7 players from the WHL have been invited to Hockey Canada’s World Junior selection camp. Ty Smith – 36 points in 24 games so far this season as a defenceman with Spokane. An absolute stud on the backend, spent time in the New Jersey Devils lineup this season. He’s a lock […]
U20 World Junior Championships
Flaming Hot Takes – 2019 World Juniors Edition
December is an exciting month for junior hockey fans and for hockey fans who mostly focus their attention on the NHL too. World Junior season is fast approaching and that means even fans who don’t know the difference between Wheat Kings and Oil Kings will have their eyes glued to […]
World Junior Summer Showcase: Final Day
Canada vs USA Both teams came out firing early in the first period. Michael Rasmussen (Tri-City) threw a big hit on his first shift, not the first time he has made an impact early during this tournament. Just before the four minute mark Cody Glass (Portland) threw an ill-advised pass […]
World Junior Summer Showcase: Day five
(DUBNetwork is out at the World Junior Summer Showcase today and will bring you full coverage of the goings on). Yesterday, USA edged Finland 2-1 & Canada scored a 4-1 win over Sweden. Late in the second, with 48 seconds left in the period, Halifax’s (QMJHL) Jared Mcisaac snuck a […]
World Junior Summer Showcase: Day four
(DUBNetwork is out at the World Junior Summer Showcase today and will bring you full coverage of the goings on). Today, USA scored with 1.5 seconds left in overtime to beat Sweden & Canada scored with 36 seconds left in overtime to take the win over Finland. Canada vs Finland […]
World Junior Summer Showcase: Day three, Cutdowns
On Wednesday, both Canada and USA were expected to announce their ‘cuts’ to form the team that will play the remaining 3 games. While this isn’t the end all be all in terms of making the final World Junior roster in December, it’s a pretty good indication of what the […]
World Junior Summer Showcase – Day two
(DUBNetwork is out at the World Junior Summer Showcase today and will bring you full coverage of the goings on). Today, Finland won a hard fought shootout game over Sweden 4-3; USA Blue beat Canada White 3-2 and USA White took down Canada Red 7-5. Canada White VS USA Blue […]
World Junior Summer Showcase: Day One
(DubNetwork was out at the World Junior Summer Showcase today and will bring you full coverage of the goings on). Tonight USA Blue – which is a split squad team – fell to Sweden 3-1 and the USA’s other squad – USA White took down Finland 5-2. USA Blue vs […]
Western Canada well Represented at World Junior Summer Showcase
On Monday, July 30th over 100 players from 4 countries will descend on the Sandman Centre in Kamloops, BC to start the arduous journey of successfully making their nations World Junior squad. The World Junior Summer Showcase is a short 11-game tournament consisting of six teams: Canada, USA (both bring split […]
WHL at the World Junior Championships day 10
Denmark 3 Belarus 2 (SO) It was another thriller of a relegation game on Thursday afternoon in Buffalo. The Danes, behind an invigorated Portland Winterhawks winger Joachim Blichfeld, took a 2-0, first period lead. Blichfeld assisted on both Dane goals and that gave him four points in his last four […]
