Puck-Rakers is reporting that CBJ #1 draft pick John Moore has survived the cut from 45 to 29 players at the Team USA development camp. He will be on the squad for a series of 4 exhibition games against Russia in Lake Placid. The prize is a slot on the final roster for the US [...]
August 10th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | ContinuedAll Posts Tagged With: "World Juniors"
With Injuries Mounting, Time To Pull The Trigger???
With this morning’s Dispatch reporting that Huselius is out for at least Tuesday with concussion-like symptoms and Novotny is also down, it seems like time to make some important personnel decisions.With the rumors flying about a Toronto deal for Antropov and Kubina, or an Ottawa deal of some sort, now would seem like a perfect [...]
January 5th, 2009 | Jeff Little | 3 comments | Continued
World 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 | Continued
Big 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 | Continued
NHL Points — Alternate Systems
This is the time of year when the NHL’s method of awarding points for victories and overtime losses comes under a lot of scrutiny. Also, with the World Juniors underway, their system also receives a lot of attention. So, I decided to do some analysis and see what would happen under various point systems, using [...]
December 30th, 2008 | Jeff Little | 2 comments | Continued
World 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
World Juniors Kicks Off Today!
The 2009 edition of the IIHG World Junior Championships kicks off today in Ottawa. Action starts at 2:30 PM , with Russia (featuring Nikita Filatov and Maxim Mayorov) taking on Latvia. The US team opens against Germany at 3:30 PM, and Canada takes on the Czech Republic at 7:30 PM. The USA/Germany game and the [...]
December 26th, 2008 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
Gut Check Time/Monday Miscellany
Brassard Surgery–As reported on Puck-Rakers, Brassard is likely headed to surgery, after MRI results showed more significant damage than hoped, and in a bad location in terms of recurrence. Hate to see it, but let’s get him fixed up right so that he has lots of years in front of him. The young man is [...]
December 22nd, 2008 | Jeff Little | 0 comments | Continued
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