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Canada can finish 2-4 Denmark beats Canada for the first time ever at the Men’s World Championship, in a season in which the Danes also qualified for the Olympic hockey competition for the first time. Uncomfirmed, but sources here in Helsinki say the Hungarian government withdrew it’s support for the bid when news brok... |
Div 1A. A tough blow to the Italians, who will take part in the hockey competition at the 2026 Olympics as the host country. This might be the most extreme and off-target sports take I’ve ever read. 18 year old Slovak Juraj Slavkovski, a top prospect for the upcoming NHL draft, had 2 assists in the first period vs Ita... |
Those were good times. https://t.co/h2nXS70DDV I’ll see your @aircanada issues and raise you the chaos at @TorontoPearson airport today. If there was a plan or anyone in charge, there was no sign on it. Well done and well said, Dennis. Big win for Arsenal over West Ham today! https://t.co/jkCLOliKGn Excited to get the... |
ab-roo-ZHEE-zee Congratulations to my friend Dennis on a great NHL run, glad he’ll be staying with us for international hockey. Great broadcaster, even better person. When I was first starting out in broadcasting , my boss had a guideline for reporting someone’s death: “A person isn’t dead until their family, a doctor... |
End of story. Just met up with @rayferrarotsn at the arena in Toronto, and couldn’t help noticing that his suit jacket and pants don’t match. Turns out he’s wearing half of today’s suit and half of Thursday’s. https://t.co/QZKNuDWDYS It’s official: the Hlinka/Gretzky MU18 tournament will be played in Red Deer, the res... |
“That’s true,” Bossy said with a grin. “But mine were consecutive.” Bossy was years ahead of his time talking about the need to reform the game, enforce the rules and allow star players to show their skills. He publicly vowed that he wouldn’t fight, saying: "I'm not going to let this game turn me into a person I'm not... |
5/6 Bossy’s view of toughness was to take the abuse, come back and make you pay, and he did it like no one else. He won the Lady Byng Trophy as the NHL’s most gentlemanly player three times, never taking more than 40 PIM in season, taking relentless abuse on the ice every night. |
4/6 But there is more to Mike Bossy that just numbers. Playing at a time when the NHL was at its’ violent worst, Bossy was rare star who spoke out against the endless violence. His criticisms and refusal to fight led some to say he was “soft,” which couldn’t have been more wrong. |
3/6 The longest Bossy ever went without scoring in the regular season or playoffs was seven games, and it only happened once: in Nov/Dec 1982. |
Who else can claim a slump-free career? (Including his four years in junior, where he averaged more than a goal a game every season.) |
2/6 Some thoughts on Mike Bossy: |
There’s never been a player whose career was so consistently brilliant. Bossy played 10 seasons, and scored 50+ goals in the first nine. In his 10th season, hampered by the back injury that would end his career, he scored 38 goals in 63 GP. |
1/6 Very sad news. A kind, funny man and an absolutely brilliant goal scorer. RIP Interesting journey for Veronneau, after four years at Princeton, he was signed by Ottawa as an undrafted free agent, played only a handful of NHL games over two years. Traded to Toronto and then went to Sweden, where this year he led th... |
In light of what we’re seeing in recent days, the financial health of the KHL seems irrelevant, but it’s an important part of Russian national pride, and as a propaganda vehicle. There are legitimate doubts about the KHL’s future, which was already shaky. International sanctions are hammering the Russian economy, inclu... |
#ThankYouRJ I said Giordano was the fourth former Norris Trophy winner to play for Toronto. Carlyle won his after he played in Toronto. 🤦🏻♂️ I’ll buy that t-shirt. @SlavaMalamud This sounds like a great program being conducted by UBC in conjunction with @CanadianForces. @CDNForceSupport As Nashville PA Announcer Pa... |
The records (or equivalent) the teams in the chase would need: |
STL 9-10 |
LAK 9-7 |
NSH 9-7-1 |
EDM 10-7 |
DAL 11-8 |
VGK 11-3-1 |
WPG 12-3-1 |
VAN 13-3 |
ANA 16-0 Two other proposals: |
1) a player can’t go on a team’s Long Term Injury Relief (LTIR), if he hasn’t played for them. |
2) designate one player who has played a minimum of 7 years for a team, when he re-signs, only 50% counts against the cap, as long as he stays with them. You can use the players, but they have to fit under the cap and don’t forget, under this proposal, teams are already getting a break: this only counts 20 players, no... |
