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US Needs Overtime to Finnish Off Fins in World Juniors Opener

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Nick Bjugstad just put the puck on net, hoping something good would happen, and he was shocked to see his teammates raise their arms in the air to celebrate the winning goal in a 3-2 overtime victory by the United States over Finland at the World Junior Championship on Sunday. "It was awesome,"...

2011 World Juniors Preview: US in Unfamilar Role

This year marks the 35th annual IIHF World Junior Championship (the tournament has been held since 1974, but didn't become officially sanctioned by the IIHF until 1977). In the previous 34, the United States has won just six medals, and half of those have come since 2004. Only twice has Team USA skated away with the gold...

US World Junior Roster Announced

USA Hockey has announced its final 22-player roster for the 2011 IIHF World Junior Championships. The Americans open their defense of the 2010 gold medal -- won with a 6-5 overtime victory over Canada in Saskatoon last January -- Sunday night in Buffalo, when they take on Finland in group play. Eight players return from...

2010 NHL Draft: Winners & Losers

Unlike the NBA and NFL Drafts, the NHL Draft is more about five years down the road. Of the over 200 players selected, only a select few will make any kind of impact in the NHL in the 2010-11 season. Instead, teams are loading up on the kind of talent they think will develop into NHL players over time. When it comes to...

2010 NHL Draft Prospects: The FanHouse Top 35

The 2010 NHL Draft will take place June 25-26 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Hundreds of players from all levels of hockey -- junior, international, college and high school -- will find themselves selected, another step in their dream of making it to the NHL. This draft doesn't work quite like those in the NBA and...

brock nelson News From the Web

05/07/12 Nelson Named UND Team MVP Source: NHL - New York Islanders Sophomore forward Brock Nelson , who led the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) in goals, was named the recipient of the Jeff Anderson Hockey Scholarship today as North Dakota's Most Valuable Player.

Background on brock nelson

Brock Nelson (born October 5, 1991) is an American ice hockey player currently playing for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers of the American Hockey League..

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