#world cup of hockey 2018

[toasttt11]

introducing grey

Grey Olive Elizabeth Thompson was born September 6, 2004 to her parents Carter Thompson and Charlotte Moreau. Grey had a older brother Elijah Liam Benjamin Thompson, who went first overall to the New Jersey Devils in the 2018 NHL draft.

Charlotte Moreau never wanted children and by the time Grey was six she left and never looked back, did not contact her kids for years and completely ignored the fact she had children for her modeling career.

Carter Thompson was devastated when he noticed his wife didn’t enjoy having kids after their eldest Elijah was born, she seemed equally as disinterested in Grey was she born, Carter raised his two kids wonderfully and have always been extremely close with them.

Carter Thompson was a legendary Hockey player, playing twelve seasons with the New Jersey Devils, He was drafted in 1988 and won two stanley cups with the Devils, he retired in 2000 after his second Stanley cup as his first kid was going to be born in a few months.

Carter Thompson had met Ellen Hughes during a world championship, they became fast friends and Carter watched her fall in love with Jim. The three had become a great group of friends and has always been very close. Carter ended up deciding to move to Toronto with his family and then found out the Hughes were going to as well, they lived next door to each other for twelve years feeling more like one family than two.

The Hughes and The Thompson’s were really like one family rather than one, most nights they had dinners together, the kids all went to the same schools. They spend most holidays together and going on family vacations, or going to the boys hockey games and Grey’s karting races.

Elijah and Grey had always been extremely close, they were each other’s best friends, Elijah had always been the protective brother especially when their mother left Elijah became more protective of his sister. Which is why when the suddenly death of Elijah broke Grey. She woke up on July 24, 2018 and walked into his room to wake him but he wasn’t moving, he was dead. He passed away in his sleep that night.

After the death of Elijah, Carter and Grey couldn’t stand living in the house anymore, Ellen and Jim had bought a house in Michigan and Carter decided to follow them thinking it would do Grey and him some good to get out of the old house.

Quinn and Elijah were the best of friends growing up, they were similar in personality and really close in age. They always dreamed of playing in the NHL together and when they got drafted together it was the best day for the two. Elijah pasted a month after the NHl draft. Quinn first game in the NHL was a very hard day for him.

Quinn has always loved Grey, loving the girl who he got to have as a sister, and they have always been very close. The two got extremely more close after the death of Elijah, Quinn wanting to protect and care for Grey like Elijah did, and Grey wanting to be there and be a good friend for Quinn like Elijah did.

Jack had always looked up to Elijah and Quinn growing up and they had always been extremely close family as they all grew up. Jack picked playing the center position in hockey from wanting to be more like Elijah. Jack was very proud to have been picked the same as Elijah in the draft and going to the Devils as well, he wanted to make Elijah proud. He picked the number 86 for Elijah’s birthday August 6, a piece or him always with Jack as Jack plays for both of their dreams.

Jack and Grey have always been very close, especially with Grey moving to New jersey a little after Jack and her being so young, Jack took care of his little sister. Jack always ask Grey for her opinion on his outfits and hair knowing she will be honest.

Luke always adored Elijah growing up and thought he was so cool, Luke always loved Elijah. Luke secretly has always wanted to go to the Devils to play where Elijah should have played and it was emotional when he realized he got on the team and could make Elijah proud of him.

When Luke learned why Jack chose the number 86, he decided to do 43 as a tribute to Elijah. Quinn knew Elijah’s favorite number was always 43 so Quinn picked that for his NHL number. Elijah use to play with the number 6 a lot so that was the number Grey picked for her Formula one number.

Luke and Grey have always been best friends for being close in age and growing up together they have always been the closet. Anyone in the family could tell the two would end up together eventually and they did in 2021 and Luke’s draft the two confessed their feelings for each other and have been together since.

Grey had joined the Red Bull Junior team 2019 and met Max Verstappen then, Max took Grey under his wing and always has been protective of her. Grey had absolutely adored meeting Daniel Riccado and always enjoys hanging out how him.

Grey had met Oscar and Logan when they were young and in karting, all three of them away from their family in a new contry, they became very close very fast and have always stayed very close, the boys have always been protective of Grey as she is younger than them.

Grey met Ollie Bearman and the two are only a year apart so they understand each other extremely well and became fast friends. Grey is waiting till Ollie joins her in Formula One so they can race each other.

Grey and Carter have always had an extremely close father daughter relationship, one that only got closer as her mother left and Carter had become even closer to his kids. The two were heartbroken losing Elijah and they have stayed very close never knowing what might happen.

Carter owns a share of the Devils after playing with the team and sometimes will be there for certain events or games but he mostly enjoys being able to travel most of the time with his daughter watching her race.

