league news

-1-2002 Media praises the Vancouver Canucks
The Vancouver Canucks are flying high with a 9 game undefeated streak. Vancouver Canucks right wing Adam Keefe commented about their recent success: We're all kind of excited, we just can't hide it. I hope we continue to play like this in the future...

6-1-2002 Player of the week: Pavol Demitra (C)
NHL has awarded Pavol Demitra (C) of Minnesota Wild as Player Of The Week He registered 2 goals and 3 assists for 5 points in 3 games last week. He also had 2 game winning goals.

A native of Slovakia, Pavol Demitra was originally drafted to the NHL by the Ottawa Senators in the 9th round of the 1993 entry draft. He has appeared in 652 NHL games during his career, notching 259 goals and adding 362 assists along with 214 penalty minutes. The 27 year old center has played 41 games with the Minnesota Wild this season, totalling 18+22=40 with 2 PIM.

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10-1-2002 World Junior Championships quarterfinals
World Junior Championships have reached quarterfinal stage. Here are the final standings for the starting groups.
Group A PTS GF GA Group B PTS GF GA
Sweden 6 17 10 Finland 6 18 9
Czech 4 16 9 Slovakia 4 17 10
Germany 2 12 15 Austria 2 12 15
Japan 0 7 18 Belarussia 0 7 20
Group C PTS GF GA Group D PTS GF GA
Canada 6 19 8 Russia 6 18 9
Switzerland 4 15 12 USA 4 18 9
Latvia 2 12 15 Ukraine 2 10 17
Slovenia 0 8 19 Norway 0 8 19

For quarterfinals, the pairs are:

Sweden-USA
Russia-Czech
Finland-Switzerland
Canada-Slovakia

12-1-2002 World Junior Championships semifinals
World Junior Championships have reached semifinal stage. In the first semifinal on January 14th, Team USA will meet Team Canada . In the second clash, Team Finland will challenge Team Czech. Winners from both games will meet on January 16th in the final game to decide the 2002 World Champion of icehockey.

13-1-2002 Media praises the Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are flying high with a 7 game undefeated streak. Boston Bruins left wing Jeff Hoggan commented about their recent success: It's just so exciting to come to the rink these days. I mean, we're even enjoying practice!

13-1-2002 Player of the week: Jeff Carter (C)
NHL has awarded Jeff Carter (C) of Philadelphia Flyers as Player Of The Week He registered 3 goals and 3 assists for 6 points in 4 games last week. He also had 1 game winning goal.

A native of Canada, Jeff Carter was originally drafted to the NHL by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1st round of the 2003 entry draft. He has appeared in 125 NHL games during his career, notching 34 goals and adding 34 assists along with 40 penalty minutes. The 17 year old center has played 44 games with the Philadelphia Flyers this season, totalling 11+15=26 with 0 PIM.

14-1-2002 World Junior Championships finalists ready
Team USA will meet Team Czech in the final of the 2002 World Championships. Both teams will make a good run for the championship in this exciting game.

In the game for the bronze medal, Team Canada meets Team Finland.

15-1-2002 Media criticises the St. Louis Blues
We've been kicking ourselves for this streak but it seems like nothing is helping us right now said St. Louis Blues coach Joel Quenneville after today's game against the Phoenix Coyotes. The St. Louis Blues have now a 9 game winless streak.

BRAVO BLUESMAN!

16-1-2002 Team Czech wins World Junior Championship
Team Czech has beaten Team USA in the final of the 2002 World Junior Championships.

In the game for bronze medal, Team Canada has beaten Team Finland.

Leading scorers in the tournament:
1. Jyri Kahelin (FIN) 6+7=13
2. Hannu Wirkkala (FIN) 5+8=13
3. Pavel Brendl (CZE) 4+8=12
4. Kuisma Rissanen (FIN) 3+9=12
5. Ivan Huml (CZE) 5+6=11
6. Vaclav Nedorost (CZE) 3+8=11
7. Barrett Heisten (USA) 2+9=11
8. Jared Aulin (CAN) 2+9=11
9. Sean Williams (USA) 9+1=10
10. Kris Vernarsky (USA) 4+6=10

17-1-2002 Media criticises the Vancouver Canucks
It isn't the happiest time for the Vancouver Canucks as they are on a 5 game winless streak. Vancouver Canucks coach Marc Crawford had little to say about the way things are going: I don't know. Nothing seems to work...

17-1-2002 Media criticises the Dallas Stars
It isn't the happiest time for the Dallas Stars as they are on a 7 game winless streak. Dallas Stars coach Ken Hitchcock had little to say about the way things are going: I don't know. Nothing seems to work...