Posted by thesportsjunky on February 7, 2018 · Leave a Comment
It was the biggest doping scandal in the history of the Olympics and it was followed by the biggest punishment in the history of the games as 2018 will be an Olympics without Russia changing the make-up of the games altogether.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on May 21, 2017 · Leave a Comment
It was medal day in the World Championships and as two teams looked to finish with at least a medal the other two were looking to go out as the best team in the world.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on May 18, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The playoffs are here and as they started there was some potential for interesting games although that all gave way to the typical top teams who will be back competing for the medals for another year.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on May 10, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The tournament is halfway through and there are some surprising results for more than just a few teams as the second half is going to be interesting with a few teams on the edge of making their mark.
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The reinforcements could be on their way for more than a few teams as the second round of the NHL playoffs is about to end making more players available to travel to the World Championships.
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Group A has some clear favourites but there are plenty of teams that can do some damage with some teams capable of launching some surprising upsets.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on January 6, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The World Juniors are over for another year and for the second day in a row some of the top hockey programs in the world put on a great show in Montreal with close games determining the medals for the 2017 World Juniors.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on January 5, 2017 · Leave a Comment
The semi-finals may have lacked some new faces but they certainly didn’t lack drama with four of the best international programs facing off for a chance at gold.
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Posted by thesportsjunky on September 20, 2016 · Leave a Comment
To ensure a tournament that was quick and had no boring games the teams are limited and so far the strategy is working out as the games get more intense with playoff implications already on the line.
Posted by thesportsjunky on May 22, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The medals were decided at the IIHF World Championship as four teams looked to come very challenging games to go home with a win in their last game.
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