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Chasing Glory 2010
The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.
EUROPEAN LEGENDS
BORJE SALMING’S yellow Sweden jersey from the 1976 Canada Cup has the texture of an ordinary T-shirt, while Vladislav Tretiak’s CCCP sweater from the 1973 World Championship has more of an orange tinge to it than red today. Continuing clockwise, there is Peter Stastny’s Slovak jersey from the 1994 Olympics in Norway, Frantisek Cernik’s Czech national team sweater from the 1976 Canada Cup and Markus Mattsson’s Finland jersey from 1976.…
THE FUTURE OF WOMEN’S HOCKEY
Those who criticize the women’s game at the international level have a common lament – that the chasm between Canada and the United States and the remainder of the field is too large to make the game compelling enough on a global level. And they have a valid point. With a few notable exceptions, every major tournament comes down to the two countries on either side of the 49th parallel and that scenario will likely play out again in the gold medal game Feb. 25 in Vancouver. Ho-hum, another Canada-U.S. final. Sure, they’re good, but is anything ever going to change? Isn’t the International Olympic Committee starting to get weary of the one-sidedness of this thing? Well, there are signs the global axis might be tilting slowly to the east and with International…
THE BIG 12
When you’re the defending champs, the pressure is usually squarely on your shoulder pads. But for Team Sweden, these Olympics are decidedly pressureless. Sweden, ranked No. 3 in the world by the IIHF, is one of the globe’s top teams to be sure, but with the Olympics on Canadian soil, all the pressure is on the Canucks. Russia, too, is under the gun to perform as the world’s top-seeded team. But don’t underestimate the Tre Kronor. With top-caliber goaltending from Henrik Lundqvist, leadership from the likes of Nicklas Lidstrom and Daniel Alfredsson, and forwards such as Henrik Zetterberg, the Sedins and Nicklas Backstrom, Sweden will be tough to beat in their bid to repeat. GROUP A CANADA Prior to 2002, Canada’s last gold medal was claimed by the Edmonton Mercurys in 1952. USA The U.S. won its…
SHOOTOUT BLUES
Tom Renney got a measure of revenge, but not enough. On two occasions in 1994, Renney watched from the bench while a gold medal was decided by shootout. First, in Lillehammer, Norway, a Renney-coached Team Canada fell to Sweden as Peter Forsberg clinched his country’s first-ever Olympic gold with his now-famous one-handed puck drag past Canadian goalie corey hirsch. A few months later, at the World Championship in Italy, Renney was again part of the coaching staff when Canada was on the right side of the dramatics, ending a 35-year gold medal drought in that tournament by beating Finland via the 1-on-1 showdown. But don’t think for a minute that positive outcome has changed his opinion on how big games should be decided. “I still don’t think championships of any kind should be settled by…
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