Hello all, welcome to my first ever post. The goal of this blog is to prognosticate particular sporting events, and to share views of certain situations when I see fit. As this blog will hopefully expand over time, I will branch out into different areas aswell, such as power rankings etc.

Let's start with the 2010 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship, being held in my home province of Saskatchewan.

Pool A Pool B

1. Canada 1. Russia
2. U.S.A 2. Sweden
3. Switzerland 3. Finland
4. Slovakia 4. Czech Republic
5. Latvia 5. Austria


In the quarterfinals, it would pit the Swedes against the Swiss, and the Americans against the Fins. In a tournament shocker, the Swiss, who obviously I percieve to be a major darkhorse, will upend the Swedes, with the Americans easily getting by Finland.

In the Semi-finals, Switzerland's cinderella run will come to an end, by losing to the powerful Canadians. In a more tightly contested match, the U.S.A will squeak by Russia.

In the battle for bronze, the Russians,led by Nikita filatov(which btw, why is he not in the NHL is beyond me), will defeat the Swiss to capture the bronze

In the gold, the drive for 6 will be complete! Although I can definitily see this being a one goal match, the Canadians will once again come out on top.

For some individual predictions....

Tournament Most Valuable- Taylor Hall-Canada
First team all stars: F Taylor Hall-Canada
F Adam Henrique-Canada
F Nikita Filatov- Russia
D Luca Sbisa-Switzerland
D John Merill-U.S.A
G Jake Allen- Canada