Team Canada World Junior Preview
Team Canada, the hockey powerhouse of the world, is a perpetual bet to bring a stacked roster to the World Junior Championship time after time. This year is no exception. Twenty first-rounders make up a roster with 24 drafted prospects in all — including a...
Sound Of Hockey Podcast Ep. 117 – With Seattle Kraken’s Lamont Buford
Wow, big-time episode this week on the Sound Of Hockey Podcast! The guys welcome Lamont Buford, VP of Live Entertainment and Game Presentation for the Seattle Kraken, and his interview is worth the price of admission. With Lamont Buford, the guys discuss his...
Team USA World Junior Championship Preview
Coming off a disappointing sixth-place finish at the 2020 World Junior Championship in the Czech Republic, Team USA is looking to get back in the medal picture. This group of Americans provides a promising outlook for a bounceback year in this year's WJC, which is...
World Junior Championship Rosters by the Numbers
It is World Junior Week for us at the Sound Of Hockey The IIHF World Junior Championship is one of my favorite things about the holiday season, and with the NHL still a month away from starting, the WJC means a little bit more this year. I need my hockey fix while I...
Why You Should Watch the IIHF World Junior Championship
The NHL gave us all an early present over the weekend by announcing a Jan. 13th return to play plan to get hockey back on the ice. But that’s nearly a month away. What are we supposed to do between now and then? Thankfully, the World Junior Championship is here to...
Seattle Kraken NHL Expansion Draft is Coming Into Focus
Circle this date: July 21st. This is when the NHL will conduct the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft. Obviously, that will be a momentous day for the hockey world and particularly for Seattle fans. But with the league's Return to Play plan for the NHL 2020-21 season now...
NHL RETURNING! Season Plan, Steen Retires, Henrik Sits
NHL Hockey is unofficially... officially... returning! The decision early in the week by the NHL to suddenly begin negotiating in public about a portion of its return-to-play plan for this season felt a bit ominous. We've seen from the lockouts of yesteryear that...
What Choices Do Kraken Have From Penguins in NHL Expansion Draft?
The Pittsburgh Penguins are trending in the wrong direction as we head toward the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft. After winning consecutive Stanley Cups in 2016 and 2017, the Penguins had a second-round exit in 2018, a first-round defeat in 2019, and last year were ousted...
So You Want to Make Team Canada for the World Junior Championship?
So you want to make Team Canada for the World Junior Championship? Good luck, kid. Growing up in Mission, British Columbia, Everett Silvertips center Gage Goncalves dreamed about one day playing for Team Canada at the World Junior Championship. He wasn’t alone. The...
Sound Of Hockey Podcast Ep. 116 – Featuring Lisa Dillman
The Sound Of Hockey Podcast welcomes a fantastic guest this week in the great Lisa Dillman, Senior Writer covering the Los Angeles Kings for The Athletic. Lisa previously worked at the Los Angeles Times for 23 years, so she has stories for days. With Lisa, the...
