The 2021 World Junior Championships are set to kick off on Christmas day, but the hype train for gear junkies has already left the building with the leak of the custom skates created by Bauer Hockey. Bauer’s custom skates for…
In what may be considered the upset of the tournament, the 2014 Olympics host team has been eliminated from the tournament by Finland. Team Russia seemed to dominate play, but Tuukka Rask stood on his head and stopped 37 shots…
Team USA faced off against the Russian national team, at the 2014 Sochi Olympics today in what a powerhouse battle of two of the favorites to win gold at the games. Both teams brought a lot of fire and intensity…
Alex Ovechkin shared a picture of his custom Sochi 2014 Bauer APX 2 skates via Twitter earlier this week. The skates, seen below, feature white/blue/red stripes, much like the Russian flag. He’s also using black felt tongues instead of the…
Well before the NHL even committed to allowing their players to participate in the Sochi Olympics, Russian players like Alexander Ovechkin were adamant about representing their country on the world’s biggest stage. Fast forward and the Russians have to be…
The 2013 IIHF World Junior Championship will take place in Ufa, Russia, with the opening games beginning on Dec. 26. The gold medal game will take place on Saturday, January 5, 2013. Sweden will enter the tournament as defending champions,…
The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) of Russia had second thoughts to playing on U.S. soil. With the current NHL / NHLPA lockout, the KHL had planned to play two games in Brooklyn, New York. On both January 19th and 20th, the…
In Friday’s 7-3 loss to Russia, Sweden lost one of their more valuable assets when Johan Franzen’s nose broke after taking a cross check to the face from Dmitri Kalinin. The incident occurred late in the third period in a…
If your favorite team, or player, happens to be knocked out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, perhaps watching the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championship games might be on your to-do-list. Thanks to main sponsor Škoda, you are able…
Tomorrow afternoon, two Nordic nations will play for the right to be called World Champions. Sweden and Finland will play each other in the championship game for the third time since 1992. They are currently ranked third (Sweden) and fourth (Finland)…