Ellen had always treated Grey more of her daughter than Charlotte treated Grey. Ellen has always adored Grey and was very happy when Luke and Grey finally got together.

Jim has always adored having Grey around and has considered her family always, she spent a lot of time with watching the boys play hockey as they sat together on the bench.

Jim and Ellen are the godparents to Elijah and Grey as Carter knew if anything ever happen the two would always take care of his kids.

[fxdltc88]

Happy Anniversary Little Caesars!

Little Caesars was established at 32594 Cherry Hill Rd.

May 8th 1959, in Garden City, Mi.

Mike Ilitch played second base for the Tigers and a couple of other teams beginning in 1952.....thanks to a knee injury, he had to retire in 1955.

Little Caesars' history says it all began as a love story in 1954, when Ilitch and Marian Bayoff were thrown together on a blind date by Mike's dad. Fortunately, they hit it off, and it was just a few months later when they married. The two of them pooled their life savings in order to open their own business: a pizza restaurant.

1962 Little Caesars first franchise opened in Warren, called “Little Caesars Pizza Treat”. This featured the “Little Caesar guy eating a slice of pizza” logo. From there, Little Caesars really began to branch out and became the fastest-growing pizza chain in America.

That single mom-and-pop pizza shop grew into the third largest pizza chain in the world with stores in more than 27 countries and territories worldwide, including in each of the 50 U.S. states.

The growth of Little Caesars helped Mike and Marian create other leading brands in the food, sports and entertainment industries.

The couple purchased the Detroit Red Wings in 1982. While the team was known as the Dead Wings at the time, Mike and Marian believed they were a sleeping giant and immediately took charge to turn the team around. By 1997, the Red Wings won their first Stanley Cup in 42 years, and they went on to win three more.

Mike encouraged the Ford family to bring the Detroit Lions back to Detroit from the suburbs and build a new stadium right next door to the ballpark by relinquishing a portion of land to make way for the new stadium. The new football venue allowed Detroit to host the Super Bowl in 2006.

Today - true to Mike and Marian's vision for a bustling downtown area - the Ilitch organization is developing The District Detroit, a dynamic urban destination that provides a dense neighborhood experience featuring a variety of developments alongside Detroit's premier sports and entertainment venues. This includes the new highly innovative and state-of-the-art Little Caesars Arena, home of the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Pistons, and the recipient of the 2018 Sports Facility of the Year award, presented by Sports Business Journal.

Throughout Mike’s life, he remained true to his hometown and was a zealous supporter of Detroit, working tirelessly to help it prosper and to bring pride to the city. In 1988, Mike and Marian purchased the neglected Fox Theatre and carefully restored it to its original 1928 splendor.

One year later, they moved the Little Caesars world headquarters from the suburbs into the newly renovated Fox Office Center adjacent to the restored theatre. This was during a time when many businesses were fleeing the city.

Mike displayed further commitment to the city he loved when he purchased the Detroit Tigers in 1992 and built a new state-of-the-art ballpark for the team. Remembering his early years as a minor league baseball player with the Tigers, he did everything in his power to make the fan experience at Comerica Park a memorable one.

Mike and Marian believed passionately in giving back to the community. As the parents of children who played hockey, the couple wanted to provide other children the opportunity to play the sport as well. So, they established the Little Caesars Amateur Hockey Program in 1968, and it has provided opportunities for tens of thousands of youngsters to play the great game of hockey over the years. Hundreds have gone on to play at colleges, universities and in the National Hockey League.

Inspired by the story of a veteran returning to civilian life, Mike founded the Little Caesars Veterans Program in 2006. The program provides honorably discharged veterans with financial incentives and other support to help them open a Little Caesars franchise.

Since 2000, grants and giving from Marian and Mike, the Ilitch companies and its charitable affiliates have totaled $220 million. This includes Marian and Mike's personal gifts of nearly $50 million to Detroit's Wayne State University - $8 million to the Department of Surgery and $40 million to build a new home for the Mike Ilitch School of Business, prominently located on Woodward Avenue.

