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Category Archives: IIHF

A Defense Pair’s Conflict of Colors

17 January, 2010

The best-laid plans . . .
At the start of this week I had ahead of me the prospect of one of the more appealing visits to Hershey, Pennsylvania, I believed I’d ever make. It was the return home to Hershey weekend for American hockey hero John Carlson. But as Joe Murphy’s law would have it, the [...]

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Ten-Minute Video Scrapbook of Gold Medal Glory

6 January, 2010
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Revenge Looks Beautiful Wearing Gold: USA 6 / Canada 5 – OT – WJC Final

5 January, 2010
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Not Quite the Confidence and Swagger Associated with a Five-Time Champ

5 January, 2010
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Now That's Vanquishing a Hated Foe

7 November, 2008

Musings from an unexpectedly madhouse rink in Chinatown:

A season-altering triumph? It sure had that feeling in the immediate aftermath of a cardiac comeback against the ‘Canes. The Caps were three minutes shy of starting off an important homestand with a frustrating loss to their fiercest and most hated Southeast foe. Then, in keeping with his [...]

Also filed in Alexander Ovechkin, Alexander Semin, Brent Johnson, Carolina Hurricanes, Jose Theodore, Morning cup-a-joe, Sergei Fedorov, Southeast Division, Verizon Center, Washington Capitals, World Championships | Comments (18)

Upstate New York Is Where the August Hockey Action Heats Up

12 August, 2008

August is a month of relative tranquility for the NHL, but for USA Hockey, it’s one of the most important months of the calendar year. Each August, more than 50 of the most accomplished young American hockey players gather for a week in Lake Placid for the 2008 National Junior Evaluation Camp. For most, [...]

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Russia Came, Russia Conquered, and Russia Was Very Well Covered

20 May, 2008

Congratulations not only to Team Russia for its performance at the Worlds but for the excellent coverage of the tournament by Sovetsky Sport, Russia’s largest newspaper.
The Russian Hockey Federation was thrilled with SovetskySport’s coverage of the team at Worlds, so much so that they were the only print media allowed in the dressing room after [...]

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Does Hockey Really Need TV?

20 May, 2008

By now, you’ve probably read accounts of hockey enjoying a significant spike in the sport’s television ratings recently. No doubt you also know of (and admire) hockey’s embrace of alternative media. That union has been a fusion of opportunism, technology, and desperation. Generally, it seems to be working.
Still, we’re three years into the Crosby-Ovechkin Era, [...]

Also filed in Hardcore Hockey Fans, Hockey Night in Canada, Hockey Rinks, Media, Morning cup-a-joe, National Hockey League, Radio, TV, World Championships | Comments (3)

The Look of a World Champion

19 May, 2008

IIHF game summary:
“If this game isn’t evidence enough to everyone in Canada of the calibre of play possible in the World Championship, nothing is or ever will be. Played at breathtaking speed with heart-pounding drama, this would surely rank in the top 10 of the IIHF’s top 100 if the list were released next week [...]

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Golden Day for Russia

18 May, 2008

With a single shot, Ilya Kovalchuk silenced the home crowd and brought an end to the Russian national team’s 15-year championship drought. Russia took the gold over Canada today in a wild 5-4 OT victory.
The Washington Capitals’ Russian contingent were by far the most dominant scorers on the team, totaling 37 points in just [...]

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