IIHF World Junior Championships

Player Profile: Erik Karlsson

Erik Karlsson, number 65 for the Pittsburgh Penguins, is an elite defenseman in the NHL. He was born on May 31, 1990, in Landsbro, Sweden, and has proven his elite status his entire career. See Erik Karlsson’s Full Stats Here! Karlsson began his amateur career in Sweden, playing in the junior leagues before finding a […]

Brady Skjei skating as a Nashville Predator

Player Profile: Brady Skjei

Brady Skjei, number 76 on the Nashville Predators, is entering his ninth full season playing in the NHL. Born on March 26, 1994, in Lakeville, Minnesota, Skjei has become one of the league’s top defensemen and hopes to continue his dominance in the first year with his new club. Click Here for Full Brady Skjei […]

Player Profile: Barrett Hayton

As the Utah Hockey Club inches closer to their first season in the NHL, they signed center Barrett Hayton to a 2-year, $5,300,000 contract. The young center is entering his sixth season in the NHL and looking to have a bounce-back year after an injury-plagued 2023-2024 season. Early Career Hayton was drafted fifth overall in […]

Player Profile: Filip Forsberg

On August 13, 1994, Carl Filip Anton Forsberg, better known as Filip Forsberg, was born in Östervåla, Sweden. Forsberg was drafted by the Washington Capitals but has played every game in his professional career with the Nashville Predators Organization. See All of Filip Forsberg’s Stats Here In his youth, Forsberg played in Sweden with Leksands […]

Victor Söderström Is Entering a Make-Or-Break Season

In the 2019 NHL draft, John Chayka and the Coyotes made the surprising move to trade up to the 11th overall pick and draft the Swedish-born defenseman giving up the 14th and 45th picks in the same draft. Pre-draft scouting reports had Söderström as a good two-way defenseman with excellent skating and the potential to […]

Draft Profile: Lukas Dragicevic

Lukas Dragicevic is the 6’2”, 188lb smooth skating defenseman for the Tri-City Americans for the WHL. In 68 games, he finished with a stat line of 15-60-75. Let’s go over what his game is like. Strengths Dragicevic’s biggest strengths are easily his offensive game. While not the fastest, he’s a pretty smooth skater and is […]

Flyers’ Top Prospect Showing Promise

The Philadelphia Flyers are struggling through another season and hoping to rebuild the roster to become a contender in the National Hockey League. Goaltender Carter Hart and winger Travis Konecny have been the bright spots for John Tortorella’s club. The Flyers are currently seventh in the Metropolitan Division with 39 points and are 6-4-0 in […]

Bruins Prospect Dans Locmelis Finding Success at World Juniors

The Boston Bruins drafted Latvian center Dans Locmelis in the 4th round of the 2022 draft. Since joining the organization, he has done nothing but prove he is an underrated prospect in the Bruins organization. The 18-year-old has continued that trend with his strong play early on in the 2023 World Juniors. Latvia is not […]

Welcome To The Bedard Show Canada; Canada Destroys Germany 11-2

Earlier today, Dylan Guenther called out his team for trying to be too fancy during their game against Czechia. He said, “we aren’t going to Michigan our way to the final.” Canada came flying out of the gates, and the first 1:14 of the game, Canada applied a tremendous amount of pressure. That pressure resulted […]

Heave (The Game Tape) Away; Canada Loses 5-2 To Czechia

The last time the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship took place in Halifax was 20 years ago. Marc-Andre Fleury was a budding star between the pipes, and Jordin Tootoo quickly became a name that was known coast to coast across the country because of his physicality and high energy. A core memory for me during […]