As regular readers of thePuckBurger will be aware we are trying to cover as much hockey as possible whilst hopefully not saturating the site with North American content. As such we have looked at a number of countries that may not be considered as ‘hot beds’ for the sport. Whilst covering the IIHF Continental Cup [...]
Game five of the Ligue Magnus Play-offs took place last night with the Rouen Dragons taking a 3-2 series lead after coming out on the right side of a 5-1win against the Grenoble Wolf Burners at the Patinoire Île Lacroix. You can see the action below on a rather grainy, slightly dodgy video. We will bring [...]
Earlier this year thePuckBurger looked at the success that the Rouen Dragons enjoyed at the 2012 IIHF Continental Cup. The Dragons are also performing well domestically coming out on top of the Ligue Magnus by three points and now currently battling out with the old enemy, Grenoble who placed seventh, nine points behind the Dragons [...]
Our latest profile sees us looking at the Swiss NLA and how hockey has been shaped to the form it is today. The prejudice amongst you will be wondering how such a physical sport has managed to establish itself in this notoriously shoulder-shrugging nation. Establish itself it has though. The NLA, formerly known as the Nationalliga [...]
One of the nations that immediately springs to mind when thinking about ice hockey even to the less knowledgeable is Russia. The country has a rich history with the sport from the Soviet era, to the present day and if the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia has it’s way will mould the future of the sport. [...]
