Chloe Primerano Developing Into Team Canada’s Next Star

One of Team Canada's future stars to keep an eye on is defenceman Chloe Primerano. At just 16 years old, she has already gotten her first opportunity to represent her country on the international stage and looks to be one of the best U18...

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Otters’ Malcolm Spence: A Golden Goal and a Promising Future

Malcolm Spence saved his best for last, literally.

With Team Canada engaged in a 2-2 overtime battle with Czechia for the gold medal at the 2023 Hlinka-Gretzky Tournament, it seemed the teams were going to play 20 minutes ...

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Swedish-Born Players With the Most Stanley Cups

According to statistics from NHL.com, there have been 403 Swedish-born players in league history, broken down to 366 skaters and 37 goalies. Interestingly, the deeper we dig, only 211 skaters have skated in the playoffs, with 16...

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#HockeyHistory #InternationalHockey #AndersKallur #NicklasLidstrom #NiklasHjalmarsson #TomasHolmstrom
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Former Red Wing Zetterberg Inducted Into IIHF Hall of Fame

On May 28, 2023, former Detroit Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg, born in Njurunda, Sweden, became the 31st person from his home country to earn enshrinement into the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Hall of Fame (HOF). Although no est...

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Canada Captures Gold At 2023 Men’s World Championship

Team Canada has won gold for the 28th time at the World Championships, defeating Germany 5-2. This was also Canada's 53rd medal as they continue to be the most decorated nation in tournament history. Here is a look back at their path to gold.

Canad...

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5 Penguins Using World Championship to Improve on Last Season

Despite the long offseason ahead for the Pittsburgh Penguins, five players haven't hung up their skates just yet. The 2023 World Hockey Championship (WHC) is underway in Tampere, Finland, and Riga, Lat...

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Calgary Flames Send 4 Players to World Championships

After a disappointing end to the 2022-23 season, fans of the Calgary Flames will thankfully have more hockey to cheer for. Beginning on May 12, 2023, is the IIHF World Championship tournament that is held annua...

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Team USA 2023 World Championship Roster Breakdown

Team USA has announced their preliminary roster of 22 players for the upcoming 2023 IIHF World Championship. The tournament is set to start on May 12, 2023, with Finland and Latvia serving as hosts. The Americans are sending a young and exciting r...

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#InternationalHockey #AlexTuch #DrewCommesso #NickBonino #SeanFarrell
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Joel Lundqvist, Sweden’s Unsung Hero, Announces Retirement

Usually, when a hockey fan hears the name Lundqvist, their mind instantly reverts to the goalie who wore New York Rangers blue and had Lady Liberty on his pads. However, there is another famous Lundqvist, a man of great integrity who also had a distinguished profes...

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All-Time Sweden-Born NHL Lineup

Sweden is a Scandinavian country with a population of 10.42 million and is continuously one of the top-six programs in international hockey. Historically, there have been 400 Swedish-born skaters to play at least one game in the NHL, which includes 364 players and ...

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#InternationalHockey #DanielAlfredsson #HenrikLundqvist #NicklasLidstrom #PeterForsberg
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All-Time Finland-Born NHL Lineup

Not only has Finland been able to develop Hall-of-Fame-worthy talent, but they have also produced an impressive number of high-quality NHL and professional players from a nation of six million peopl...

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NHL Needs to Take a Page from IIHF on Goalie Interference

Goaltender interference is not a simple subject in the NHL. It is a highly complex rule, not because of the language used in the rule, no, but because it is applied by many separate people and each one can interpret the rule...

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WJC 2023 3 Up, 3 Down: Canada Moves Onto the Semi Finals

Canada entered this matchup as the favorite to win this quarterfinals matchup against Slovakia. However, they have proven that they are not a hockey nation to be taken lightly, as they gave Canada everything it could h...

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#InternationalHockey #WorldJuniorHockeyChampionship #ConnorBedard #JoshuaRoy #LoganStankoven #SimonNemec
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WJC Report: What to Watch for in Canada vs Slovakia Quarterfinal

Canada has put a surprise tournament-opening loss at the 2023 World Junior Hockey Championship behind them and finished the preliminary round in second place in Group A.  The host nation has now won thre...

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#InternationalHockey #WorldJuniorHockeyChampionship #BrennanOthmann #ConnorBedard #FilipMesar #SimonNemec
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Sweden & Finland World Junior Championship History Revisited

Sweden and Finland are two Nordic countries with a northern border stretching 614 kilometers. Together they make up half of Scandinavia, along with Denmark and Iceland. Since the latter two countrie...

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And the announcers, who watch way more hockey than I do, just said the same thing.

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Revisiting Sweden’s World Junior Championship History

Sweden is among the best hockey countries in the world, thanks to a long history of star players, world championships, and Olympic gold medals. According to dates obtained from the Interna...

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#InternationalHockey #WorldJuniorHockeyChampionship #JesperWallstedt #PeterForsberg #TeamSweden #WorldJuniorChampionship
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Team Canada Icing Strong Roster for 2022 Spengler Cup

The holiday season is upon us, which means the Spengler Cup is about to start. Canada will once again have a strong entry as they will look for their 17th title in the historic tournament, which can be traced back to 1923. This year's edition will include IF...

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#InternationalHockey #CodyGoloubef #SpenglerCup #TravisGreen #TylerEnnis
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Team Canada Icing Strong Roster for 2022 Spengler Cup

The holiday season is upon us, which means the Spengler Cup is about to start. Canada will once again have a strong entry as they will look for their 17th title in the historic tournament, which can be traced back to 1923. This year's edition will include IF...

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https://thehockeywriters.com/canada-roster-2022-spengler-cup/?src=mast2

#InternationalHockey #CodyGoloubef #SpenglerCup #TravisGreen #TylerEnnis
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