This past weekend, Helsinki hosted a U20 Four Nations tournament. Since it’s only a four-hour trip for me, I decided to hop on a train and spend my weekend there. Well, at least most of it. I watched the Friday games on video and then watched the Saturday and Sunday games live. This [...]
Almost two months of play in the Liiga has gone by, and in this article, I will go through the success and results of how the most interesting Finnish NHL prospects have done. Jesse Ylönen, RW, Pelicans The Montreal Canadiens prospect has had a rather slow start to his season with Pelicans. Ylönen has been [...]
November 2019 The Western Conference is starting to take shape as teams begin to pull away with consistent performances and wins. Going into the season, one could have expected strong teams from Edmonton, Everett, and most likely Prince Albert once again and that is exactly what is happening. The Memorial Cup hosts Kelowna bolstered [...]
Photo Courtesy of https://ontariohockeyleague.com/ Welcome back to Shift Work! The series where I take a look at a draft-eligible player and breakdown a game tape. I’ll be bringing you some comprehensive breakdowns of a player’s game as we go over an entire game of tape from a player. We will be focusing in on [...]
*** Happy November! We are well over a month into the season and it has not disappointed so let’s dive right in. November is a great month of the OHL as it is Special Olympics Game Month. Each team has one home game in support of Special Olympics Ontario to raise awareness and [...]
Projected top ten pick Anton Lundell had a bit of a slow start to his second Liiga season but he has been heating up lately, scoring six points in his last five games. Today, he scored a power play goal and added a primary assist to the overtime winner, so I decided to interview him [...]
Introduction Welcome to November in the QMJHL and the upcoming Canada/Russia Series. The QMJHL roster will be out to rebound from being swept in 2018 and are loaded with a star-studded cast. Congrats to the QMJHL players representing Russia: Egor Sokolov (Cape Breton), Alexander Khovanov (Moncton), Nikita Alexandrov (Charlottetown) and Dmitry Zavgorodniy (Rimouski). [...]
(Photo: Credit to Tony Gutierrez / AP) *** This is the first installment of a monthly article using PNHLe as a statistic to predict future prospect potential at the NHL level. I will take a look at some of the names that are providing early returns and having immediate success in their respective leagues. [...]
The season is rolling, and my workload is massive. However, I'm here to catch you up on some of the comings and goings of Vancouver Canucks prospects so far in 2019-20. ** Vasily Podkolzin - the most recent 10th overall selection had been hanging out in the VHL for about three weeks after living [...]
Image courtesy of https://bestsport.news Welcome back to Shift Work! The series where I take a look at a draft-eligible player and breakdown a game tape. I’ll be bringing you some comprehensive breakdowns of a player’s game as we go over an entire game of tape from a player. We will be focusing in on [...]