[puckpocketed]

bonjour, i'm from vancouver but i have the worst sleep schedule ever so with onhockey dot tv by my side i'm abt to get into the aihl. who should i root for

BONSOIR!!! rip sleep schedule . I am a devout CBR Brave blog so, there’s only one answer here <3 some propaganda for you

i have personally met our starting goaltender Aleksi Toivonen and he’s a big sweetie . it was during this year’s off-season in uhhh february? and he was hanging out at our rink getting his reps in. i barely knew about the team back then so when he said he played for them i was like !!! and he let me take a very blurry photo 🫶

we’ve always been kinda good in a way that makes people a bit mad LMAO!!! won our first Goodall Cup 2018? so if you wanna root for the team where everyone’s praying for your downfall… get in here <3

on the topic of always being good; we’re so stacked that when IIHF Worlds is on, our roster gets STRIPPED because we have a lot of Australia’s best players! this year it happened and resulted in . um. a 9 game loss streak? <3 we were DEAD last in the league for a while. but the boys came back and we clawed our way to 2nd place in our conference pretty neatly

despite being so good, our rink is SHIT. i’m so serious. as a local, i’ve been to it and skated on it. god. soft, bewretched, small ice. there’s a fucking TRENCH between the boards and the ice too… like you could lose a small earring down that gap 😭 AND during intermission our zamboni does her best but often we have issues with flooding. smallest ice surface and smallest barn in the AIHL i do believe! this is because there’s been a decades-long power struggle between the owners and the government. (the streets are saying it has also historically been a pretty unfriendly place to the hockey players because the owner’s wife was a figure skater so her and her people always got preferential treatment LMAO) ANYWAY the propaganda part is . we play and practice on this ice and in this shitty old barn and we are still TORCHING the league <3 in a way i feel like we are the scrappy underdogs (we are not. but. we are to ME!!) anyway imagine what we could do with real facilities jskdjshsklff

canberra’s a small world so this team is just a bunch of brothers playing hockey together,, i’m SO serious. we got FOUR kubara brothers !! TWO miettinen brothers. and 2 Yorks !!! GONGEOUS NEPOBABIES..!!!

we just signed Austin Cangelosi and he’s boybestfriends with our guy Jake Ratcliffe and i love seeing them gossip on the ice like two girls at a slumber party. Cangelosi is 5’7 and got 🤏 this close to the NHL during a time where size was absolutely everything. i have the scouting notes from his draft year, and his overage draft years — i think if he’d come up in this era somebody would’ve taken a shot at him in like the 5th-7th round?? but alas. smash cut to now: he’s a small, fast, skilled player and has a relentless motor. if he stays with us next year he probably contends for most points in the league. he’s very good and fun and i louve heem…

i was talking shit about the Brave Cave but i love her so bad. we have new management who i deeply despise on a moral level because they’re a property development/building company, but aside from that they’ve put staff in place to make the vibes of pre/post games SO good. we’re hoping with this acquisition we will finally get the new rink we were promised in uhhhhh 2017. but who CARE!!! right now the capacity in the Cave is about 500, but it is apparently THEE most miserable place to play in as a travelling team. we’re a very rowdy crowd. we don’t boo our guys. we are deeply intimidating down to the last small child in CBR Brave facepaint.

on the topic of vibes: there are a few personalities at the rink who are pretty much fixtures. 1) the Cow Bell Guy; which is what it says on the tin. he brings a cow bell to every game and clangs it whenever something cool happens. when i say every game i mean like. i’ve seen him on monday nights when our beer league teams play godbless. (chatted to him a few times, his kid is a hockey fanatic and an ipad baby LMAO). 2) the Screamer; also what it says on the tin. Legend has it about 15 years ago she discovered hockey in an Autism Way and now she attends every home game and stands in the exact same corner. she heckles the SHIT out of the opposing team and honestly it would be kinda offputting if it was my team she was yelling at but she’s on MY side and so she’s a hero to me <3 i initially thought she was an overenthusiastic WAG or something but. no. she’s just on the hockey freak juice.

anyway. root for MY team. CBR BRAVE BEST TEAM OF ALL TIME EVER EVER EVER AND WE GOING TO THE CUP!!!!!

jokes aside please choose whatever team u like and have fun <3

[claireelle18]

She’s a Gem - Vince Dunn

Shoutout to @cellythefloshie for gushing about this man, and encouraging this write. Hope everyone enjoys it!

Vince bought her some sort of sparkly gem for every major occasion that happened between the two. The tradition started after he won Lord Stanley, because she deserved something shiny. Paper rings were what he made her on every date leading up to the first gem. The St. Louis 2018-2019 team won the Stanley cup. He got his Stanley Cup and the ring to go along with it. He bought her Sapphires. This was the first major gift he ever gave her. The two only had been dating a little under a year when he did this. He said it was because she needed to rock something blue to go along with his gear. She wore the set every game, even during the bubble series. It made her feel closer to him, even though he was in Toronto, and FaceTimes were the only form of face to face either got of each other. Her shadow box with the paper rings he made her sitting next to the new box containing her first gem.

