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Category Archives: Junior Hockey
U.S. World Junior Watch: Candidates in the Pros, Early Stock Watch
Saturday represented two months to the 2014 IIHF World Junior Championship in Malmo, Sweden. During the excitement of the early season, it’s easy to forgot just how short these two months will be. Most candidates for the U.S. National Junior … Continue reading
2013 CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game Preview
On Thursday night in Pittsburgh, 40 39 of the best American-born players eligible for the 2014 NHL Entry Draft will take the ice at the CONSOL Energy Center to compete in the 2014 CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game. It’s the second … Continue reading
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Concussions in Junior, College Hockey Need More Attention
Concussions aren’t going away. Over the last few years, concussions and head trauma have become as much a part of the sports discussion as what you can find in the box scores. As more is learned about the human brain … Continue reading
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2013 All-American Prospects Game Roster Revealed
Monday, USA Hockey revealed the 40 players invited to participate in the 2013 CCM/USA Hockey All-American Prospects Game in Pittsburgh. The game, which will be held at the CONSOL Energy Center on Sept. 26, features only U.S. players eligible for … Continue reading
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NCAA vs. CHL: QMJHL Rising as Legitimate Player in Recruiting Battle
Once considered mostly an afterthought in the ongoing and ever-present recruiting battle between college hockey and the Canadian Hockey League, the QMJHL has made a more concerted effort to attract top-end talent from the United States. This summer, it may … Continue reading
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NCAA vs. CHL: Summer of Decommitments Rages On
For a pair of teams that play in the Canadian province of Ontario, the Ontario Hockey League’s Kitchener Rangers and London Knights sure love their American players. News broke Saturday night that Christian Dvorak, a highly regarded forward out of … Continue reading
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2013 U.S. WJC Camp Wrap Up
Every year, USA Hockey’s National Junior Evaluation Camp provides the staff of the U.S. National Junior Team a great chance to get a close look at its candidate pool under one roof. Normally things start clearing up as some players … Continue reading
2013 U.S. WJC Camp: USA vs. Canada Recap
The U.S. found a way to finish the camp on a pretty high note with a 5-1 victory over Canada. Team USA got terrific goaltending from Jon Gillies and found the magic on the power play as well. The scoreline … Continue reading
2013 U.S. WJC Camp: USA vs. Finland Recap
If the U.S. National Junior Team was hoping for a clearer evaluation picture for the first half of the season, I’m not sure they’ve got it with this year’s National Junior Evaluation Camp, but there were a few positives taken … Continue reading
2013 U.S. WJC Camp: USA vs. Sweden Recap — Ivan Hlinka Update
The newly-trimmed roster for Team USA didn’t get off to the best of starts in its first game as one squad. The U.S. fell to Sweden 4-0 Wednesday. It was one of those games that just never had much flow. … Continue reading
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