2018 NHL Draft Review: Metropolitan Division
The draft is over and 217 young players are newly affiliated with 31 different NHL organizations. Outside of three to six of those players, who could jump right into NHL lineups in the fall, we will...
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The draft is over and 217 young players are newly affiliated with 31 different NHL organizations. Outside of three to six of those players, who could jump right into NHL lineups in the fall, we will...
View Article2018 NHL Draft OFP Team Ranking
What follows is a simple, binary ranking of the draft classes of 2018. While member will have access to the analysis that went into this list, we are here including only team names and draft class OFP,...
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McKeen’s 2018-19 Hockey Pool Yearbook Now Available for Download!
We are proud to release the 2018-19 Hockey Pool Yearbook. It is our 24th year of publication and remains an essential resource for hockey fans. You can learn more and subscribe here - $9.99 for three...
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Anaheim Ducks Prospect System Overview
The Anaheim Ducks have qualified for the postseason nine times out of the last 11 seasons, and for seven consecutive campaigns. Over the past four seasons, they have advanced to the Western Conference...
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Pacific Coast – Anaheim Ducks 2018-19 Season Preview
Review/State of Play - Finished with their fifth straight 100 point season getting swept in the first round by San Jose after making it to the conference finals two out of the three previous years. It...
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2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup Review
This year I was fortunate enough to fill my August with a bit of high end hockey as the Hlinka/Gretzky tournament made its North American debut in Edmonton and Red Deer. While I didn’t get to the...
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NHL Fantasy Player Prediction Update – September 19, 2018
Suspensions, a retirement, and a pair of major trades have transpired since the McKeen's 2018-19 Yearbook predictions were published earlier this month. The following are updates to our initial player...
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Metropolitan Division Training Camp News
Carolina Hurricanes TAMPA, FL - SEPTEMBER 18: Carolina Hurricanes right wing Andrei Svechnikov (37) skates during the NHL preseason game between the Carolina Hurricanes and Tampa Bay Lightning on...
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Atlantic Division Training Camp News
Boston Bruins The Bruins have a number of veterans that have been working through injuries during training camp, which has raised some questions about who will be available for the season opener....
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Pacific Division Training Camp News
Anaheim Ducks Anaheim Ducks. Injury. Those two went hand-in-hand last season and 2018-19 isn’t off to a particularly good start either. They’ve already lost Corey Perry for the next five months...
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OHL 2018-19 Season Preview
The 2018/19 OHL season is underway but it is still early enough to preview the league and converse about some potential season highlights. Who are the contenders? Who are the pretenders? Who are some...
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Traverse City 20th Annual NHL Prospects Tournament Highlights
The Traverse City 2018 NHL Prospect Tournament is an annual tournament that has been going on for twenty years. Hosted every year at Center Ice Arena in Traverse City, Michigan, it is the most...
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QMJHL 2018-19 Preview: Voltigeurs, Oceanic early favourites to join...
There is one certainty in the 2018-19 QMJHL season: the Halifax Mooseheads have already punched their ticket to the 2019 Memorial Cup. They printed the tickets, in fact. Halifax is the host for the...
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USHL Fall Classic Review and Season Preview
Last weekend, with my wife’s blessing, I packed a small suitcase and drove close to eight hours from our home outside of Chicago to Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, to watch some hockey in the arena...
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WHL 2018-19 Season Preview
Another exciting season is underway in the WHL, and 2018-19 should be a good one. The 2017-18 season ended with the WHL’s Regina Pats hosting the 2018 Memorial Cup, in which they were defeated 3-0 by...
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Finland U20 Tournament – A report from Vaasa
I had the opportunity to go to Vaasa to watch some of the top teams in the Finnish U20 league (Jr. A SM-liiga). It took me four hours from Helsinki by train to get there early on a Friday morning....
View ArticleDropping the puck on the 2018-19 NCAA season – Part 1 – Atlantic 10, WCHA, ECAC
Don’t call it a preview. The NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey slate technically kicked off in the last weekend of September with the beginning of the annual set of exhibition games between American schools and...
View ArticleDropping the puck on the 2018-19 NCAA season – Part 2 – Hockey East, NCHC,...
In yesterday’s look at the NCAA season that is slowly cracking open. We touched upon the Atlantic 10, WCHA, and ECAC conferences. While national champions have come from the latter two conferences in...
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Finland – Konsta Hirvonen, C/LW, HIFK U20 (2019)
A member of the Finnish gold medal 2018 U18 championship team in the spring, Konsta Hirvonen is off to a strong start to the season leading the HIFK U20 squad team in scoring with 20 points in 22...
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