Welcome to the 2016 edition of “Top Shelf Prospects”. As we go through the Summer of 2016 I will be featuring a team-by-team look at the top prospects in the NHL. I will follow the order of the first round of the NHL draft (as if there were no trades). You can find all the […] READ MORE
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SKA St. Petersburg – KHL Playoff Preview
SKA St. Petersburg - KHL Playoff Preview: With the playoffs approaching and SKA having clinched a spot, we look at their chances in the Gagarin Cup Playoffs READ MORE
Alexander Salák gets a Second Chance with Sibir
In a league where you can get terminated after only five games, a second chance is not only rare, its precious. Let’s set the scene at the start of this tale. There was a time, early in the season, that SKA St. Petersburg set the record for not only KHL for most consecutive wins at […] READ MORE
Team Russia World Junior Preview: Players to Watch
Welcome back to Top Shelf Prospects, the column looking at Hockey’s Future Stars. Over the next week or so, we will be previewing the 2014 World Junior Championships, a tournament that will be played in Toronto and Montreal from December 26, 2014 to January 5, 2015. As always, you can check out the previous Top […] READ MORE
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Ben Kerr
Ben is a sports fan from just outside Toronto, Canada. In his day job he works as a lawyer. At night he is the COO of Last Word on Sports. Most of his articles are focused on hockey prospects.