For the first time since 2002, Russia is one victory away from snapping its 15-year World Championship drought. With a dominating 4-0 defeat of Finland Friday afternoon at the 2008 IIHF World Championship semi-finals, along with Canada’s 5-4 victory over Sweden, Russia will face-off against its long time foe on Sunday at the Colisee Pepsi
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2008 IIHF World Championships Quarterfinals: Russia vs. Switzerland Recap
Russia advanced to the semi-finals of the 2008 IIHF World Championships on Wednesday night with a 6-0 pounding of Switzerland, but still suffered a tremendous loss. As a result of being assessed his second game misconduct of the tournament, star winger Ilya Kovalchuk has been automatically suspended for Russia’s semi-final matchup against Finland Friday afternoon,
Some tidbits from the 2008 IIHF World Championships
A lot has been made and written about the fight at the end of Sunday’s game between US forward David Backes and Finnish defenseman Anssi Salmela. Finland coach Doug Shedden, being brutally honest, had this to say about Salmela: “He needs a broken nose. He needs to get ugly. It is on the other side
Sergei Zubov’s long-awaited return sparks Dallas
Dallas Stars defenseman Sergei Zubov returned to the lineup on Sunday night for the first time since January 27. Zubie missed the Stars’ final 33 games of the regular season and first 7 games of the postseason with a sports hernia injury related to surgery he had at the end of the 2006-07 season as
G Juha Metsola wins 2008 WHL Eastern Conference Finals MVP
Congratulations to PuckAgency client Juha Metsola, who won Eastern Conference Finals MVP on Thursday after winning all four of his starts in a sweep of the Calgary Hitmen! Juha began the season as the backup to goaltender Michael Maniago, but emerged late in the season, winning 11 of his final 13 games and finishing with
Russia advances to the 2008 IIHF World Juniors Finals in Kazan
The Russian Junior team earned a spot in the finals of the 2008 IIHF World Juniors (U18’s) with a 3-1 win this afternoon over USA. A great deal of young Russian talent has been on display in Kazan as Russia has won each of its five games in fairly easy fashion. Forward Kirill Petrov, who
PuckAgency’s Swedish Prospects for 2008, 2009 NHL Draft
PuckAgency is proud to continue its tradition of looking to Sweden for the best up-and-coming hockey talent in the world. Two recent additions to our roster of clients that are assured to keep this trend going are David Rundblad and Tim Erixon. Not only are these two defensemen countrymen, but they are also teammates coming
RSL Finals Game 5 Recap
In the final period of the final game of the 2008 Russian Super League Finals, Ufa Salavat proved to the hockey world why they were the RSL’s 2007-2008 regular season champs, and why they deserved to capture the RSL Championship. Ufa rode three third period goals to a 4-1 victory in Game 5 of the
NY Times Interview with Brian Leetch
Lew Serviss of the NY Times interviewed Brian Leetch this week for his Sunday Slap Shot column: April 13, 2008, 4:31 amLeetch, From the PointBy Lew Serviss “So,” I asked Brian Leetch, Hall of Famer in waiting, “I can say you’re at home being Mr. Mom? “Yeah,” he said, “I got no problem with it.”
RSL Finals Game 4 Recap
Yaroslavl Lokomotiv entered Wednesday’s Game 4 of the Russian Super League Finals needing a win to remain alive in the series. And stay alive they did, in dramatic fashion. Propelled by a Zbynek Irgl goal with only three minutes remaining in the third period, Lokomotiv defeated Ufa Salavat by a score of 1-0 to even