When news broke he was going to Seattle during the expansion, she was the first one to cheer on the new opportunity, even if that turned them long distance again. In the bubble, she moved home to Florida to be around her family. Due to the world turning back to some weird level of normal, the couple was allowed to see each other again. He wasn’t in the bubble anymore. He presented her with Aquamarines to match his new team’s jersey color. “You need to be able to coordinate correctly, loves,” he explained. A small promise to her that she had his heart. Her box of paper rings, more added to the collection of both because again he continued the original tradition for every date. She took the move to Seattle right before the fall season, right before the hockey season started up. She had been out of the Florida heat for a while, but her wardrobe was bright, cheery, Key West colorations. What did he get her? Pink Ethiopian opals. They reminded him of her so much, matching her personality (and her clothes). October 23, 2021 - Vince Dunn scores his first goal as a defensemen for the Seattle Kraken. The following day, he took her out and bought her black pearls. “What? I can’t celebrate my first goal with a new team by spoiling my hunny with some new jewelry?” “I’m not saying you can’t, but Vince this is about you!” “And it wouldn’t be for me without my number one cheering me on from the sidelines.” A paper ring adorning her ring finger at that time. “Vince Dunn! You better not tell your mother you just said I’m your number one! She’ll be heartbroken!” ‘Ha,’ he thought. His mother would be estatic, knowing that there was good reason behind that statement.

She landed a new job in Seattle, finally, after being out there for a couple of months. Peruvian blue opals for her new job, and because it was another reason for him to gift her with something to reminder her of him. “What? Can’t spoil my girl?” “Vin, it’s your birthday celebration!”

“So? My beautiful girlfriend will now have something to wear and think about me while she rocks the new job!” She rolled her eyes, and thanked him again. The opals came in back to back sets, along with the pearls, due to the fact that their birthdays were days apart from each other. That paper ring collection larger than imagined when the tradition started. He couldn’t resist giving her options and reminders of him, every major chance he could. Whenever she wore them, it made his heart swell with pride. She loved it because he took the time to choose each item, each one holding so much meaning to their relationship. Maybe one day these would be passed down to their children, and then their children, and so on. The two had talked multiple times, at length, for the future, what it held for the couple - marriage, children, a real house. Over the off season break, he put his next plan of what celebration the two would have. The biggest decision for him. That ring. Not her paper rings, not the other rings that matched the sets of jewelry previously gifted. He had been giving it thoughts for a year now. First season completed in Seattle, he was ready for that next step with her. She donned his name multiple times for years, stitched into all the jerseys. She had stuck through it all with him. Every twist, turn, bump, and loop-de-loop life threw at them. Glued to his side. The ups and downs, highs and lows, every moment. That old box of paper rings proving every day their commitment. He knew she kept them all. He finally settled on the perfect ring for her. A 3.5 karat diamond with a titanium band. Classic, with minor flare. A little more flashy than the others in her now decent size collection, but she deserves the attention. The most important piece she’d own.

He found it by accident while out with the boys back in Toronto. Home for him is with her, no matter where they are. The group had popped into an antique based shop, and as she was more of a timeless, classic girl, he took a peek at what the case held. Nestled in red velvet, sat the ring. Then and there he saw her with that particular one adorning her finger. A little more shiny and sparkling, definitely a conversation starter. Similar to her grandmother’s ring that she said she adored growing up. The marquise cut, flower set diamond ring. Immediately he rang his mother, followed by her mother. Both were in agreeance. That ring was meant to be hers. Without a second thought, he bought it.

He had the girl of his dreams. He now had the perfect ring. All he needed was the perfect place to ask her that all so important question. She wasn’t the type to care for the general cheesy proposals. He needed something more meaningful, more unique.

He held onto that ring until their trip to the Bahamas with some of the other teammates that weren’t selected for the All Stars series. Sunset on the balcony of their hotel room with drinks, and a hidden bottle of champagne to celebrate with further after he asked. His phone hidden and recording to keep this moment forever.

Her back facing the camera, she was admiring the fire painted sky. He came up, hugging her from behind. The box in his pocket feeling heavier than before. “Hey hunny…you know that I love you, right?” He asked her.

“Yeah, of course I do loves. Why do you ask?”

He was already nervous, a little giddy even. He never thought he’d be there, ready to ask her to be by his side forever. He took her hand making her face him. “I say that because…be…because…I want to spend the until the end of time with you.” He drops down to one knee, his ocean tumbled curls falling into his eyes. “For years already you’ve worn my last name proudly across your back, but now I want you to share that last name. Our last name across your back. I want those future moments we’ve talked about time and time again. Will you marry me?” He pulled out the velvet box, that ring glinting, reflecting the scorching colors.

Her eyes sparkled with tears that threatened to tumble down her cheeks. “Of course I’ll marry you Vince!” He slipped the ring on, she pulled him in for a kiss.

