GARTH: Makarov Channeling Inner Enroth
Another week, another prestigious hockey tourney, another Sabres goaltender is impressing as the top goaltender.
Three games into the 2013 Memorial Cup tournament in Saskatoon, Sabres prospect Andrey Makarov (1-1) is the top goalie in the tourney. In 119 minutes played, Makarov has faced 64 shots and has made 59 saves. His .922 save % and 2.53 GAA leads all goalies thus far. Makarov is 1...
Portland Winterhawks Memorial Cup Preview
The Memorial Cup is the ultimate prize in Major Junior Hockey and one of the most difficult to win once, let alone repeat. As the players are only able to be part of a Junior Club from 16-20 years of age, time is short for them to have a chance at the cup. Sixty teams comprise the Canadian Hockey League and of that, only 7 are based in the US (5 in the Western Hockey League [WHL...
GARTH: All The World's A Stage For Makarov
Sabres goalie prospect, Andrey Makarov, and his Saskatoon Blades teammates will host the Memorial Cup tournament. Puck drop is Friday night in Sasky.
The Memorial Cup is the annual Championship tournament of the Canadian Hockey League.
The tourney will conclude with the championship game on Sunday, May 26th.
This year's memorial Cup features four highly offensive teams...
WHL Mailbag: Timeout with WHLFromAbove
By Cody Nickolet (@WHLFromAbove)
Editor’s note: Cody will take WHL questions from fans via social media and post the best five questions in his monthly mailbag. Be sure to follow him on Twitter and let him know your questions!
1. How much has Morgan Rielly benefited from being returned to the WHL this season?
WHLFA: I think the benefits of him being returned to the WHL have been...
Host Russia holds off Team USA
Recapping Day 3 at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, Russia.
Russia 2, United States 1 Vladimir Tkachyov scored the winning goal in the third period as Russia held on to beat Team USA on Friday.
Tkachyov scored 4:10 into the third as he put the puck past American goalie John Gibson following a terrific end-to-end rush by Valeri Nichushkin.
Forward Kirill Kapustin put...
GARTH: Makki On Fire!
Sabres goalie prospect, Andrey Makarov, is turning more than a few heads by virtue of his two stellar performances at the Subway Super Series. Makarovâs decision to leave his mother Russia to play with the WHL Saskatoon Blades was a none-too-popular decision with the Russian national team hockeygencia. âMakkiâ has been making quite a name for himself in North America...
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