Detroit Red Wings right wing Mikael Samuelsson capped off a strong playoff performance by assisting on Valtteri Filppula’s second period goal in last night’s Game 6 of the 2008 Stanley Cup Finals, bringing the Cup back to Hockeytown for the 4th time in the last 11 years. Samuelsson scored 5 goals, added 8 assists and
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D Anssi Salmela signs with New Jersey
The New Jersey Devils made news last Friday by signing undrafted free agent defenseman Anssi Salmela to a one year entry-level contract. The 23-year old blueliner most recently played for Team Finland in the 2008 IIHF World Championships, where he logged 15.23 minutes per game and finished with a +3 rating. Salmela also made a
2008 IIHF World Championships Finals: Kovalchuk leads Russia to its first Gold medal in 15 years
What a finish! In one of most memorable games in the World Championships’ 100-year history, Ilya Kovalchuk scored on a power play 2:42 into overtime as Russia defeated host Canada 5-4 to capture its first IIHF World Championship title since 1993 before a ruckus crowd of 13,338 at the Pepsi Colisee in Quebec. With Canadian
2008 IIHF World Championships Semifinals: Russia vs. Finland Recap
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
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