After dinner and celebrations, back in the hotel room. “You picked a wonderful ring. Knowing me so well for this shiny one,” she commented to him. “But you know I’d marry you with paper rings if it came down to it. You’re the one I want.”

[thelarkknight71]

The Magic Man himself, Detroit legend, NHL legend, ambassador to the game of hockey across the world, countless youtube videos, hockey hero, terror in all 3 zones on the ice..

2 time Stanley Cup ('02 '08)

4 time Lady Byng ('06-'09)

3 time Frank J. Selke ('08-'10)

4 time All-Star ('04, '08, '09, '12), Olympic 2018

2018 Olympic gold PyeongChang 🏅

2012 IIHF gold medal 🏅

2017 KHL Gagarin Cup

Triple Gold Club

One of NHLs 100 Greatest Players

2024 Hockey Hall of Fame inductee...

Pavel Datsyuk

[alexbkrieger13]

Could you please do an introduction of the hockey girls you like? I’m lost

Marie-Philip Poulin

Aka Pou

I know we talk a lot about who's the Goat in women's football and how you can really classify just 1 but with women's hockey there's no question it is her

She's played in 4 Olympics and scored the game winner in 3 of them

Along with an overtime winner in the world championships in 2021 she has four Golden goals

Currently the captain of pwhl Montreal and is the longest serving captain in Canadian National Team history

Engaged to Laura Stacey

Laura is 1 of the alternate captains for pwhl Montreal (kind of like vice captain in football terms)

she also has a golden goal from the 2018 Clarkson Cup (think of it like the nwsl championships)

Laura wears #7 cause it is the same number her great grandfather wore when he played

They are both forwards

They won gold in the 2022 olympics and the 2021 and 2022 world championships

They also have a dog called arlo

[thedissociatives]

hi!!! sports asks 3 and 4 :P

ooooo tysm !!! v interesting questions i had to think about both of these

3: what sport moment had you jumping up and down?

there have been so many so i'll just name some that stick out from more recently. i know the question said moment, singular, but i can't decide between these. watching the habs reach the 2021 stanley cup finals is the first one to come to mind, and its the earliest out of the things i'm gonna mention— i first started getting into hockey getting invested in their playoff run that season (very glad i ended up a wings fan tho the vibes are just better y'know. not to knock mtl but the vibes here are more what i'm used to). ummm next one has to be watching england win the women's euros. literally had me jumping up and down oh my god being able to watch us win something was something else. honorable mention to us also reaching the women's world cup final but instead of jumping up and down i cried however slightly dampened by the fact that we got beat in the final (but obviously i didn't know that at the time). oh and ofc when charlie austin came back to swindon— fuckin loved that. but not really on the same level as the other football moments is it

4: what's the longest you've gone without watching a sport?

had a good few years (the whole time i was at secondary school basically) where i didn't watch any sport so. like five years ? maybe a bit less, maybe three, but i can't remember if i watch the world cup in 2018

[nicohischier]

writing this before the game even starts so idk what the current ✨vibes✨ on the dash are like, but i’m gonna feel this way regardless of the outcome. i’ve been a devils fan since 2017 so obviously not the longest time in the world but it’s been over 5 years now so like. still a pretty fucking long time yknow? i’m waiting for the game to start now and i just had to get this off my chest cause i’ve been thinking about it since we lost the first two games at home. 

i know the team wants this and i know the fans want this for this team, but fuck man i really want this for all our teams and all our players. i want this for 2017 nico hischier who was the new jersey devils first ever first overall draft pick. i want this for 2019 jack hughes who was our second ever first overall draft pick in only three years. i want this for the 2018 team whose season was surrounded by two first overalls yet somehow fought their way into playoffs but were eliminated by the bolts, 4-1. i want this for all the guys who were traded or drafted or signed to this team since 2003 in hopes of bringing the cup back to jersey and who have since been traded away or retired before we could get that. i want it for the 2012 new jersey devils team who made it to the stanley cup finals, close enough they could feel the weight of the cup in their hands, but had to watch the kings bring it home instead, 4-2. i want it for 2012 adam henrique who, in his first fucking season, scored two playoffs overtime game winning goals, including the iconic one in game 6 against the rangers that sent us to the finals. i want it for zach parise who may have lost jerseys love when he went to minnesota but who still captained us to the finals and who may have played his last ever game this season. i want it for guys like andy greene and travis zajac who, if i’m correct, were the only guys in 2018 left from that 2012 cup run, and who were traded away from the devils in the last years of their careers, but re-signed one day contracts in order to retire as a devil. i want it for the ‘95, ‘00, and ‘03 teams who are awaiting the cups return. i want it for every single player who has ever worn the devils jersey and played devils hockey with the dream of bringing the cup back to the rock. 

