After two successful seasons in the WHL, Andrej Kukuca is heading back to Europe. Kukuca will be re-joining his former club, HK Dukla Trencin, in the Slovak Extraliga, Slovakia’s highest-level hockey league. This will be a homecoming for the 6-foot-2, 185-pound right winger, who is originally from Trencin. Kukuca’s […]
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USA escapes Slovakia 2-1 in Day 1 of Group B action at World Juniors; Finland falls to Sweden
USA 2 Slovakia 1 With 20 minutes left in action on the first day in Victoria, USA’s U20 World Juniors squad was on the ropes. They had outshot Slovakia 19-12, but were trailing on the scoreboard 1-0. USA head coach Mike Hastings thought his team did not play it’s best […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Stankowski dealt to Calgary; Semifinals set for Hlinka Gretzky Cup
Stankowski staying closer to home The Seattle Thunderbirds rode a stellar effort from a 16-year-old goalie in the 2017 playoffs all the way to a Ed Chynoweth Cup. That rookie netminder may very well have won the WHL MVP award of not for 2017-18 NHL Calder Trophy winning center Mathew […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Rosters coming together for U18 Hlinka Gretzky Cup; Hurricanes and Blazers make a trade
As we near the start of the U18 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, we are finding out more of the eight competing country’s rosters. Lets take a look at some that we know. Finland’s 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup roster announced: Team Finland has been selected for the #HlinkaGretzkyCup. #U18fi #2019nhldraft pic.twitter.com/7e9KrEfJGo — […]
WHL at the World Junior Championships day eight
Czech Republic 4 Finland 3 (SO) Red Deer Rebels forward Kristian Reichel has produced more as the the U-20 World Junior Championships has gone on over the last week. He scored twice in their last preliminary game and added another marker on Tuesday. Reichel then got the Czech Republic started […]
WHL at the World Junior Championships day three
Finland 4 Denmark 1 Finland (1-1) made sure that Denmark (0-2) did not get their second win over them in as many years Wednesday. They opened the scoring just a couple minutes in after Tri-City defenseman Juuso Valimaki cycled the puck down low and it ended up getting put in […]
WHL at the World Junior Championships day two
Switzerland 3 Belarus 2 Belarus (0-2) looked on the verge of winning their first game at the WJCs since 2007, after taking a 2-1 lead in the third period after Viktor Bovbel notched a power play goal. Instead, Switzerland (1-0) stormed back and got goals from Valentin Nussbaumer and Phillipp […]