Over the past several years there has been talk that Canada is the only country that really cared about the World Juniors. Tournaments held in cities like Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Saskatoon, and other Canadian outposts have been fast sellers, and money makers for Hockey Canada for over 20 years now. And tournaments in […] READ MORE
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IIHF Refereeing: Same as it ever was – so deal with it!
World Junior Hockey Fans in North America got their first taste of action yesterday as both the United States and Canada were in action in exhibition games against Sweden and Finland respectively. Both games ended 3-2 with the Americans beating the Swedes in Overtime, and the Finns taking down the Canucks. A common trend in […] READ MORE
World Junior Championship: Sweden's Problems, and Potential Solutions
Welcome to today’s edition of “Top Shelf Prospects”. If you missed any of my previous articles you can find a complete listing of them here. In the last few weeks Sweden has suffered three major blows to their World Junior Championship Roster. Three key pieces have been lost, two due to injury; and one as […] READ MORE
Early Look World Juniors, Team Sweden
Welcome to today’s edition of “Top Shelf Prospects”. If you missed any of my previous articles you can find a complete listing of them here. With the CHL seasons now well over a month old, I thought now would be a good time to look at the potential line-ups for the World Junior Championships. Last […] READ MORE
Early Look: World Juniors, Team Finland
Welcome to today’s edition of “Top Shelf Prospects”. If you missed any of my previous articles you can find a complete listing of them here. With the CHL seasons now well over a month old, I thought now would be a good time to look at the potential line-ups for the World Junior Championships. Last […] READ MORE
Early Look: World Juniors 2013 Pool B
Welcome to today’s edition of “Top Shelf Prospects“. If you missed any of my previous articles you can find a complete listing of my them here. With the CHL seasons now well over a month old, I thought now would be a good time to look at the potential lineups for the World Junior Championships. […] READ MORE
Early Look: Team USA World Juniors
Welcome to today’s edition of “Top Shelf Prospects”. If you missed any of my previous articles you can find a complete listing of my them here. With the CHL seasons now well over a month old, I thought now would be a good time to look at the potential lineups for the World Junior Championships. […] READ MORE
Early Look: Team Canada World Juniors 2013
Welcome to today’s edition of “Top Shelf Prospects”. Previously I reviewed the prospects of all thirty NHL teams, and previewed the CHL season. If you missed any of my previous articles you can find a complete listing of my them here. With the CHL seasons now well over a month old, I thought now would […] 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.