Category Archives: NHL Draft

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 →

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 →

It’s been a long time since a game between the United States and Canada meant so little. This was supposed to be a game that meant everything. Tickets were going for hundreds and some for thousands of dollars before the … Continue reading →

Welp. If you’re a Team USA fan, your heart is a little heavy right now. The U.S. National Junior Team lost another shocker, this time to the Czech Republic, 5-2. Despite a better effort than it showed against Finland, the … Continue reading →

Adversity. Every team faces it in some form or another. The teams that handle that adversity tend to have success. The 4-1 loss to Finland Wednesday puts the U.S. in a situation in which it has to win at least … Continue reading →

There’s plenty to be taken away from Team USA’s 4-1 loss to Finland. The U.S. got Finland’s best game as expected and didn’t respond with enough to react to that. Now, the U.S. National Junior Team faces a more difficult … Continue reading →

Remember those games played on Monday? Throw them out the window. The U.S. and Finland were on opposite ends of lopsided affairs on the World Junior Championship’s opening day. Finland is not as poor as it played against Canada in … Continue reading →

It seems every year there is a discussion that occurs among some hockey fans in which the initial question asked is, “What’s the point of the World Juniors?” It’s a question that is sometimes difficult to answer as the significance … Continue reading →