On Tuesday, Hockey Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee officially announced the 23 Canadian women hockey players that will represent the country for the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Among the 13 forwards tabbed to represent their country is team captain Marie-Philip Poulin. Poulin returns as captain, and for the fourth time as an [...]
Hockey Canada has named the #1 and #2 scorers in the QMJHL, forwards William Dufour and Joshua Roy, to the 2022 World Junior Hockey Championship selection camp roster. Both players were among the 35 invited to the camp in preparation for the upcoming national tournament taking place at home in Canada, in Edmonton and Red Deer, [...]
The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Cédric Paquette to a 1-year contract with an average annual value of $950,000, the team announced on the opening of NHL free agency this past Wednesday. Paquette, a native of Gaspé, QC, returns to his home province after skating in 47 games in 2020-21 with the Carolina Hurricanes and the Ottawa [...]
Hockey Canada has invited the country's top under-18 players to to its National Men’s Under-18 Summer Development Camp, which will take place July 25 to August 4 at the Seven Chiefs Sportsplex on the Tsuut'ina Nation in the Calgary, Alberta area. In recognition of their strong seasons, defenceman Pier-Olivier Roy and goaltender Charles-Edward Gravel were among those [...]
The Tampa Bay Lightning are the 2021 Stanley Cup Champions. The franchise rolled to its third Stanley Cup this past Wednesday, and its second in a row, defeating the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 in Game 5 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, FL. The Lightning first earned hockey's greatest prize in 2004 before repeating as champions in 2020 [...]
The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has named forward Jakob Pelletier and defenceman Jordan Spence to the 2021 QMJHL First All-Star Team, in recognition of their excellent performances during the 2020-21 season. Pelletier, the Flames’ 2019 first round draft pick (26th overall), dominated opponents all season, notching a whopping 13 goals and 30 assists, for [...]
On Saturday, the Victoriaville Tigres won the 2021 President Cup, the Quebec Major Junior League championship, with a 3-2 win over the Val-d'Or Foreurs. The Tigres won the series 4 games to 2 and captured their first title since 2001. Among the newly minted champions were defencemen Sean Larochelle, Pier-Olivier Roy and Alexis Arsenault. Larochelle, [...]
The Tampa Bay Lightning have re-signed forward Mathieu Joseph to a two-year, one-way contract with an average annual value of $737,500. Joseph suited up for 37 games with Tampa Bay during the shortened 2019-20 regular season, posting four goals and seven points. He also dressed for 4 playoff games en route to the Lightning capturing [...]
The stage is set for Edmonton., as Hockey Canada finalized its roster for the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship. Following a nearly month-long selection camp, 25 players have been named to Canada’s National Junior Team. Among the selections are forward Jakob Pelletier of the Val-d'Or Foreurs and defenceman Jordan Spence of the Moncton Wildcats. Pelletier, a 1st [...]
The New York Rangers have used the first-overall selection in the 2020 NHL Draft to select forward Alexis Lafreniere from the Rimouski Oceanic of the QMJHL. Lafreniere, 19, is a 6-foot-1 winger who was born in Saint-Eustache, Quebec. NHL Central Scouting listed him as their top North American Skater in both their midterm and final rankings. [...]
