Hockey Frank Doyle Last Updated: January 7, 2014 Ranking Team Canada's Roster Snubs for 2014 Sochi Olympics Steve Yzerman has a thankless job as general manager for the Canadian men’s hockey team heading to the 2014 Sochi Olympics. Win gold and everyone attributes the victory to Canada’s deep wealth of talent. Any other result will be met with scathing criticism. Team Canada is currently set as a +166 favorite. Well, let the...
Hockey Frank Doyle Last Updated: January 3, 2014 Team Canada's Case for Chris Kunitz at Sochi 2014 Olympics If you look at the numbers alone, Pittsburgh Penguins winger Chris Kunitz will be a member of Team Canada’s hockey team for the Sochi Olympics when the team’s squad is announced Jan. 7. But, of course, it’s not nearly that simple. Kunitz has spent the better part of his time with the Penguins riding shotgun...
Hockey Frank Doyle Last Updated: December 20, 2013 Can Carey Price lead Team Canada to Gold in Sochi? We’re less than two months away from the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and Team Canada is no closer to deciding on a starting goaltender than it was before the start of the NHL season. Actually, the list of potential candidates has only grown since then. The frontrunners remain Roberto Luongo, Carey Price, and Mike Smith,...
Hockey Frank Doyle Last Updated: November 13, 2013 Canadian Olympic snowboarders salute 1972 hockey team Once the 2014 Sochi Olympics get started, it won’t be hard to spot the Canadian snowboard team thanks to some uniforms inspired by Canada’s historic 1972 win over the Soviet Union in the Summit Series. The Canadians team uniforms closely resemble the jerseys Canada wore when Paul Henderson scored “the goal” to defeat the Soviet...
Olympics Frank Doyle Last Updated: October 23, 2013 Canadian Simon Whitfield retires after golden triathlon career Simon Whitfield will always be known for his gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the silver medal he won at the 2008 Beijing Games, and being honored as Canada’s flag bearer at the 2012 London Games, but at 38 years old, it’s time for a new chapter in his life. He officially retired from...
Hockey Frank Doyle Last Updated: September 25, 2013 All three Team Canada Sochi 2014 jerseys leaked online? You know hockey season is just around the corner when everybody starts flipping out about some photos of what might be the jerseys for Canada’s hockey team at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. Reminder: The Sochi Winter Olympics begin February 7, 2014, which is more than four months away. At any rate, it looks as...
Olympics Frank Doyle Last Updated: August 30, 2013 Canadian speedskaters show off 2014 Sochi Olympics garb The Canadian short-track speedskating team plans to be climbing the medal podium at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and when they do, they plan to do so in style. While the 10 members of the team still need to go through the qualifying process ahead of the Sochi games, they were the first...
Hockey Frank Doyle Last Updated: August 22, 2013 Team Canada orientation camp won’t answer roster questions When Team Canada gets together for the men’s hockey orientation camp Sunday in Calgary, it will be greeted with more roster questions than answers. Don’t expect any of those questions to be answered by the time camp breaks on Tuesday. Team Canada has invited 47 players to take part in the event, the squad’s first...
NBA Frank Doyle Last Updated: July 29, 2013 No Wiggins or Bennett but Steve Nash likes national hoops team As a two-time NBA most valuable player, Victoria’s Steve Nash knows a thing or two about assessing talent on the basketball court. On Monday, he was happy to announce Canada’s national basketball training team roster and had some high praise for the group – despite a number of glaring omissions. Nash, the team’s general manager,...
Hockey Frank Doyle Last Updated: July 23, 2013 Team Canada Sochi 2014: Don’t give Luongo No. 1 job just yet Team Canada Mike Babcock has more than enough talent to work with on the 2014 Winter Olympic hockey squad, but the club’s biggest decision will likely come down to which goaltender the team will ride throughout the tournament. This winter it will come down to Roberto Luongo, Carey Price, Corey Crawford, Mike Smith and Braden...
Hockey Al Dannity Last Updated: July 22, 2013 Red Wings’ Mike Babcock to coach Canada at Olympics Days after the Canadian Hockey team was installed as co-favourites with Russia, Mike Babcock has been named as their head coach for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. The decision wasn’t a huge surprise but it’s still worth debating. Mike Babcock, head coach of the Detroit Red Wings and the man who led Canada to...
Hockey Frank Doyle Last Updated: July 19, 2013 Canada, Russia open as 2014 Sochi Olympic Hockey favourites It may have taken a while, but the NHL finally confirmed that its players will be able to take part in the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, which opened up the door to announce the NHL 2013-2014 regular season schedule. Many figured it was only a matter of time before the NHL officially announced that its...
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