World Junior Championships 2011 Players To Watch – plus Canada–USA Breakdown

[UpsideHockey]

World Junior Championships 2011 Players To Watch – Part 1: Jaden Schwartz, Sean Couturier, Brett Connolly & Ryan Ellis to lead the way for Team Canada

This is meant to be a quick reference guide for hockey fans who don't follow the young guns as close as some of us do, so may or may not be appropriate for many HFBoard members...feel free to comment on though...

Hockey fans looks forward to Christmas; Die hard hockey fans look more forward to Boxing Day and the start of the World Junior Championships!

This is meant to be a quick guide and reference for the quickly approaching 2011 World Junior Championships U20s starting Boxing Day in Buffalo, NY.

Team Canada players are highlighted below. Probable key contributors from other countries will be featured in upcoming articles.

Read on:
http://thehockeywriters.com/worldjuniorchampionships-playerstowatch-part1teamcanada/

Happy WJC!
It's like Fesitvus for the rest of us!

Click to read more...

 

[Ghost of the Rocket]

Look for Cody Eakin. He really rose to local prominence in Winnipeg as a midget player when he participated in the skills competition at the AHL All-Star game (midgets were demonstrating the events). Cody skated as fast as some of the AHL all-stars in the competition.

 

[UpsideHockey]

Again, not much new for regular readers here, but a summary of some key players to watch from USA, Sweden & Russia. Any glaring omissions, let me know!

Part 2 - Players to watch...

http://thehockeywriters.com/world-junior-championships2011playerstowatchpart-2/

Suggestions for Part 3? (Best of the rest)

 

[UpsideHockey]

Best of the rest: Part 3 up

World Junior Championships 2011 Players To Watch – Part 3: Best of the Rest – Is Sven Bartchi the Next El Nino?

http://thehockeywriters.com/world-j...-the-rest-–-is-sven-bartchi-the-next-el-nino/

 

[UpsideHockey]

I did initially miss:

Slovakia
Tomas Jurco – 2011 Eligibible – puckhandling magician, but consistency an issue

 

[UpsideHockey]

Worth a read from Kelly Friesen (Dec29th):

http://thehockeywriters.com/2011-world-juniors-dont-underestimate-team-canada/

 

[zaluty]

I know the WJC is in Canada next year but does anybody know where it is for the next couple of years after that?

 

[UpsideHockey]

World Junior Hockey Championships 2011 – Canada – USA Semi-final Breakdown

http://thehockeywriters.com/world-j...ips-2011-–-canada-–-usa-semi-final-breakdown/