The QMJHL has done a great job in evolving its initial plan from the beginning of the season and is getting increasingly better at continuing the season in a safe manner that adheres to Public Health guidelines, while also ensuring staff and player safety is at the highest priority. The Protected Environment Plan [...]
Photo courtesy of the Chicago Wolves/AHL The NHL-CHL agreement has long been a complaint amongst fans, and even NHL teams to an extent. It is simple at its root. The base of it is that players have to be either 20 years old or have played four seasons in junior hockey before [...]
On this episode of Game Tape, Tony is joined by DobberProspects Swedish scout Mikael Holm as they interview top 2021 NHL Draft prospects William Eklund of Djurgårdens IF in the SHL. They discuss his season in the SHL and his rise as a prospect throughout the year. The trio also discusses the hurdles that William [...]
Feature image courtesy of Andrew Armstrong Draft Diaries: Logan Stankoven is going to be an ongoing series in which writer Jeff Rea and Kamloops Blazers forward Logan Stankoven will be collaborating to document Logan’s season. Logan will be providing commentary and quotes, telling the story from his perspective while Jeff helps weave [...]
Photo courtesy of https://www.farjestadbk.se/ February is almost over, and the regular season in the SHL is slowly coming to an end as well. A lot has happened throughout the past month, so here is a quick recap of all the important news, updates, and prospect reports with my observations and some interesting [...]
Photo courtesy of https://www.sfstampede.com/ The Sioux Falls Stampede have had a rocky start to their USHL season, with a record of 12-12-3, and for good reason: they play in the same division as the two most stacked USHL teams in the Chicago Steel and the Muskegon Lumberjacks, as well as the US [...]
Photo courtesy of the Chicago Steel It was a fun activity for the 2020 draft class so bringing back Player A vs Player B for the 2021 draft class was a no-brainer! If you didn't catch the couple from last year, the premise is fairly simple. I asked the Twitterverse to choose two players [...]
Photo courtesy of http://www.leijonat.fi/ By Eetu Siltanen The best U18 players of Finland (excluded Liiga players) gathered to play two intrasquad games in Vierumäki at the start of February and it was really interesting. Both of the games needed overtime and the first one even went to a shootout. I wanted [...]
The QMJHL has now returned to action after its mid-season pause and moved forward with its Protected Environment Plan. The Quebec-based teams resumed their season on January 22nd using their host city format highlighted in last month’s article. Heading into the Protected Environment Event the League announced that through their first wave of COVID-19 [...]
Graphic Courtesy of Andrew Armstrong The 2021 NHL Draft is unlike any that we've seen recently. For a number of reasons, this year's class is unique. From the difficulty of dealing with a global pandemic to the stop-and-starts in their playing schedule, if they've started playing at all, it has been a [...]
