The U.S. dominated throughout in their 5-1 crusher of the Canadians in World Junior semi-final action, and if there’s a solid reason why Canada just didn’t show up on this day, I’d like to know why. Was it coaching? Was it nerves, or lack of leadership, or lack of sleep? Whatever it was, the Americans [...]
January 3, 2013 in World Junior Championship
Tags: 2013 World Junior Championships, Dougie Hamilton, John Gibson, Jordan Binnington, Malcolm Subban, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Ryan Strome, Team Canada, Team U.S.A. juniors | 2 Comments »
Our Habs might have the odd overpaid two-goal scorer and a semi-comatose forward, and maybe a defenceman who doesn’t get closer than three feet of the opposition, and of course the injury-prone team with no power play did end up slightly down in the standings last season. Slightly. But there could be an excellent silver lining. [...]
December 2, 2012 in Alex Galchenyuk, Guy Lafleur, Montreal Canadiens, Patrick Roy
Tags: Alex Galchenyuk, Bruce Springsteen, Guy Lafleur, Jon Landau, London Knights, Niagara IceDogs, Patrick Roy, Peterborough Petes, Ryan Strome, Sarnia Sting, Seth Griffith | 4 Comments »