Day two of the pre-tournament saw two exciting matchups. Canada took on Russia while the Czech battled Slovakia. Here were the results from Wednesday. Canada versus Russia: Canada was able to sneak out a 1-0 win over Russia in their pre-tournament game. It was not all good news as […]
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DUBNetwork Feature Game of the Night: January 4, 2020 Tri-City Americans @ Portland Winterhawks
In their fourth meeting of the season, the Tri-City Americans (13-16-4-1 ) travel to Portland to face off with the Winterhawks (26-6-1-3) 6:00 PM (PST). Portland has dominated the season series so far winning all three previous games, including the most recent battle a 3-2 overtime triumph back on […]
Russia dominates Canada Black in U17 Quarter-Final Contest
(Medicine Hat, AB) Any version of a Canada versus Russia match up is sure to get the competitive juices flowing, regardless of the age group or the locale. And when the puck drops, it’s important to play smart. But, on this night, Team Canada Black poked the bear and the […]
Russia and Slovakia get big wins in Day 5 at World Juniors
Russa 7 Switzerland 4 The Swiss tried to build off of beating Denmark the previous day to upset the favored Russians, but ultimately ran out of gas in a high-scoring affair. Switzerland scored twice in the first 9:06 of game play, but the mighty Russians got one back. Red Deer […]
Russia and the USA get second wins in Day 3 at the World Juniors
Russia 2 Czech Republic 1 Russia was the fist team on the night to go out to a 2-0 start in the tournament, though there win was a little harder won. With 2:55 left in the first, Artyom Galimov netted the opening goal. Then in with 4:57 left in the […]
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) […]
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 […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Additions being made as players depart for World Juniors; what teams are most impacted by their missing stars?
Brandon Wheat Kings: -Jiri Patera – Goalie – Czech Republic – 1999 The Vegas Golden Knights draft pick is one of three goalies on the Czech U20 selection camp roster. The Wheat Kings have called up 16-year-old netminder Connor Ungar from the Northern Alberta X-treme Prep team. He has a […]
CIBC Canada Russia Series – Team WHL Preview
The history between the hockey playing nations of Canada and Russia goes back decades. In the 1970’s there was the Summit Series, in the 80’s there was the Canada Cup and in the 90’s and 2000’s there was the multitude of epic World Junior Championships and Olympic meetings. While the […]
Loewen leads Kamloops to season high four game winning streak.
A quick look at recent results along with a glance at the current standings would lead anyone to believe the Kamloops Blazers were going to be in tough last weekend. The WHL schedule had them playing three games in three nights against US division foes Seattle, on Friday, and Portland […]