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Category Archives: NHL Draft
American Prospect Update: NCAA Draft-Eligibles; ESPN Top 50 and More
There aren’t as many NHL Draft prospects in the college ranks this season, mainly because most draft-eligible players aren’t old enough for college yet. While the NCAA field of prospects is small, it offers a fair amount of intrigue. Because … Continue reading
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American Prospect Update: USHL Top Prospects Game Reviewed
The USHL held its first ever Top Prospects Game in conjunction with the National Hockey League Tuesday night in Muskegon, Mich. Team East defeated Team West, 5-3, in the contest, coming back from a two-goal deficit and dominating the latter … Continue reading
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2011-12 Mid-Season All-America Team — 2012 Draft Eligibles
Editor’s Note: As we’ve reached the mid-way point for the overall hockey season, it’s time to select the mid-season All-America teams of each of the three major levels of hockey in the United States. If you’ll recall, at the beginning … Continue reading
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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
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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
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