Sweden defeats Slovakia 5-2 Sweden stayed a perfect 2-0 for this tournament with a 5-2 victory over Slovakia in the early game Thursday in Victoria. With the win, Team Sweden has a 46 game round-robin win streak, going back to the 2007 World Junior tournament. Lucas Elvenes opened the scoring […]
World Juniors 2019
Russia shuts out Denmark, Canada moves to 2-0 – WJHC Group A recap (12/27)
Russia 4 – 0 Denmark With Denmark playing this game on a very short turnaround (17 hours after their game against Canada ended) not much was expected from the underdog Danes. Not unexpectedly, Russia scored first just 6:28 into the first period off the stick of Vitali Kravtsov. Vitali Kravtsov (NYR) […]
Canada blows by Denmark 14-0 while the Czech Republic pulls out a dramatic OT win in Day 1 of Group A action at the World Juniors
Canada 14 Denmark 0 Cody Glass has played in 227 @TheWHL games…has never had a 4 assist game…in his first game at #WorldJuniors, he has 4 assists for @HockeyCanada . #apples — Andy Kemper (@AndyKemper) December 27, 2018 For the host country, their start for the 2019 World Juniors could […]
Milos Roman and Andrej Kukuca lead WHL contingent in group B
The 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship begins December 26th with Group B action taking place in Victoria, British Columbia at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena. The Group B bracket includes Finland, Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Sweden and the United States. If you are looking at current Western Hockey League players on the international […]
Kazakhstan, the little team that could
When you think of a nation that lives and breathes hockey your mind instantly goes to Canada. Canada, a nation that not only loves their own teams, but also loves the game of hockey and seeing hockey bring people together. Kazakhstan, a nation of just over 18 million people is […]
Alexeyev scores in pre-tournament game; poised to lead Russia at World Juniors
In Kamloops, B.C. on Thursday night, there was one player taking the Sandman Centre ice who was familiar to the WHL fans in attendance. That was Red Deer Rebels defenseman Alexander Alexeyev. While Alexeyev is no stranger to throwing on the Russian national sweater, he had yet to represent them […]
Jack Hughes 1st overall? But first – Gold
Follow DUBNetwork throughout the entire 2019 World Junior Championships for up to date coverage on not only WHL players, but storylines to follow. Jack Hughes will change an NHL team’s fortunes when he’s drafted at the top of his class in June, but there is another team he wants to lead […]
