Monthly Archives: December 2012

Great Northwest Showcase Finale – SFU Clan vs ASU Sun Devils

I didn’t get a chance to post pictures from the final game of the Great Northwest Showcase, a 5-3 win for the Arizona State Sun Devils over the host SFU Clan. The Sun Devils found their legs between the previous … Continue reading

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Great Northwest Showcase Day 2 – The Empire Strikes Back

Okay, I already feel bad about the title. Sure, the visiting teams in the inaugural Great Northwest Showcase are American. And yes, there are national politics and cultural question marks that make them the Darths and Emperors of the world … Continue reading

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Vancouver Giants lost in Rockets red glare

The Vancouver Giants played an inspired second period against the Kelowna Rockets on Friday night, even managing to score twice on the power play, but it wasn’t enough. It’s becoming a familiar storyline this season, as the Giants were tied … Continue reading

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Great Northwest Showcase Day 1: Home Cookin’

Day one of the inaugural Great Northwest Showcase is in the books, and it was a good day for the boys eating home cooking. Both the UBC Thunderbirds and SFU Clansmen iced winning sides against American collegiate sides — UBC … Continue reading

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Great Northwest Showcase: SFU Clan, UBC T-birds, ASU Sun Devils, OU Sooners

The Simon Fraser University Clansmen are hosting familiar crosstown rivals and distant strangers alike this weekend, as the Great Northwest Showcase goes down on December 28-29 at the Bill Copeland Arena in Burnaby, BC. Featured in the inaugural running of … Continue reading

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Maxim Shalunov suspended at World Juniors

Russian superstar-in-waiting Nail Yakupov made waves when he announced that Canadians play dirty hockey, but it was his teammate who made headlines on the second day of the World Juniors in Ufa, Russia for all the wrong reasons. Chicago Blackhawks … Continue reading

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Vancouver Giants goalie Liam Liston retires

Reports out of the Vancouver Giants camp today indicate that Liam Liston, a 19-year-old goaltender from St Albert, Alberta, has elected to retired from competitive hockey after a rough start to the 2012-13 season. Liston was brought in from the … Continue reading

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Last Minute Gifts for the Family Hockey Fan (Lockout Edition) – Part 4

It’s Christmas Eve, and you still haven’t gotten that damned hockey fan in your life something for the big day. So why not go digital? In particular… well, you’ll find out after the jump.

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Not Impressed with the Apocalypse

A picture is worth a thousand words. Internet memes, on the other hand, are only worth forty-seven. (That’s why we have to keep reposting the damned things.) But since everyone else is doing it…

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Last Minute Gifts for the Family Hockey Fan (Lockout Edition) – Part 3

What do you buy the hockey fan who has nothing to cheer for, NHL-wise, anyway? The third in our get gifts quick series moves away from the printed word, which we focused upon in parts one and two, and on … Continue reading

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