Category Archives: Other Hockey Leagues

Norway Are Surprise Story From World Championships Preliminary Round

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Rarely do the opening rounds of International Ice Hockey competitions produce particularly stunning surprises. There are effectively levels of established hockey powers and the rest are ‘minnows’ that suffer defeat. Finland finished third in their group in Helsinki behind Canada

Kuznetsov Staying In Russia

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Evgeny Kuznetsov, perhaps the Washington Capitals’ top prospect, has decided to stay in Russia for two more years, according to reports.

World Championships Rosters Announced

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2012 IIHF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM ROSTERS   Belarus HEAD COACH: KARI HEIKKILÄ FORWARDS CLUB SERGEI DROZD DYNAMO MINSK SERGEI DUDKO DYNAMO MINSK ALEXANDER KITAROV DYNAMO MINSK ANDREI KOLOSOV HK GOMEL KONSTANTIN KOLTSOV SALAVAT YULAYEV UFA YEVGENI KOVYRSHIN SEVERSTAL CHEREPOVETS ALEXANDER

Boston College Tops Ferris State In NCAA Final

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The finale of the NHL regular season captured the headlines, but the NCAA title was also decided on Saturday. The talk leading up to the final focused on the David v Goliath story. However, there was to be no fairytale

Ferris State and Boston College To Meet In Frozen Four Finals

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After Thursday’s semi-final action, it was the Boston College Eagles and the Ferris State Bulldogs who emerged to contest an NCAA championship. This game will be Ferris State’s first appearance in the championship game in just their second tournament, while

Frozen Four Kicks Off Friday

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March Madness captured the sporting world last weekend and will probably do so again this weekend as the tournament heads towards the Final Four in New Orleans. College Hockey’s Frozen Four won’t garner as much attention, but it is an

Canada Name Steve Yzerman As 2014 Olympics GM

Hockey Canada on Monday named Tampa Bay Lightning general manager Steve Yzerman executive director of Team Canada for the 2014 Winter Olympics.

North American Disappointment At World Juniors

It was a frustrating World Juniors Championship for both of the North American representatives, though perhaps for different reasons. Canada are ever-expectant at any international hockey competition, and would have been truly frustrated to suffer defeat at the hands of

My Team Canada for 2012 WJC

We are getting near the time of the exciting, annual World Junior Championships which is taking place in Edmonton and Calgary in 2012. 2011 saw the Canadians in their tenth consecutive appearance in the final against a Russian team looking

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The Anaheim Ducks feel that the 2010 draft was their draft.  Windsor Spitfires defenseman Cam Fowler, who was rated as the 5th best North American prospect (despite dropping two places from 3rd – behind Taylor Hall and Tyler Seguin), fell