Chris Peters
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Category Archives: World U17 Hockey Challenge
The Long Goodbye…
As a noted procrastinator who utilizes the stress and anxiety of a tight deadline to focus and tighten his writing, and as someone who so often said on this very website that this piece would come at this time only to … Continue reading
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2013 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge — Team USA Preview
Though the World Juniors deservedly gets all the headlines, the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge is another international tournament this time of year that deserves some attention. For many players, this tournament is the first significant step on a path toward … 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
Team USA Falls to Ontario in U17 Challenge Final
It’s been a tough 24 hours for USA Hockey. First the U.S. National Junior Team fell to Canada in the World Junior semis. Earlier tonight, the U.S. National Under-17 Team was unable to defend its title at the 2011 World … Continue reading
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U.S. Nat’l U17 Team Survives Scare, Plays For Title Tonight
Just prior to last night’s World Junior match-up between the U.S. and Canada, another semifinal game was taking place all the way up in Winnipeg. The U.S. National Under-17 Team took on Canada-Pacific for the chance to play Canada-Ontario in … Continue reading
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The Night Nothing Went Right — Updated with Links
If you came here looking for excuses, this isn’t the place to be. If you came here looking for someone to throw some chairs around and call out every player and coach and all that… keep looking. The best team on … Continue reading
Goodbye, 2010: A Banner Year for American Hockey
Tonight, we say good bye to the year that was. 2010 was about as good a year as you could hope for if you’re a hockey fan in the U.S. So let’s take a look back at the year that … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 WJC, American Prospects, Grow the Game, Junior Hockey, NHL, NHL Draft, NTDP, U.S. National Teams, World U17 Hockey Challenge
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Pulling Campbell a Good Choice; World U17 Recap
Perhaps a few people’s ears perked up when they heard Jack Campbell was being pulled from a 4-0 game with just 9:33 to go in what was almost sure to be a shutout. Why would the coach do such a … Continue reading
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Train Keeps Rolling Against Germany
The score reads 4-0, but was it really that close? Team USA shut out a determined German club that got some really outstanding goaltending from Niklas Treutle last night. There are so many things that Team USA was able to … Continue reading
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