All Entries Tagged With: "team canada"
Red Wings Score Five in First, Beat Coyotes 5-2
Someone should have told the Phoenix Coyotes’ players that pre-game warmups were over and game time was at 7:30 pm. Perhaps they were still on their own time zone. The Detroit Red Wings brought their lunchbox, clocked in on time and then stuck it to the Coyotes by scoring five goals in the first period [...]
After 20 NHL Seasons, Draper Will Call It A Career
At an 11 a.m. press conference tomorrow morning at Joe Louis Arena, Kris Draper will officially announce his retirement. Injuries slowed Draper this past season and it limited him to 47 games. He chose to hang up the skates rather than having his role diminished. Draper spent 17 of his 20 seasons with the Red [...]
Does the WHC Even Matter?
It’s been referred to as the garbage bowl, the runners-up cup, and many more uncanny names, but the World Championship of Hockey (WHC) is starting to show more significance in the sport of hockey.
The Complete Story on Brayden Schenn
The relationship between Brayden Schenn and the Los Angeles Kings seems to be filled with drama. And it’s been that way from day one. From angry GMs to a one day contract, from loopholes to trade rumors, from Team Canada to the NHL, the story never ends. See what’s going on now and where the former first round draft pick could be headed real soon.
Vancouver 2010: The Olympics Through the Eyes of a Hometown Hockey Fan
First Off, You may have been wondering where I have gone in terms of my writing over the last couple weeks, sadly living on a friends couch during the Olympics doesn’t allow for spare time to work on new articles. Over the last three weeks, I took in the Olympic Games from the city of [...]
Red, White and Blue
An underdog is a person or group in a competition, frequently in electoral politics, sports and creative works, who is popularly expected to lose. Do you believe in miracles? “Sometimes, the best team in a tournament does not take home the Gold medal”. That was Team USA head coach Ron Wilson’s quote after the United [...]
Going for Gold
As authors with considerable audiences, we try to keep ourselves from showing our allegiances. Whatever teams we may cheer for, and whatever teams we may cheer against, we attempt to keep our biases to a bare minimum. Everyone who reads my articles knows that I’m a fan of the Montreal Canadiens. They know that, as [...]
Marty At The Bat
From 20,000 throats and more there rose a lusty cheer;
It rumbled through the Rockies and made us drop our beer;
It knocked upon the skybox and upon the ice so flat,
For Marty, mighty Marty, was advancing to the bat.
No Need for Panic
Canadians all around the country this morning are busy trying to find different ways to blame Steve Yzerman and Mike Babcock for last night’s 5-3 loss to the United States in the last game of the Group round at Vancouver. Yzerman didn’t choose the right defensemen, the right forwards. Babcock didn’t play the right goaltender. [...]
Olympic Famine: NBC Starving Viewers of Hockey Coverage
Since the opening ceremonies in Vancouver kicked off the 21st Winter Olympics, the cherished ice-hockey round-robin preliminaries have presented hockey addicts with some already memorable moments. Beginning with the Swiss nearly stunning the seemingly indestructible Team Canada in a 3-2 shootout loss, Slovakia coming back from a one goal deficit in the third period to [...]
Titan Clash didn’t disappoint, but still just game 54
You wouldn’t know it from the build-up, but the San Jose Sharks clash with the Chicago Blackhawks was just game 54 of the regular season. These teams might very well meet in the playoffs and at this point it looks like the route to the Stanley Cup for a Western Conference team is through one [...]
World Junior Championship Draws Mind-Boggling Record Audience
The heroics of Jordan Eberle and his gang of under-20s that led to one of the most exciting gold medal games in recent memory drew a record audience for TSN Tuesday night.
Canadian Heroics fall short; Canucks Dominate
It feels like writing a eulogy, I’m distraught, I don’t know what to say, but this isn’t writers block, its heartbreak. The gold medal streak is dead, I hate this feeling. W.H. Auden wrote it best… Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the [...]
Cheers and Beers for the Canucks and Team Canada
New Years Eve: My roommate and I set up two TVs to watch both the Vancouver Canucks and Canada’s World Junior Team rally to win their New Years’ Eve matchups, drinks are poured, goals are celebrated and the rest is history. When we first sat down to watch the Canada vs. USA World Junior game [...]
My Take on Team Canada’s Roster + Line Combinations
2010 Team Canada Men’s Hockey Roster Forwards Patrice Bergeron, L’Ancienne-Lorette, Que. (Boston Bruins) Sidney Crosby, Cole Harbour, N.S. (Pittsburgh Penguins) Alternate captain Ryan Getzlaf, Regina, Sask. (Anaheim Ducks) Dany Heatley, Calgary, Alta. (San Jose Sharks) Jarome Iginla, St. Albert, Alta. (Calgary Flames) Alternate captain Patrick Marleau, Aneroid Sask. (San Jose Sharks) Brenden Morrow, Carlyle, [...]
Looking at Penner for Team Canada
Tomorrow morning Steve Yzerman will unveil the roster for the Canadian Men’s Olypic Hockey Team. One of the players that will almost certainly be left of that list will be Dustin Penner. But Penner is having a hell of a year on a pretty bad Oilers team and his numbers look pretty good when compared to the 25 forwards that were invited to the Olympic orientation.
Team Canada 2010 – My Picks
As I mentioned earlier this year when I made my pre-season picks, the Canadian Olympic Hockey Team has never been under more pressure to perform. By the same logic, the pressure has never been greater for management to pick the appropriate team to take Canada to Olympic glory in Vancouver. Steve Yzerman, Mike Babcock and [...]
Candidates for Team Canada’s roster for Vancouver 2010
Steve Yzerman, Team Canada’s GM, is planning on making the announcement of Canada’s final roster on December 30, 2009, a little more than a week from now. Yzerman will name his 23 man roster during the World Junior tournament in Saskatoon, Canada. Below you will find the three groupings for the 2010 Olympic hockey tournament: [...]
