*** Even though most people spend December thinking about the World Junior Hockey Championships, the World Junior A Challenge kicks off the month each year with the best players playing Tier 2 hockey in North America, and junior/European pro elsewhere. The tournament typically doesn’t feature the top prospects around the world, but it does [...]
The World Juniors is the premier hockey prospect tournament and gives fans an opportunity to see their country, and favorite NHL team’s top prospects perform in a playoff intensity induced environment smack dab in the middle of the hockey season. As the World Junior Championship fast approaches, I thought I would compile a [...]
Hi and welcome to the December edition of the Liiga report. I’ll be taking a closer look into players I have been watching closely for the past four weeks. With World Juniors starting in under a week, I’ll discuss some of the players who made Team Finland but also share a couple of notes [...]
Victor Söderstrom, Bringing his Smooth Game to Brynäs Things That Were Henrik Tjornqvist, RW/Timrå (Undrafted) A quick thought on winger Henrik Tjornqvist. At 22 and [...]
USHL Report – December 14, 2018 It is great to be back covering even more prospects from the USHL. With the WJC coming up in less than two weeks. The top prospects game does not take place until January so the January edition will focus more on that along with a WJC recap. Here [...]
It’s been more than a year now, that I’ve been writing this monthly piece on the trends and events of the American Hockey League. Few months go by where I don’t reference the league as being one of the best, if not THE best professional development league in the world. Now, obviously that is [...]
Hello again! As far as fantasy-available prospects are concerned, many can be found in the recent proclamation of World Junior team announcements. With only a few big omissions that you should be potentially targeting in fantasy leagues (Trey Fix-Wolansky , Jett Woo, etc), the focus can be given towards the Holiday Tournament gift to every [...]
Danish centre, Phillip Schultz warming up for a WJC appearance With less than a month until the World Juniors, the top under-20 talent across the globe have made their presence known as the season nears the halfway mark. Many of the top players are looking [...]
A great deal has occurred in the month since the last Mailbag. Prospects have blossomed into full-time NHLers. Others have faded and been sent to the minors. Junior players are hitting new heights – or slagging down low. We're starting to see measurable results that can be chalked up as more than just streaks. [...]
KHL, MHL, VHL prospects / updates Anton Vasilyev – a 20 year old players (not drafted) moving between St. Petersburg’s system in the VHL and MHL. He currently has 40 points in 28 MHL games, to lead the league, but only managed two points in eight games in the VHL. He has never [...]