but i really really really fucking want it for this 2023 team which somehow feels so fucking special. something about this team, this roster, that feels special. i want it for this team who was coming off a previous season where they finished 28th in the league. i want it for this team that was told at the beginning of the year that they weren’t expected to make it far, to just keep their heads up and play their hockey and maybe soon they would have a fighting chance. i want it for this team that went on a 13 game win streak. i want it for this team that broke so many individual and franchise records this season. i just want it. 

like i said, idk how the game turned out at the time of writing this and i’m definitely not gonna feel up to editing it if the outcome was unfavourable. so if things went belly up, then just read all the wants as “wanted” instead ig. 

i love this team, all iterations of it, and i hope they get to bring it home soon.

[joelfinley]

NHL Returning to Olympics in 2026

There hasn't been a best-on-best international ice hockey tournament since the World Cup of Hockey in 2016, but that will change in 2025 with the National Hockey League (NHL) 4 Nations Face-Off, a precursor to the league's return to the Olympics in 2026. Played from February 12 to 20 in Boston, Massachusetts, and Montreal, Quebec, the round-robin tournament will feature the United States, Canada, Sweden, and Finland. The following year, NHL players will be participating in the Olympics for the first time since the Sochi 2014 Games.

NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the 4 Nations Face-Off, held in place of the annual All-Star Game in the 2024-25 season, will be a one-off event. In an effort to provide fans with more best-on-best international hockey, the NHL will host the World Cup of Hockey in 2028 and has an agreement with the NHL Players Association (NHLPA) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to send players to the 2030 Olympics. The league intends to host the World Cup two years after every Winter Olympics.

Ice hockey has been part of the Winter Olympics since 1920, when Canada beat the United States 2-0 to win the gold medal in Antwerp, Belgium. Canada won six of the first seven Olympic gold medals, following which the Soviet Union enjoyed a dominant stretch, winning seven of nine gold medals. However, NHL players weren't permitted to play in the Olympics until the Nagano Games in 1998, meaning the Canadian and American teams were composed of amateur athletes - the US, with a roster of mostly college players, famously beat the Soviets in the "Miracle on Ice" game in 1980.

The Czech Republic won gold in the first of five consecutive Winter Olympics in which NHL players participated, beating Russia 1-0 in the final. Surprisingly, neither Canada nor the US medaled. However, the North American nations met in the gold medal game at Salt Lake City in 2002 and Vancouver in 2010, with Canada winning both games. Sweden beat Finland in the gold medal game in Torino in 2006, and Canada beat Sweden in the final in Sochi in 2014.

The NHL, NHLPA, and IOC couldn't agree on NHL player inclusion in the 2018 Games in PyeongChang largely due to travel costs and marketing rights. This appeared to be a one-off as all parties agreed to a deal for NHL participation in the Beijing 2022 Games in September 2021, but the NHL and NHLPA backed out a few months later after a COVID-19 outbreak that disrupted an already shortened schedule for the NHL.

The upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off will be the first time some of the NHL's best players, including Auston Matthews (USA) and Connor McDavid (Canada), get to represent their respective countries in best-on-best international hockey. Both Matthews and McDavid played in the World Cup in 2016 but were part of the U23 Team North America. McDavid has been an outspoken advocate for international hockey and for the NHL to return to the Olympics.

In June, the four teams in the 4 Nations Face-Off selected their first six players for the upcoming tournament. McDavid headlines Canada's group, which also includes Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon. Matthews is joined by Matthew Tkachuk, Jack Eichel, Quinn Hughes, Adam Fox, and Charlie McAvoy on Team USA.

[toasttt11]

maddox hughes

Maddox Theodore Hughes

Number: 22

Season: Fourth

Position: C

Height: 6”4

Hometown: Boston, Massachusetts

S/C: L

NHL: CHI

Prev Team: TBL

NHL

• Selected First overall by the Tampa Bay Lighting in the 2020 NHL Draft.

• Traded to the Chicago Blackhawks for the 2022-2023 season.

International

Team USA

•2022 World Championship- Forth - 7 G, 5 A, 6 GP

•2021 World Championship- Bronze Medal, 7 G, 6 A, 6 GP

•2021 World Junior Championship- Gold Medal, 11 G, 9 A, 7 GP

•2020 World Junior Championship- Forth, 5 G, 2 A, 5 GP

•2019 World Junior Championship- Fifth, 3 G, 2 A, 4 GP

•2018 World U-18 Hockey Challenge- Silver Medal, 7 G, 7 A, 7 GP

•2017 World U-17 Hockey Challenge- Gold Medal, 8 G, 7 A, 6 GP

Fourth Season (2023-2024)

Chicago Blackhawks

70 G, 60 A, 130 P, 80 GP

Signed a 64 million dollar contract for 7 years and three million dollar signing bonus.

