Author: Kris Baker
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Kassian ready for redemption
We’re nearing the start of Canada’s World Junior quarterfinal match-up with Switzerland. With a Monday date with Team USA on the line, Canada will be getting a much-needed spark this afternoon in the form of Sabres prospect Zack Kassian, who will be returning from his much publicized two-game suspension after a questionable hit against the…
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1/1 Recap: Much improved Sutch steps up
Gregg Sutch scored a pair of goals Saturday as Mississauga avoided their first losing streak of the year with a 2-1 come-from-behind win over Kingston. The two-goal game, the third of Sutch’s junior career, gives the checking wing a season line of 7-14-21 +18 through 34 games. Heading into 2010-11, the fifth-rounder had career totals…
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12/31 Recap: McNabb extends streak, ties franchise mark
Brayden McNabb scored a power play goal Friday to extend his point streak to ten games as Kootenay closed out Swift Current, 5-3. The 6’4 defender is tied for fifth among WHL defensemen with 35 points through 28 games played, while the marker, McNabb’s eighth of the year, also thrusts him into a tie for…
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Foligno leaves marks as Canada falls
Marcus Foligno did not score but continued to be a major physical force as Canada lost in a shootout to Sweden, 6-5. Team Canada closes the preliminary round with a 3-1 record, and will now have to play a quarterfinal game on Sunday to keep their medal hopes alive. Foligno, who has two goals, an…
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Boychuk to serve two-game suspension
Portland Winterhawks forward Riley Boychuk has been suspended two games by the WHL as supplemental discipline for actions in the final five minutes of Wednesday’s 5-1 loss to Tri-City. After teammate Ty Rattie was dropped by an elbow, an unruly Boychuk fired a punch as players paired off to earn the supplemental punishment. The 6’5…
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12/30 Recap: Gauthier-Leduc ends year well; Eno injured
Jerome Gauthier-Leduc scored a goal and two assists Thursday to spark Rimouski to a 4-3 overtime win over Montreal. The 6’2 defenseman closed the 2010 calendar with six points over a current three-game streak to up his season line to 6-19-25. The Oceanic (20-18-2) will take the weekend off before returning to host Quebec on…
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12/29 Recap: Foligno marks as Nats roll; McNabb streak hits nine
Marcus Foligno scored a goal and an assist Wednesday as Team Canada executed a 10-1 blowout of Norway at the World Junior Championship. The big wing earned his points as part of Canada’s six-goal first period while manning a line with Louis Leblanc (MTL) and Sean Couturier (’11). Canada was short on bodies, missing suspended…
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Kassian out 'til medal round
The IIHF has suspended Team Canada forward Zack Kassian one additional game for his match penalty assessed in Tuesday’s 7-2 clobbering of the Czech Republic. With the infraction earning an automatic one-game penalty, the supplemental discipline extends Kassian’s absence through the rest of the preliminary round. Along the way, the 6’3 bruising scorer will miss…
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12/28 Recap: Fienhage gets first; McNabb approaches mark
Corey Fienhage scored his first WHL goal Tuesday and added a pair of assists as Kamloops downed Vancouver, 6-1. The athletic defenseman scored the Blazers final goal of the game when he shot in from the right point and completed a three-way passing play with a sharp wrister. Fienhage looked strong on the puck with…
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Kassian again finds turmoil, ejected in CAN/CZE tilt
I’ll post more on this as we go, but here’s a reel of the Zack Kassian hit on Petr Senkerik that earned a five minute match penalty and game misconduct in the 2nd period of Tuesday’s Canada-Czech Republic prelim game. Senkerik was taken off on a stretcher, and the reactions since have varied between “clean”…
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