Flurry of NHL Trades and Signings Signals Return Fast Approaching
It’s been a weird year, no doubt. Amidst everything else that has happened in 2020, hockey has played out in a very strange way. After shutting down in March, the National Hockey League completed its playoffs in a late-summer bubble. That late-summer timeframe is...
Montreal Canadiens Offer Options at All Positions in Seattle Expansion Draft
The Montreal Canadiens face some tough decisions on who to expose in the Seattle Kraken Expansion Draft. The Habs have been stuck in a lull lately having missed the playoffs three out of the four seasons prior to the 2019-20 campaign. They benefited from the expanded...
Three Things We Learned from Team USA WJC Loss to Russia
That probably wasn’t the start the Americans wanted in the World Junior Championship. The first WJC game for Team USA against Russia on Christmas Day ended 5-3 with the Red Machine getting the better of the play for most of the evening. USA was sloppy with its puck...
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...
Episode 117 – Featuring Lamont Buford, Seattle Kraken’s VP of Live Entertainment & Game Presentation
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, the guys discuss his rise from "Puck...
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...