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Category Archives: Junior Hockey
This Week in the United States of Hockey — 1/7-1/13/2012
It’s been an incredibly busy week for hockey in the U.S. and the game at large. There’s been plenty of great stories, big and small. Seeing as I don’t do this nearly often enough, I figured I’d provide a snapshot … Continue reading
Posted in Grow the Game, Junior Hockey, NCAA, NHL, USA Hockey, Youth Hockey
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American Prospect Update: NHL CSS Mid-Term Rankings [EDITED]
We’ve reached the halfway point of the season for most of the leagues that house players eligible for the 2012 NHL Entry Draft. As such, NHL Central Scouting Services released its mid-term rankings Wednesday morning. Central scouting listed 212 North … Continue reading
Posted in American Prospects, Junior Hockey, NCAA, NHL, NHL Draft, NTDP, USA Hockey
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2012 WJC Postmortem: Team USA’s Forwards
Looking back at the 2012 World Junior Championship, the U.S. National Junior Team and all of its faults, one has to feel that its biggest opportunity to have made an impact in the tournament rested with the group of forwards. … Continue reading
2012 WJC Postmortem: Team USA’s Defense and Goalies
The 2012 World Junior Championship officially closed last night in thrilling fashion, as Sweden edged Russia, 1-0, in overtime to capture its first U20 gold medal since 1981. It was as exciting a 1-0 game as I’ve seen and it … Continue reading
WU17HC: U.S. Falls to Russia, 7-4, in Championship Game
Despite a valiant comeback effort by the U.S. National Under-17 Team, Russia captured the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge title with a 7-4 victory. The score isn’t indicative of how the game played out, as a pair of late empty-netters for … Continue reading
2012 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge Championship Game Preview: USA vs. Russia
Getting to the championship game at the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge is a grind. Seven games in eight days and little margin for error in the preliminary round make this an incredibly tough tournament to win. In fact, the U.S. … Continue reading
2012 WJC: USA vs. Switzerland Preview
There’s a little added motivation for the U.S. National Junior Team as it takes the ice against Switzerland at 5 p.m. EST in Calgary. For some of these players, it could be the last time they wear the USA crest … Continue reading
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2012 WJC: USA vs. Latvia Reviewed; WU17HC: U.S. Advances to Championship Game and More
The U.S. National Junior Team’s offense came alive against Latvia in a 12-2 win. With the victory, Team USA cannot be relegated to Division 1A and will meet Switzerland Wednesday in what becomes a seventh-place game. That game will be … Continue reading
2012 WJC: USA vs. Latvia Preview; World U17 Challenge Update
It’s not where they want to be, but it’s where they are. The U.S. faces a game it never thought it’d be playing in, but Latvia awaits as a relegation-round opponent. A win today sets up a seventh-place game against … Continue reading
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2012 WJC: USA vs. Canada Reviewed; Time to Panic? Hardly
First off, Happy New Year, everybody! Thanks for making 2011 such a fun year on United States of Hockey. Hopefully it’ll be even better in 2012. Now let’s get to some analysis. Maybe it’s a good thing 2011 is over … Continue reading
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