Captain.

Third Season (2022-2023)

Chicago Blackhawks

62 G, 56 A, 118 P, 79 GP

Was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks during the off season.

Alternative Captain.

Second Season (2021-2022)

Tampa Bay lightning

58 G, 54 A, 112 P, 77 GP

Won a Stanley Cup.

Rookie Season (2020-2021)

Tampa Bay Lighting

54 G, 52 A, 106 P, 56 GP

Received the Rookie of the Year award.

Signed a Contract for 13.5 Million dollars for two years and a 1 million dollar signing bonus.

Won a Stanley cup.

Before NHL

• Played two seasons with the USNTDP.

• Totaled 260 points (100-160--260) in 125 games with the USNTDP, the most points and assists ever in USNTDP history.

• Scored 130 points (50-80--130) in 63 games in 2018-2019, played with the U-17 and U-18 Teams.

• Scored 110 points (71-48--118) in 62 games with the U18 team in 2019-2020.

Personal

• Born September 9, 2003

• Son of Jim and Ellen Hughes

• Has three siblings, Quinn, Jack, Luke.

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The 10 Worst Daleclub Endings PART 2

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25 BATTLE WARRIOR BOTS THE HEADMASTERS 2020-2021

24 DIGIMON ADVENTURE 02 ENGLISH 2023-2024

23 2015 Kamen Rider Decade

22 WPL BLACK NOVEMBER 2018

21 WPL WINTER WAR 2019

20 ALBANY VS BOSTON 2018-19

19 SUPERCARS DALECLUB 2019

18 CARLOS'S WAY 2019

17 BERZERK:KENNY VS CODY 2016

16 Team Boston Vs Team Philadelphia Black November 2022

15 CALVIN WOODDALE VS ORANGE CASSIDY WPL BIGTIMEMANIA 29

14 ALAN.L COST LOUIS.A THE TITLE WPL 2020

13 Stokely Hathaway VS MARK LINDSEY WPL LIGHTNING LIVE 2022

12 MEXICO VS CANADA DALECLUB WORLD CUP QUALIFYING 2021

11 ABC-SHELL/PENNZOIL TAMMY TOMMY CURTIS CUP 15- VS 16- NEW ORLEANS VS DALLAS 4-1 NEW ORLEANS-HOME HOCKEY-OT-GOAL 2023

10 ATLANTA DALECLUB PRO 2017-18

9 NATIONAL CUP TORONTO VS ATLANTA TORONTO-HOME 4-2 FOOTBALL 2019

8 SAN FRANCISCO SEALS PICKS DEM.PATRIC 2021

7 PDCL DRAFT CLASS OF 2009

6 STANFIELD 2013-2019

5 THE ADV OF STEVEN-BEN SQUAREPANDA 2010-2020

4 BAD LUCK DEVIL 2019

3 BASCAR 2015-16

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Philipp Grubauer

Philipp Grubauer is a German Ice Hockey Player. Grubauer was born on November 25, 1991, in Rosenheim, Germany. He has had a successful career, winning the Stanley Cup with the Washington Capitals in 2018.

Grubauer has also represented Germany in international tournaments, including the World Championships and the Winter Olympics.

You can get here Philipp Grubauer's Hockey Player’s career, Height, Net Worth, Wife, & Family

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"u guys just read my tags huh." not the documentary anon but 100% guilty as charged. major tag supremacist here like i might scroll past 2 paragraph text posts for being too long but you fuckin BET i'm reading every last line of someone's thesis-length gibberish tags (also yes deft v faker storyline was chef's kiss 👍)

akadjdhfjgkg thanks i try 😭👍 and i also am a tag reader on occasion!! secret leetle notes :3

yes yes faker vs deft is MY crosby vs ovechkin and i truly mean that. they are like parallels. to me. their vastly different roles and the way people perceived them. deft losing out on titles constantly!!! deft having 0 cups while faker had 3. deft and the curse of not making it past quarterfinals. finally, finally winning his cup after all that time.

i’m sorry hockey mutuals nothing will ever top the feeling of watching the 2022 DRX cinderella gauntlet run. my hockey girlbestie and i watch worlds every year and have since ? 2018? and man. MAN. that year was so good!!! anon take my fin you understand me 🤝

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Vibrant Closing Ceremony Marks the End of Memorable Hangzhou Asian Games 2023

India’s Remarkable Performance at Asian Games in Hangzhou

The 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou came to an end with a memorable closing ceremony that praised the participants’ outstanding accomplishments and highlighted Chinese culture.

