After a holiday break all of the CBJ prospects were back in action last week. The Springfiels Falcons earning points in all 3 games losing 2 by shootout and then defeating the 1st place Manchester Monarchs. Trevor Frischmon led the team in scoring with a goal and a 2 assists while Matt Calvert picked to [...]
January 4th, 2011 | Jas Chaffin | 0 comments | ContinuedIIHF World Juniors
Night of Upsets!!!
This was not the day to be a favorite in the hockey world. First, at the World Junior Championships, Slovakia stunned the USA 5 – 3, riding the goaltending of Jaroslav Janus to the biggest upset of the tournament thus far. Describing it himself as “the best game of his life”, Janus tuirned away 44 [...]
January 3rd, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | ContinuedWorld Juniors Update
After Canada prevailed over the USA, 7 – 4, in their highly anticipated battle to end pool play, they enjoy a bye into the semis, as does Sweden, who had a surprisingly easy time in beating Russia 5 – 0. Today, the US takes on Slovakia for the right to go against Sweden, while Canada [...]
January 2nd, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | ContinuedBig Victories at World Juniors — Showdowns Loom
No nail biters today at the World Junior Championships in Ottawa. The winning sides had big margins of victory to work with. Laughers will be only briefly enjoyed, however, as the last day of 2008 brings two big showdowns to the rink: Russia vs. Sweden @ 2:30 PM Eastern tomorrow, and Candada vs. USA at [...]
December 31st, 2008 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | ContinuedWorld Juniors Update
U.S. 4 Czech Republic 3 — The American team got a bit more than they bargained for, but held on to beat a competetive Czech team. Jordan Schroeder continued his hot hand for the U.S., and now has 7 points for the tournament, tying him for second place among all skaters. Russia 5 Finland 2 [...]
December 29th, 2008 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued

