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World Juniors 2016
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TURNS OUT, ALL ‘Z’ NEEDED WAS LOVE
AFTER HENRIK ZETTERBERG SCORED just two goals over the final 29 games of the 2014-15 season, the murmurs began. When Zetterberg went through an entire Stanley Cup playoff series without scoring for the first time since he entered the NHL in 2002, the whispers grew stronger. Had Zetterberg’s odometer reached the point where it was time to trade him in for a newer model? Nope. He just needed more fuel in the tank. Zetterberg missed much of the second half of 2013-14 after undergoing back surgery following the Sochi Olympics, and the lingering treatment ultimately ground him to a halt. “When I came into last season, it was real exciting because I had been out for a while,” Zetterberg said. “I felt healthy, so going into the season there was a lot of…
HOST WITH THE MOST?
Toronto and Montreal will host the 2017 world juniors, but 2018 is still up in the air. The United States holds the bid, and three cities are still in contention. Here’s a look at the finalists: BUFFALO: The most recent American city to host the tournament, Buffalo did a bang-up job in 2011, bolstered by a huge influx of Canadian fans from just across the border in southern Ontario. Since then, the Sabres and the city have added a lot of infrastructure to the area around First Niagara Center, including hotels, restaurants and HarborCenter, a brand-new secondary rink. Only downside here is the fact Buffalo just hosted the event. PITTSBURGH: The Steel City is no stranger to big events and, in the Penguins’ Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh has a beautiful venue for…
THROWING ’EM INTO THE FIRE
CANADA IF THE CROP OF ELITE HOCKEY PLAYERS born in 1996 were a vintage, it wouldn’t find its way into the collections of too many high-end wine connoisseurs. And that is the case worldwide, not just in Canada. With that in mind, much of the core of Canada’s 2016 World Junior Championship team will be comprised of 1997-born players, those who have turned 18 in the past calendar year and were selected in last June’s NHL draft. And while conventional wisdom has suggested that the WJC is beyond the depth of most 18-year-old players, Canada and much of the world will have to turn that notion on its ear in 2016. Likely with only three returnees on the roster in center Brayden Point, left winger Lawson Crouse and defenseman Joe Hicketts, Canada will…
DETROIT’S DEJA-VU
RUSSIA THE 2015 WORLD JUNIORS SERVED AS A coming-out party for one 18-year-old Red Wings first-round draft pick. Could history repeat itself? Last year, Dylan Larkin, Detroit’s first selection in 2014 who’s now enjoying a stellar rookie season in the NHL, stole the show for Team USA with his sensational two-way game. This time around, Russian left winger Evgeny Svechnikov, Detroit’s top pick in 2015, hopes to make a name for himself on the world junior stage. Detroit coach Jeff Blashill certainly sees parallels between the two players. “He seems to have that inner drive it takes for people to be great,” Blashill said of Svechnikov. “That’s something I look for. Talent is one thing, but you have to have character and talent. He seems to have that type of character, that…
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