About the Vancouver Canucks, the NHL and Hockey in General.
Not every clash of the titans delivers an epic. This Olympic quarter-final battle between Sweden and Canada was more of an arm wrestle than an exhibition. Not that the Swedes will care after a 2-0 verdict booked a place in the medal round at the 2022 Olympic men’s tournament. That represents a return to form … Read more
Clinical finishing and traditional resilience saw Finland advance to the semi-finals with a 5-1 victory over Switzerland. Three goals from 12 shots saw Jukka Jalonen’s men into a 3-0 lead early in the second period and that proved sufficient to sink Switzerland and set up a meeting with Slovakia in the final four. Finland went … Read more
It was a true David and Goliath confrontation, but this time Goliath won. The ROC team advanced to the final four by defeating Denmark 3-1 in Wednesday’s Olympic quarter-finals. Even though ROC outshot Denmark 40-18, the underdogs appearing in their very first Olympics didn’t make it easy. This remained a one-goal game until less than … Read more