 2, I am going to discuss some of the issues that are prevented NHL participation at the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, and I’m going to make very very early predictions for qualifying, group stage, and playoff rounds. Obviously, like many things in life, the main issue in this case is money. […]
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I was debating whether or not I should make a post about what is going on in the US right now, but I feel like it is the right thing to do. I know this blog is about hockey and all about the sport I love, but some things are more important right now, and […]
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Today’s article was supposed to be part 2 of my 2022 Winter Olympics series, but given the announcement by the NHL on Tuesday, I thought I should talk about that! The NHL announced its 24 team return to play plan on Tuesday afternoon. The top 12 teams in each conference based on points percentage as […]
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We’re less than 20 months away from the start of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. Starting today I will be doing a 3 part series on the 2022 games. Today’s topic will be regarding the format, qualification, etc. One thing people know about me is that I love hockey, but one thing you […]
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Today, I decided I was going to share who are my favourite players to watch on each NHL team. As a die hard Habs fan, it was definitely difficult actually saying I enjoy watching certain Bruins and Leafs players. I try to leave out the fact that I am a Habs fan and I try […]
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Today, I thought I would take make an interesting article on one of my favorite topics, jerseys! One thing I thoroughly enjoy and research quite a bit is jerseys, jersey history, and stuff like that. I patiently wait every December or so for the Adidas catalog to leak so I can see what potential teams […]
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While the 2019-20 season is on pause, I thought it would be a good time to take a look at the contenders for if/when the season resumes. There has been talk whether to have a 16, 20, or 24 team playoff when the season resumes, but regardless of that my list potential winners stays the […]
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Happy Monday everyone! As you should know by now the 2019-20 NHL season is on pause due to the on going COVID-19 pandemic. It’s an unprecedented time across the globe and I hope everyone is finding a way to be safe, while staying home and trying to enjoy the countless older hockey games Sportsnet is […]
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Hello everyone, as is mentioned in my about page, my name is Cooper Godin, I’m a 22 year old from Barrie, Ontario with a passion for hockey. Since the age of 7 I’ve been an avid hockey fan. I’ve had the privilege of growing up going to many local junior hockey games, as well as […]
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