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Here is a lot of interesting articles/news/updates from nhl.com website in before the World Cup, and it includes quite a lot, also info about the Scotiabank World Cup of Hockey Fan Village, Players tracking, and few other things, including players' or coach's take on the tournament, or even Bettman and Fehr speaking about future of these tournaments, and more. If someone is interested and missed that, here it is. I figure out I would just be wasting space in other threads, so I made this one up specifically for all interesting news/articles about this tournament, see below:
(to MODs, I didn't post the thread in international forum since here is much bigger audience so to speak, who perhaps don't follow the international forum even if otherwise interested in the World Cup.)
These are not old articles, all of this is from 2 days ago at worst.
Patrick Kane, Sidney Crosby, Jamie Benn, Ben Bishop, and others on the World Cup, early start, etc.
"First off, how could you not be excited about [the World Cup], it's a great way to open the season," Team USA forward Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks told Network on Friday. "I think for a lot of us we're just ecstatic, we get that other opportunity to play for our country in a big tournament like this. Given where it's at in Toronto, the hockey mecca of the world, how could you not be excited? I think a lot of players that are going will be well-prepared for it."
"It's going to be a high-tempo tournament, and we're going to play at a high tempo," Team Canada and St. Louis Blues general manager Doug Armstrong said. "I would imagine the practices are going to be like midseason NHL practices: 40, 45 minutes, but high tempo right out of the gate."
"I don't know if many people know what to expect yet, or if even the players know what it's going to be like, but I'm putting expectations pretty high," Seguin said. "I think it's the best of the best and going to be a great tournament."
World Cup of Hockey corporate partner roster expands
Among others - autoTRADER.ca, EA, Esso/Exxon Mobil, Geico, Pizza Pizza, SAP, Sonnet, Upper Deck, Adidas, Air Canada, Canadian Tire Corporation, Honda, Molson Coors, PepsiCo, Rogers Communications, Scotiabank, Tim Hortons or Visa
All you need to know about The Scotiabank World Cup of Hockey Fan Village + here.
Puck, player tracking: The data captured will feature puck and player speed, puck trajectory, distance traveled for players and the puck, player ice time, zone time, shots, shot distance, shot direction, and possession information.
In addition, McArdle said coaches in the World Cup will have tablets on the bench that will allow them to have access to live video streams and replays to give them an advantage on coaching strategies and challenge situations.
Expanding of international calendar?"We would like to do the World Cup on a regular basis, perhaps in locations throughout the world," Commissioner Bettman said.
Daniel Alfredsson on WC and Team Sweden
"There was a day-and-a-half of meetings, which I think was productive, going through the systems, where we're going to play," Alfredsson said. "It's starting to feel more real. We're getting closer. Three weeks before training camp starts. Things are lining up. We obviously like our team. We look forward to it. It's a great setup.
"This [tournament] is probably even harder than the Olympics because it's three games and you've probably got to win two of them to move on," Alfredsson said. "It's going to be intense, but it's going to be a lot of fun too, because it is the best of the best and everybody's prepared better than a normal Olympics with a real training camp. You don't really have any excuses come puck drop in the first game."
(to MODs, I didn't post the thread in international forum since here is much bigger audience so to speak, who perhaps don't follow the international forum even if otherwise interested in the World Cup.)
These are not old articles, all of this is from 2 days ago at worst.
- Corey Schneider is recovered from an injury and ready to play at the World Cup
"Just getting that intensity level and compete level to where it needs to be is going to be is the biggest challenge because you have to get to a playoff like intensity, rabid crowds, in a matter of a week or two," Schneider said.
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Patrick Kane, Sidney Crosby, Jamie Benn, Ben Bishop, and others on the World Cup, early start, etc.
"First off, how could you not be excited about [the World Cup], it's a great way to open the season," Team USA forward Patrick Kane of the Chicago Blackhawks told Network on Friday. "I think for a lot of us we're just ecstatic, we get that other opportunity to play for our country in a big tournament like this. Given where it's at in Toronto, the hockey mecca of the world, how could you not be excited? I think a lot of players that are going will be well-prepared for it."
"It's going to be a high-tempo tournament, and we're going to play at a high tempo," Team Canada and St. Louis Blues general manager Doug Armstrong said. "I would imagine the practices are going to be like midseason NHL practices: 40, 45 minutes, but high tempo right out of the gate."
"I don't know if many people know what to expect yet, or if even the players know what it's going to be like, but I'm putting expectations pretty high," Seguin said. "I think it's the best of the best and going to be a great tournament."
- Colton Parayko
- Interview with John Cooper regarding Stamkos, Drouin, or Team NA
- Carey Price 100% ready
- WCoH Storylines
- NHL.com ranks the best forward-groups at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey
- NHL.com ranks the best defensemen at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey
- Individual game tickets for the World Cup of 2016 will be available for purchase via www.Ticketmaster.ca and www.Ticketmaster.com, the official ticket marketplace of the NHL®, beginning at 10 a.m. ET on Thursday, Aug. 18.
World Cup of Hockey corporate partner roster expands
Among others - autoTRADER.ca, EA, Esso/Exxon Mobil, Geico, Pizza Pizza, SAP, Sonnet, Upper Deck, Adidas, Air Canada, Canadian Tire Corporation, Honda, Molson Coors, PepsiCo, Rogers Communications, Scotiabank, Tim Hortons or Visa
All you need to know about The Scotiabank World Cup of Hockey Fan Village + here.
The Scotiabank World Cup of Hockey Fan Village will serve as the epicenter of the World Cup of 2016 for fans and corporate partners, offering a diverse mix of programming, live musical performances, big-ticket prizes and giveaways, food offerings from each of the participating tournament countries, big-scale viewing parties, and much more. The family-friendly festival will occupy the Distillery District plus more than 200,000 square feet of an untouched lot east of Cherry Street, which will be known as the 'East Fan Village.'
Puck, player tracking: The data captured will feature puck and player speed, puck trajectory, distance traveled for players and the puck, player ice time, zone time, shots, shot distance, shot direction, and possession information.
In addition, McArdle said coaches in the World Cup will have tablets on the bench that will allow them to have access to live video streams and replays to give them an advantage on coaching strategies and challenge situations.
Expanding of international calendar?"We would like to do the World Cup on a regular basis, perhaps in locations throughout the world," Commissioner Bettman said.
The NHL and NHLPA view the Olympics and World Cup as different entities. They do not consider the revival of the World Cup, which will be played for the first time in 12 years, to be a precursor to denying player participation in future olympic games.
"I don't think one has much, if anything, to do with the other," Fehr said. "The Olympics are a unique event. It's a multisport event. It has a particular history, a particular way of choosing the participants and all the rest of it. As everybody knows, the players really value their Olympic participation. [The World Cup] is something different. It's a hockey-only event, which by design is going to give us the best quality player-for-player and man-for-man that any tournament of this kind has ever had. We think it's a complete standalone. I don't think it interferes necessarily or in any other way with the olympics."
Daniel Alfredsson on WC and Team Sweden
"There was a day-and-a-half of meetings, which I think was productive, going through the systems, where we're going to play," Alfredsson said. "It's starting to feel more real. We're getting closer. Three weeks before training camp starts. Things are lining up. We obviously like our team. We look forward to it. It's a great setup.
"This [tournament] is probably even harder than the Olympics because it's three games and you've probably got to win two of them to move on," Alfredsson said. "It's going to be intense, but it's going to be a lot of fun too, because it is the best of the best and everybody's prepared better than a normal Olympics with a real training camp. You don't really have any excuses come puck drop in the first game."
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