Tag Archives: IIHF
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Lithuanian Under-18 Hockey Player Hurls His Stick at a Referee (Video)
We see athletes and coaches blame the referees for a tough loss all the time. Most often it’s not really their fault and it’s bad sportsmanship to lay the blame on them, but it happens, and it’s not a huge deal. Guys take the game seriously, they get frustrated when they lose, and then take [...]
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Kazakhstan’s Roman Starchenko Knocked Unconscious Following Nasty Hit At IIHF Worlds (Video)
I’m not sure if the people of Kazakhstan watch a lot of NHL hockey. If so, they may have already known that the game is currently experiencing a head-shot epidemic. If not, they probably learned that fact on Sunday after watching one of their own fall victim to a nasty hit to the head during [...]
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Canadian Goalie Mark Visentin Makes An Incredible Backhanded Glove Save (Video)
During Canada’s semi-final game against Russia at the IIHF World Junior Championships on Tuesday, goaltender Mark Visentin entered the game in the second period in relief of starting goaltender Scott Wedgewood. He would allow two goals against on eleven shots, and those two goals would prove to be costly, as Canada mounted an incredible comeback [...]
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Swedish Intimidation Tactics Include Smashing Russian Nesting Dolls (Video)
Unless you’re from Canada, you probably had no idea that the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship is taking place right now in Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta. While a heartbreaking defeat in the semi-finals has the host Canadians playing Finland for the bronze medal this afternoon, tonight’s gold medal game will feature an interesting match-up between [...]
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Check Out This Canadian Hockey Star In The Making (Video)
If you didn’t manage to stick around and watch all 60 minutes of Canada’s 10-2 beatdown over Denmark during yesterday’s game at the IIHF World Junior Hockey Chanpionships in Edmonton, Alberta, we’ll forgive you. But what you probably missed was this cute little kid hacking his way through the halls at Rexall Place. With hands [...]
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Israeli Hockey Star Eliezer Sherbatov Scored The Goal Of The Year Back In April (Video)
<img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-63530" title="Israeli Hockey Star Eliezer Sherbatov Scored The Goal Of The Year Bac How To Talk To A Your Ex To Get Him Back k In April” src=”http://www.totalprosports.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Israeli-Hockey-Star-Eliezer-Sherbatov-Scored-The-Goal-Of-The-Year-Back-In-April-150×150.jpg” alt=”” width=”150″ height=”150″ />Back in April, during the IIHF Division III World Championships, Eliezer Sherbatov, 19, of Israel scored what may very well go [...]
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Finnish Coaches Exchange Awkward Handshake (GIF)
It wasn’t exactly smooth sailing for Finland during their preliminary round match against Latvia at the IIHF World Hockey Championships on Tuesday. Whether it was the fact that they gave up 36 shots to an inferior Latvia team, or the fact that they only managed 27 shots of their own, there were plenty of times [...]
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Simon Moser Faints After Taking A Hit From Canada’s Dion Phaneuf (Video)
Switzerland’s Simon Moser is not the first player to lose consciousness following a check from Dion Phaneuf. However, he may very well be the first to lose consciousness a few minutes after the hit. During a preliminary round game between Canada and Switzerland at the IIHF World Hockey Championships earlier today, Phaneuf leveled Moser with [...]
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Russian Under-20 Hockey Team Kicked Off Flight After Night Of Celebratory Drinking (Video)
It isn’t everyday that a hockey team finds themselves trailing 3-0 going into the final period of a Gold Medal game against a powerhouse like Canada, and manages to claw their way back on route to a victory. The Russians managed to do just that last night in Buffalo during the final game of the [...]
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Ankle’s Aren’t Supposed To Bend That Way! (Video)
The French are not particulairly known for their hockey skills, and perhaps this is why. Playing in a relegation match-up against Kazakhstan (seems like quite the epic battle, doesn’t it?) at the IIHF World Championships, France’s Yorick Treille went crashing into the end-boards feet first, causing his ankle to bend in a rather uncomfortable fashion. [...]
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Alex Ovechkin To Quit NHL For 2014 Olympics?
Total Pro Sports – Winning the Stanley Cup is the goal most hockey players have when they begin playing the sport. They dream of hoisting it (and maybe throwing in an expletive while they’re at it), having a pool party with it, and when that is all done, taking it to bed to spoon it [...]
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Blackhawks To Start ’09 NHL Season On Long Euro Trip
Total Pro Sports – The NHL and IIHF have announced that the Chicago Blackhawks will have two additional games added to their European Road Trip prior to kicking off the season against the Florida Panthers October 2nd and 3rd, in Helsinki, Finland. First up will be the Swiss champions, Davos. This will be the fist European visit for the [...]
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IIHF 2009 World Championship Preview
Total Pro Sports – Tomorrow is opening day of the 2009 IIHF World Hockey Championships in Berne/Zurich-Kloten, Switzerland. Russia is coming in as the defending champs after beating Canada on Canadian soil in overtime of the gold medal game last year. Can they do it again? Here’s a quick breakdown of how we see it [...]