-The Council is asking for a review of former president (now honorary life president) Rene Fasel for “his involvement with Russia and the KHL as well as public statements made about the war.” I was part of the crew that broadcast the first ever CHL/NHL top prospects game at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto in 1996. Looki... |
“Taking into consideration the ongoing situation and the far-reaching implications of the war in Ukraine, the IIHF Council considers it difficult to hold the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Russia.” The news: |
-as @DarrenDreger reported yesterday, the 2022 WJC August 9-20 will be played exclusively in Edmonton. |
-Ukraine has withdrawn from some events, but the MU18 and Men’s National Team remain entered in April tournaments |
-the postponed WU18 will be played in the US in June. These teams in these competitions replace Russia and Belarus, who are banned indefinitely. With the 2022 #WorldJuniors scheduled for August, an update on the field. With Russia barred from playing, it would make sense to add the team won the Div 1A tournament in Dec... |
But that’s Belarus, also barred. |
It’s possible that Latvia, the 2nd place team, will be added. The same website that reported Rene Fasel joining the KHL as an advisor is now walking it back. That paint store that @TSNRyanRishaug did his standup in front of was huge, as I recall. Former Finnish Prime Minister @alexstubb. I don’t get a vote and am not a... |
2022 Canada (Edmonton) |
2023 North America (Canada?) |
2024 Sweden (Gothenburg) |
2025 Canada |
2026 USA |
2027 Canada |
2028 Finland |
2029 Czech |
2030 Canada |
2031 USA |
2032 Russia |
2033 Canada Some international hockey updates: |
1. The postponed 2022 #WorldJuniors will take place in Edmonton in August, but what about the 2023 tournament which was to be in Russia in Dec/Jan? It looks as though that tournament will also happen in NA, likely Canada. Sweden will host 2024. Officiating hockey is difficult: you get screamed at by coaches, players an... |
You’re welcome. Putting together a training camp will be difficult, and adult staff members would need permission to leave Ukraine, but Ukrainian Federation members think it’s important that their players, especially the young ones, are given a chance to play for their country. At the moment, the players are scattered ... |
Incredibly, my friends in Ukraine say the team will try to play. The race for the final playoff spot in the NHL’s Western Conference is a tight one, and keep an eye on point %. When you rank it that way it’s: |
8. DAL .578 |
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9. VAN .549 |
10. VGK .548 |
11. WPG .541 |
12. ANA .516 https://t.co/l65sZNcjUI Most Canadian headline ever: Lowest cost per goal this season: |
1. Robertson* DAL 30 $26,500 |
2. Norris* OTT 24 $38,541 |
3. Jeannot NSH 18 $44,444 |
4. Bunting TOR 20 $47,500 |
5. Terry ANA 29 $50,000 |
Verhaeghe FLA 20 $50,000 |
*Entry Level |
Source: @CapFriendly Claude Giroux of the Flyers is scheduled to play his 1,000th game on Thursday, I wouldn’t expect him to play their weekend games (@ Ottawa Friday, vs NYI Sunday). This is courage. I would actually like to try it. FYI Ray, the game is in NORTH Carolina, not the other one. No, never. I’m shocked—shoc... |
/end Even with much freer information platforms in North America, we have the some problem here: there are people who, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, think the US election was rigged/stolen, that Covid is a hoax or that vaccines are a secret plot to control us. |
/5 It’s difficult to speak out, both inside and outside of Russia, but make no mistake: a lot of people in Russia know what’s going on, and the word is spreading through social media and secure messaging apps like Signal, Telegram and WhatsApp (Signal is the most secure). |
/4 It’s true that large numbers of Russians, including people I know, believe the misinformation being fed to them by Russian state media. But it’s also true that more people than most realize know what’s going on through friends/family living abroad and backdoor channels. |
/3 One of the biggest concerns I am hearing from my friends in Ukraine is that the Russian public doesn’t know what’s really happening with this invasion, that they unquestionably believe the propaganda being fed to them by their government. |
/2 A thread on misinformation from someone who has traveled extensively to Russia and who has many Russian friends. |
An old joke about Pravda reporting on a two person race between Soviet and American runners: |
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