Posted by thesportsjunky on December 27, 2015 · Leave a Comment
The relationship between the NHL and IIHF gets tested every year at the same time when teams need to make decisions about the World Juniors.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on December 26, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Day 1 of the World Juniors is in the books but for one team it had plenty of mixed feelings with a rough game resulting in key injuries.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on June 27, 2014 · Leave a Comment
The youth movement in the NHL continues to grow every year as younger players are having a bigger impact in the league every year. Last year the 18-year old Nathan MacKinnon would light up the NHL and earn the Calder Trophy, becoming the youngest player to do so. This youth movement has made the draft one of the most important events of the NHL calendar.
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