For the first time Candian Hockey News is allowing the fans to become the scouts! Canadian Hockey News has developed a program to rate players in the various components of the game. If you would like to rate a player visit the following link:
Scout Servey
The results of the scouting report submitted by you will be [...]
You are the scout!
Making it!
Do you plan on making the NHL? It is good to see that you have aspirations in hockey, don’t let anybody deture you from your dreams. However, making the NHL is no easy task. In fact, it is proably one of the most gruelling and painful endevors an athelet can make. If you were to [...]
Canada loses one of its Hockey’s Sons, Luc Bourdon passed away on May 29,2008
The Hockey community has been struck with tragedy again. Luc Bourdon a defenseman with the Manitoba Moose, and top draft pick of the Vancouver Canucks was sadly killed in a motorcycle accident. A truely unfortunate event. Luc represented Canada in the world juniors, winning 2 goad medals for Canada. Our thoughts and prayers go out [...]
Cost of Doing Business
Many of you probably already know. But other may just be entering into the hockey realm and realizing that to be successful in the sport you need a heck of a lot of money. There are rumours that some minor midget coaches could be making upward of $150,000. This probably represents one of the higher [...]
Hockey Canada Announces U18 Team Coaches
Hockey Canada announced that Pat Quinn will be coaching Team Canada at the U18 World Championships in Kazan Russia on April 13-23 . He will be joined by Jesse Wallin who was recently appointed as head coach of the Red Deer Rebels, and is a former defenseman of the Red Deer Rebels. As well as [...]
OHF Approved Regulation Changes
The Ontario Hockey Federation approved changes to their regulations. The areas affected were players transfers, development fees, tampering, and AAA waivers. The two most drastic changes were in the development fees structuring. It seems the OHF is attempting to encourage the growth of its Midget AAA and making the transition more smooth. The OHF also [...]
March 9/08-Sault Ste. Marie at Sarnia
This probably won’t mean much for anybody but this game will mark the end of the neckguardless OHL. The OHL recently announced that their players were going to be forced to wear neckguards as a result of a meeting where the issue was voted on. The neckguard debate was sparked by the Richard Zednik incident [...]
IIHF World Junior Championship
Hockey Canada, the managing body of hockey in Canada is now beginning the quest to search for host for the IIHF World Junior Championship for 2010 and 2012. While Switzerland was originally given the opportunity to host the 2010 championships, they decline as they feared they were being relegated at the home team. This means [...]
USHL Draft List Release
The USHL draft lists have been released. They are posted on the USHL website (www.ushl.com) as well as on Canadian Hockey News. Feel free to browse through them. However, should you reach the bottom of the list and not see your name, don’t be alarmed! Keep working hard, playing your best, and you will get [...]
Some Inspiration
Here is a story that we just read about, although it took place almost two years ago, it still serves as a source of tremendous inspiration.
TODD DAVISON (published on December 05, 2006)
TODD DAVISON Peacefully, with his family by his side, on Saturday, December 2, 2006, Todd Davison passed away. Todd was born [...]
