Heading into Sunday’s gold medal game against Canada, we were initially believed that Swedish forward Nicklas Backstom was a late scratch for the gold medal game due to migraines. But it’s officially known and reported that Backstrom was suspended for…
Less than 24 hours after losing a 1-0 heart breaker to Canada, the United States men’s team had to play a consolation game for the bronze medal against Finland. This would be a rematch of the 2010 semifinal, where the…
The 5 through 12 seeds play Tuesday to determine the eight quarterfinalists. Below are some notable additions and subtractions before the puck drops Tuesday afternoon (early Tuesday morning in the United States). Czech Republic: Elias to remain out with illness…
Henrik Zetterberg, captain of the Swedish Olympic team and the Detroit Red Wings, will miss the remainder of the Olympics with a herniated disc in his back. Zetterberg becomes the first big name injured from the Olympic games, something the NHL…
If there’s anything guaranteed in life aside from breathing, death, and taxes, it’s that the United States and Canada will almost be penciled in to compete for the title in international women’s hockey. The only time since 1990 did the…
The International Olympic will tolerate a lot of things, one of them is staging the most expensive Olympics ever next month in a resort town that is hundreds of miles from one of the most dangerous war zones in the…
Team Canada announced their roster this morning for the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. As expected, the team is loaded with top notch talent that immediately makes them a front runner to win the gold. Below we’ve laid out…
If there’s any position the United States needed to have as an emergency reserve, it’s goaltender. That’s what USA Hockey did today when Florida GM Dale Tallon, one of the members of the American selection committee, gave Tampa Bay goalie Ben…
This isn’t a flashback to the 1992 film Wayne’s World, where Mike Myers and Dana Carvey has scenes where they played ball hockey in the middle of the street. You are looking at players participating in the Canadian Olympic…
If you didn’t follow the IIHF World Championships over two months ago, let me refresh your memory. Sweden played Canada in the quarterfinals, and in that game Vancouver’s (and Sweden international) Alex Edler laid a knee-to-knee hit on Carolina (Canadian…