Indian competitors made a standout performance in the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, that was marked by quality and tenacity. India, who had a delegation of 655 athletes, accomplished an incredible accomplishment by breaking their previous record of 70 medals established in Jakarta in 2018 and winning a total of 107 medals.

28 gold, 38 silver, and 41 bronze medals made up India’s impressive medal haul, which was an increase above the 70 medals earned by a squad of 570 athletes four years earlier. Only four countries managed to surpass the 100-medal threshold in Hangzhou, making India’s contribution to the total medal count all the more noteworthy.

The Indian shooters stood out among the competitors, winning 22 medals in all, including seven golds. Neeraj Chopra successfully defended his javelin throw championship, giving athletics its opportunity to shine. Track and field competitions gave India a total of six gold, fourteen silver and nine bronze medals.

India’s success in archery was further enhanced when the compound team won all five gold medals available in their division. The gold rush was maintained by the cricket and kabaddi teams, who each took home two gold medals. Along with winning gold, the men’s hockey team also qualified for the Paris 2024 Olympics.

India Secures Olympic Quotas and Historic Gold Wins

Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy’s triumph in badminton signified India’s first men’s doubles gold medal at the Games. Squash, tennis, and equestrian victories added to India’s total gold medal count. The cricket teams for men and women both won gold.

The significance of Hangzhou, though, went beyond the number of medals. The competition offered 74 slots in several sports as a lead-up to the Paris 2024 Olympics. Six of these quotas were won by India, with boxing taking the top spot.

The tickets to Paris were acquired by athletes including Nikhat Zareen, Preeti Pawar, Parveen Hooda, and Lovlina Borgohain. India had a significant presence in the French city thanks to men’s hockey and athletics, assuring that the country would be well-represented at the next Olympic Games.

A Vibrant Closing Ceremony

The 80,000-person-seat ‘Big Lotus’ Stadium served as the venue for the event, which attracted viewers with a 75-minute show of lights, music, and lasers. The conclusion of more than two weeks of gruelling sports action was marked by the athletes from the 45 participating nations bidding farewell.

The goal of the closing ceremony’s “Culture and Sports” merger of sports and culture was to achieve harmony. In front of Chinese Premier Li Qiang and other officials, acting head of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), Randhir Singh, formally proclaimed the 19th Asian Games to be over.

Also Read: India vs Australia World Cup 2023: Virat Kohli and KL Rahul Lead IND to a Six-Wicket Victory

In accordance with the principles of the Olympic Council of Asia, Singh declared the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games ended and invited the youth of Asia to come together to celebrate the 20th Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, in three years.

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Top 5 moments in hockey history?

oooo tysm this is a good one ! hard to answer since there's so much. however this will be so insanely biased because there are things that are Big Deals to me that in the grand scheme of hockey history are not that important

great britain getting promoted to the top division at the 2018 div 1a world championship. as a british hockey fan i can't not say this can i. i was only vaguely aware of hockey at the time (thanks to this site's obsession with gritty lmao) but it's still such an important moment to me personally. we hadn't been in the top division since the 90s which is why i'm putting it instead of this year's promotion

detroit red wings 1997 stanley cup win. it's the 50 year cup drought it's the stuff the team had been through in the years building up to it it's the significance of winning at that time with that amount of europeans it's stevie finally getting to lift the cup after 14 ? years. it's just so important to me and ik my wings moots get it

1981 canada cup. ok this is where i'm getting really self-indulgent because there's so many other moments i could've put but of course i'm mentioning this tournament. the one where the green unit first played together. some of the best players of that decade (and all time, really). the fact that (most of) those guys would pave the way for russians in the nhl by the end of the decade plays into the significance of this ofc. but of all the green unit moments i just had to put their first games together. there's something so beautiful about the beginning, where no one is aware of where things will go and how it will all end

1972 summit series. how can i not put this. the first time the soviets faced nhl players can't not be mentioned. imo this was probably the most significant hockey moment if the 70s. also without the 72 summit series who knows if we'd be seeing as many europeans (particularly russians ofc) in the nhl. it was those games that made the league realise that those guys on the other side of the atlantic are just as good as them. which as an eu hockey fan i love to see

alex mogilny's defection. come on. it is me. of course i'm gonna say this. in terms of the big moments in hockey history i think this is slept on way too much. without this guy (and igor and slava ofc) we would not have guys like ovechkin and kucherov in the nhl right now. straight up. what makes mogilny's journey to the nhl stick out to me compared to igor/slava is that he was so young. he was barely 2 years older than i am now and you're telling me he did that? he helped change the trajectory of the nhl? whilst also basically still a kid probably scared of making the wrong choice? i'm glad he decided to go to the states when he did the way he did because, without guys like that, god knows what hockey would look like today