A shootout is no way to decide a playoff game, ever. After Finaldn had gained a 2-0 lead, they ended up blowing the lead, and letting the Swedes tie it and win it in, take a guess, a shootout.   I realize that shootouts must exist in the group round, and that there is no [...]

This game turned out to be exactly as I would have, and did, predict. The penalties killed Team Canada, and it resulted in a 6-1 lead early in the third period for Team Russia. Canada did however, wake up in the third period to rally back, btu it was too little too late as the [...]

I’ll be honest, the one singular team that I did not want Team Canada to face is the Russians. Not only did the Russians beat Team Canada in the gold medal game in Buffalo, NY, but they have looked to be the top team in the tournament consistently.   Team Canada has taken an excessive [...]

The Russians managed to escape a stuning loss by the Czech Republic, scoring two unanswered goals to win 2-1 in overtime. The Czechs dominated play for the majority of the game, but the Russians have the ability to stay resilient and be a pest that will never go away, which is why they have done [...]

  Team Finland has defeated the Slovaks 8-5 in the quarterfinals, and will advance to face their Scandinavian neighbours and rivals Sweden in the quarterfinals.   They defeated the Slovaks in a high scoring game, 8-5.   Watch out for the Granlund brothers, for they combined for a total of three goals and four assists [...]

Even though this game was meaningless in every sort of the word, except for national pride, I was still most excited for this game, as compared to the others not only because it was the Canada v USA game, but because it pitted two North American style teams against one another.   Canada went up [...]

Very often, when a player leaves the Buffalo Sabres, He finds greener pastures elsewhere.   Case in point: Tim Connolly   While he has been with his normal injury ways, Tim Connolly has netted six goals and 11 assists in 25 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs. In contrast, Ville Lenio, who also has had [...]

Thomas Vanek, of what can I say about you. You manage to embody the work ethic that I praised Zack Kassian for having, but with the scoring touch to go along with it. He can score and also assist, be it by his earning an assist or just being able to screen the goalie, and [...]

Zack Kassian was not even supposed to be a Buffalo Sabre at the beginning of the year, let alone be one of the top three players.   The Rochester American was called up on 25 NOV 2011 and played his first game in Columbus. Since then, Kassian has shown a work ethic and value to [...]

When Ryan Miller started plain out being awful in the beginning of the season, Jhonas Enroth was more than willingly and capable to take over the role of starting goaltender., which created a goalie controversy of sorts. In addition, when Ryan Miller missed games due to a concussion, courtesy of Boston Bruins Milan Lucic, Enroth [...]