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Dog days
Matt Fenwick called these the dog days on Friday, and given the utter snail's pace that hockey news has taken on the past week or so, that's pretty tough to contest. Tennis... golf... the Jays' feeble...
A look at the USHL
On Frozen Blog has an interesting take on the USHL today, calling for one of the American junior league's franchises to setup shop in Washington, D.C.:The pipeline for Major Junior hockey talent in th...
NHLers flee to Europe
Players who played five or more NHL games in 2006-07 and have signed to play in Europe for next season: Players European team Country NHL team Ric Jackman Salzburg EC Austria Ana Josh Green Sa...
So much for a 'super' seriesWhere have the great European defencemen gone?
There's a reason I didn't expect the so-called Super Series (which Canada now leads 2-0) to be much of a competition, and it looks something like this:Russian NHLers 25-and-underForward: Ovechkin, Mal...
A guide to the world championships
Here's a look at hockey's latest world rankings as we head into international championship season.Countries are colour coded as per which tournament they'll be playing in. Those in red are taking part...
2008 world championship Canada goes with Hitch
Ken Hitchcock will be behind the bench when Canada looks to become the first host country to win the IIHF World Hockey Championship in two decades.He's been unveiled as the Canadian coach for next mon...
2008 world hockey championship Canada v. USA
"Canada's roster is like an all-star team," said Tim Thomas, who will be in the U.S. goal."This is going to be one of the toughest games in the tournament, if not the toughest."— Roy MacGregor, The ...
2008 world championship Canada faces Russia for gold
Canada and Russia have never met in the final game of the world championship, and the hosts are looking to become the first to win on home soil since the Soviet Union did it in 1986. The last country ...
2008 world championship Russia gets gold
Ilya Kovalchuk scored his second goal of the game in overtime Sunday as Russia beat Canada 5-4 to capture the country's first gold medal at the event since 1993. A year earlier, O' Canada! was played ...
The Continental Hockey League™ A new super league: The KHL
The Continental Hockey League (KHL) sounds a bit like a Midwest circuit of another era, but as of the end of the 2007-08 season, the KHL is what we're to call the Russian Super League.Why the name cha...
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