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World Juniors 2022
Holiday hockey is back again! Get the ultimate guide on the World Junior Championship, which begins Dec. 26. The defending champion Americans are gunning for gold again, but they'll face stiff competition from the host Canadians. Other medal contenders in Edmonton are Sweden, Russia and Finland.
SCOUTING GERMANY: TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
LAST YEAR’S TOURNAMENT was a roller-coaster ride for the Germans, who started off on a down note when a significant portion of the team was quarantined due to COVID-19 protocols. The team, which arrived with fair expectations, was subsequently dealt a nasty 16-2 blowout against Canada in its second game. But once the squad was back in (relatively) full force, Germany put together its best WJC ever thanks to a savage top line led by Ottawa youngster Tim Stutzle. The Germans ended up making the quarterfinal for the first time and served notice they were far from pushovers. While Stutzle won’t be back, the German attack will still be fun to watch. Keep in mind, Lukas Reichel (CHI) missed last year’s event due to COVID-19, but he’s still eligible to play.…
DESTINY AWAITS
WHEN HEARTS ARE HIGH, the time will fly, so whistle while you work,” urges the famous song in Disney’s 1937 animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It’s a fitting mantra for an NHL player who pens children’s books. Zach Hyman doesn’t literally whistle while he works, as far as we know, yet he does everything but, according to those who toil alongside him. Edmonton Oilers coach Dave Tippett calls Hyman “very positive, an energetic guy with a smile on his face, seems like he’s always in a good mood, just a genuine, very good person.” Defenseman Darnell Nurse describes Hyman’s upbeat personality and work ethic as “infectious.” So what gives Hyman such a spring in his step these days? It probably starts with the seven-year, $38.5-million contract he signed this…
SECOND TIME’S A CHARM
IN THE SPACE OF a month, Frederik Andersen had claimed the Carolina net the same way someone else once scared him away from it. Back in 2012, Andersen re-entered the NHL draft rather than sign with the Hurricanes because he didn’t see an opportunity to get past Cam Ward. Nine years and two teams later, Andersen is back with the club that originally drafted him, and the fit was worth the wait. Andersen was so good he disrupted coach Rod Brind’Amour’s typical 50-50 split, starting 11 of the Canes’ first 12 games, winning nine and becoming the third NHL goalie to win each of his first eight appearances with a team. It’s a remarkable run, one of the best in history by a goaltender in a new uniform, and not exactly under…
THE COUNTDOWN
MANY YEARS AGO AT the offices of The Hockey News, we placed a permanent moratorium on the use of the phrase “so and so isn’t getting any younger.” It’s a lousy expression, and it’s lazy. No one is getting any younger, Binky, not even the baby who was born yesterday. You won’t see it in our issue, unless someone is being quoted, of course. So who is getting younger? Well, teams can get younger when they turn over personnel, as NHL squads tend to do in the off-season. It stands to reason that older NHL teams should have a better shot at making a long run in the playoffs. But that’s not necessarily true, either. They might have a smaller window to remain among the contenders, but age doesn’t guarantee anything. Here’s…
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