2018 Flyers Rookie Camp Observations Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - September 10, 2018September 10, 20180 David Kase – 5-10, 170 – RW – I’ve always liked his stickhandling ability, but he’s gotten faster. Add that to his already tricky arsenal and now you have a much-improved prospect. He played well in the SHL last season. He’s probably Phantoms bound but it’s not impossible that he
Suzuki Puts Montreal in Reset Mode Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - September 10, 2018September 10, 20180 The Montreal Canadiens traded their captain, Max Pacioretty to the Las Vegas Golden Knights for Tomas Tatar, Nick Suzuki, and a second-round pick. They now picked up another center to play with Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Jonathan Drouin. Like Kotkaniemi, I would let Suzuki go back to junior hockey for one more
Team USA Can Count on the Hughes Brothers Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - August 5, 2018August 5, 20180 Brother combinations in sports can be magical. A few hockey notables were Bill and Bun Cook, Daniel and Henrik Sedin, Peter, Anton and Marian Stastny, Bobby and Dennis Hull, Phil and Tony Esposito, Henri and Maurice Richard; they all played together at some point in their careers. The World Junior
JVR is Happy to Be Back in Philadelphia Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - July 25, 2018July 25, 20180 Voorhees - - JVR is back in Philadelphia. He fits in this town. He had mostly good times in Philadelphia. He was a home-grown player who was drafted 2nd overall in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft. He didn’t need to be sold on the organization. He knew he was going
The NFL May Drop in Boxing-Like Proportions in The Coming Decades Footballology by Russ_Cohen - July 20, 2018July 21, 20180 The NFL is the #1 sport in the United States. No other sport is close. eSports isn’t a sport, so let’s leave that out. Millennials think baseball is boring and Nascar is dropping, so that leave the NBA, NHL, and Soccer. Everybody will agree that boxing isn’t in the same
Maksim Sushko Lets His Play Do the Talking Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - July 6, 2018July 11, 20180 Maksim Sushko is a Flyers draftee who rarely comes up in discussion. He’s very talented, he always looks good in camp and he performs on every team he’s on. It’s hard to explain. “Camp was a good experience for us. It’s been fun,” said Sushko. Last winter the 6-0, 179-pound right winger
Tracking the NTDP in the 2018 NHL Draft Hockeyology by Ryan Biech - June 22, 20180 The most fascinating group of players in this draft class has to be the USNDTP. Without a doubt, Oliver Wahlstrom will be the first name to be selected and then after that Joel Farabee. Once you get passed those two names, it’s anyone’s guess. On the back-end, Bode Wilde was always seen
2018 NHL Draft – – My Top 31 – – Version 3.0 Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - June 16, 2018June 16, 20180 Rasmus Dahlin – 6-3, 185 - D – Frolunda – SHL Brady Tkachuk – 6-3, 196 - LW – Boston University – NCAA Filip Zadina – 6-0-, 197 - RW – Halifax Mooseheads – QMJHL Andrei Svechnikov – 6-2, 192 - RW – Barrie Colts – OHL Oliver Wahlstrom –
The Zen of Jet Woo Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - June 15, 2018July 11, 20180 The most interesting defenseman in this draft, in my estimation, is Jet Woo. Will he be a first-round pick, or won’t he? Did scouts see enough of him this year? They know him, so I’d have to say yes but he did miss some time and that can affect where
The Curious Case of Filip Hallander Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - June 13, 2018March 8, 20250 Update: I am updating my article from 2018. I spoke to Jimmy Hamrin - Swedish scout for EP Rinkside and he never minces words. I asked him if Hallander was NHL ready. "I think so. He has developed well these two years in Sweden. Power forward with some skill and smarts.
