phelps 7,214 Posted July 16, 2017 #1 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,339 Posted July 17, 2017 #2 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Great news for our Balkans friends, From this season will start a new international project the IHL (International Hockey League). 10 Clubs from and will play in this championship. The half of them will be from Slovenia HK Slavija Ljubjana, HK ECE Celje, HK Triglav, HK MK Bled and HDK Maribor, 3 clubs from Croatia Medvescak Zagreb „B”, Mladost Zagreb and HK Zagreb, the last 2 spots are for Serbians Crvena Zvezda Beograd and HK Vojvodina Novi Sad. The competition will start in September and every team will play 2 matches against each other (once at home and once away), the best 8 will qualify for the play-offs. A mentionable interesting rule is also each club can have maximum 5 foreigners in their squads Dmitry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,528 Posted July 18, 2017 #3 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Here is a great article on the possible makeup of Canada's men's hockey team for PyeongChang: http://www.tsn.ca/some-unfamiliar-names-may-play-for-canada-at-olympics-1.715158 Doesn't look as bad as I expected hckošice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,339 Posted July 18, 2017 #4 Share Posted July 18, 2017 6 hours ago, intoronto said: Here is a great article on the possible makeup of Canada's men's hockey team for PyeongChang: http://www.tsn.ca/some-unfamiliar-names-may-play-for-canada-at-olympics-1.715158 Doesn't look as bad as I expected btw do you know when the official tournaments schedule is planned to be unveiled ? I can not find any information about the date anywhere for a while now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,528 Posted July 18, 2017 #5 Share Posted July 18, 2017 3 minutes ago, hckosice said: btw do you know when the official tournaments schedule is planned to be unveiled ? I can not find any information about the date anywhere for a while now I can double check for you when I get home, which will be early morning your time hckošice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,339 Posted July 18, 2017 #6 Share Posted July 18, 2017 3 minutes ago, intoronto said: I can double check for you when I get home, which will be early morning your time Great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,528 Posted July 20, 2017 #7 Share Posted July 20, 2017 And the plot thickens... https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/nhl-2018-winter-olympics-alternate-schedule-alternate-reality-172053825.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,339 Posted July 25, 2017 #8 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Former Vancouver Canucks head coach Willie Desjardins named coach of men´s Canada team for the WOG 2018. Sean Burke will be the GM and Martin Brodeur will be also part of the staff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,339 Posted July 27, 2017 #9 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Canada named their rosters for the 2 "pre-olympic" August test tournaments in Russia. Very likely the Olympic final roster will be composed from those players. Team Canada for Sochi Open in Russia: Goaltenders: Justin Peters (Dinamo Riga, LAT./KHL), Kevin Poulin (No Club, last club Barys Astana, KAZ/KHL) Defencers: Chay Genoway (Lada Togliatti, Rus./KHL), Geoff Kinrade (Red Star Kunlun, CHN/KHL), Patrick McNeill (Ingolstadt, GER.), Maxim Noreau (Bern, SUI.), Mat Robinson (CSKA Moscow, Rus./KHL), Jonathan Sigalet (Frölunda, Swe.), Karl Stollery (Dinamo Riga, Lat /KHL) Forwards: Kevin Clark, Daniel Paille (both Brynäs, Swe), Andrew Ebbett, Mason Raymond (both Bern, Sui), Brandon Kozun, Max Talbot (both Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, Rus./KHL),Justin Azevedo (AK Bars Kazan, Rus./KHL), Gilbert Brulé (Traktor Chelyabinsk, Rus./KHL), Brandon Buck (Ingolstadt, GER), Bud Holloway (Skellefteaa, Swe.), Rob Klinkhammer (Dinamo Minsk, BLR /KHL), Ben Maxwell (Spartak Moscow, Rus./KHL), Brandon McMillan (Dinamo Riga, Lat./KHL), Eric O’Dell (HK Sochi, Rus./KHL), Linden Vey (Barys Astana, Kaz./KHL) Team Canada for Nikolay Puchkov Trophy: Goaltenders: Kevin Poulin, Ben Scrivens (Dinamo Minsk, BLR./KHL) Defencers: Cam Barker (No Club, last club Barys Astana, KAZ/KHL), Carlo Colaiacovo (Mannheim, GER.), Stefan Elliott (No Club, last club Ak Bars Kazan, KAZ/KHL, Rus./KHL), Marc-Andre Gragnani (No Club, last club Dinamo Minsk, BLR./KHL), Kevin Klein (Zürich, SUI.), Shawn Lalonde (Cologne, GER), Craig Schira (Rögle, SWE.) Forwards: Sean Collins, Ryan Garbutt (both HK Sochi, Rus./KHL), Jacob Micflikier, Marc-Antoine Pouliot, (both Biel-Bienne, SUI.), Andrew Gordon, Derek Roy (both Linköping, SWE), Taylor Beck (Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg, RUS./KHL), Cory Emmerton (Ambri-Piotta, SUI.), David McIntyre (Zug, SUI.), Trevor Parkes (Augsburg, GER.), Greg Scott (CSKA Moscow, RUS./KHL), Paul Szczechura (Traktor Chelyabinsk, RUS./KHL), James Wright (Admiral Vladivostok, RUS./KHL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,528 Posted July 27, 2017 #10 Share Posted July 27, 2017 And retired players like Jarome Iginla and Shane Doan would be likely as well (granted they do not get NHL contracts). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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