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Congratulations to Ilya Kovalchuk, who took home the 2008 Pro Athlete of the Year Award at the Atlanta Sports Awards Monday night. For Kovalchuk, this has been a season full of accolades and one in which he has become a leader and put the Thrashers on his back: he recently played in the All-Star Game

Congratulations to PuckAgency client Riku Helenius, who earned the CHL co-goaltender of the week award this week! Riku has been impressive for the Seattle Thunderbirds; his .917 save percentage and 2.37 goals against average are good for 5th and 9th respectively in the Western Hockey League. Helenius will go for his sixth straight victory tonight

Alexander Radulov set two career-highs last night in Nashville’s 4-2 victory over Columbus at the Sommet Center: his 19th goal surpassed his previous high, set in his rookie year of 2006-07(18) and upped his goal streak to five consecutive games. This is Radulov’s second goal-scoring streak of at least three games-he previously had a three-game

I first met Brian at the US National Program’s summer camp in 1986 in a dingy old time arena in Greensboro, North Carolina. Our firm’s President (then Athletes and Artists, Inc., now PuckAgency LLC) Art Kaminsky and I had always believed Brian had the chance to be a world class player. What we didn’t know

Another edition of the IIHF World Junior Championship is in the books and once again, Canada has taken home the Gold. Pardubice and Liberec in the Czech Republic played host to a fantastic tournament, capped off by the fourth title won by Canada in as many years. The World Juniors is the annual showcase for

As the NHL season approaches the halfway mark, the December break period in the Russian Super League (RSL) has just ended. The RSL is increasingly getting more attention due to the plethora of former NHL players in the league. For example, Lokomotiv Yaroslavl has 4 players who played in the NHL in 2006-07 on its

Last night in Dallas was significant for Stars’ defenseman Sergei Zubov in more ways than one. Not only did he post his 6th career 4-point night, he also passed Dave Gagner for 6th all-time on the Stars’ scoring list and took over the lead as the top scoring defenseman in the league this season with

The hockey community, especially in Minnesota, was dealt a tough blow when Wes Walz officially announced his retirement at a press conference at the XCel Energy Center Saturday afternoon. Walz enjoyed a thirteen-year NHL career, including playing 438 games for the Minnesota Wild. Wes was originally drafted by the Boston Bruins and played for the

Wednesday was a very special evening for the Quebec Remparts and Alexander Radulov as his number 22 was raised to the rafters of the Pepsi Colisee in Quebec City. The entire house was packed with adoring fans chanting “Radu, Radu” all evening as Alex has achieved legendary like status in his adopted home. The Remparts

Congratulations to Tomi Karhunen for being named this week’s OHL Player of the Week! This is Tomi’s first year playing Junior and he has not disappointed. Karhunen has started 20 of 23 games this year for Sarnia; his 13 wins (11-2 in his last 13 starts) are third in the league while his .913 save