Ultimate Hockey Warrior

The video of Patrick Roy’s son, Jonathan Roy fighting another goalie and a player last season made hockey highlight reels across the North America.  Roy came out and fought Bobby Nadeau of the Chicoutimi Sagueneens and beat the other goaltender even after it was clear that Nadeau had given up.  Now Jonathan Roy will face one assault charge stemming from the fight.  The assault charge was filed on July 31, 2008 in Saguenay, Quebec.  Roy will not serve any jail time from the assault charge, but more than likely will be put on probation and will have to serve community service.  More details will be added as they are known, but here is the video of the fight.

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Patrick Roy and his son Jonathan Roy were both suspended by the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for their roles in a line brawl against the Chicoutimi Sagueneens.  Patrick Roy directed his son, Jonathan Roy to go fight the Chicoutimi goaltender Bobby Nadeau.  Nadeau didn’t fight back against Roy and took a pretty good beating.  As Jonathan Roy was skating away he flipped off the crowd.  Then he got into another fight with a Defenseman on the Sagueneens.  Patrick Roy is the coach of the Quebec Remparts and his son Jonathan Roy is the goaltender for the Remparts.  Click the link to watch the video of Patrick Roy sending his son Jonathan Roy to fight the Chicoutimi goaltender.

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Steve Stamkos continues to play like an animal in his final season of junior hockey in the OHL (Ontario Hockey League).  Steve Stamkos is in 2^nd place for goal scoring in the OHL, despite playing on one of the weaker overall teams.  Steve Stamkos who is predicted to be drafted #1 overall in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft has 46 goals in 53 games this year.

Steve Stamkos plays on the Sarnia Sting who are currently sitting in the last and final playoff spot in the Western Conference.  Steve Stamkos’ first year with the Sting was last year, when he took them from the worst team in the OHL to a playoff team last year, despite a weak supporting cast.  This year isn’t too different with Stamkos carrying most of the load for the Sarnia Sting with his 46 goals and 87 points this season.

Steve Stamkos will more than likely be drafted #1 overall in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, and will likely be competing for a roster spot his first year as a pro.  Keep your eyes on Steve Stamkos because he has the potential to be a great player for many years to come.

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Steven Stamkos is the leading man going into the 2008 NHL Entry Draft according to the NHL Central Scouting Service.  Stamkos didn’t disappoint putting up a goal and an assist in a very high-paced, talent-filled game.

The CHL-NHL Top Prospects Game was featured in Edmonton this year and featured 40 of the top draft prospects in the 2008 Entry Level Draft.  Team White beat Team Red 8-4, and besides Stamkos’ 2 points, Josh Bailey scored 2 goals and Zach Boychuk had a goal and 2 assists.

The CHL-NHL Top Prospects Game has had some great talent in year’s past, such as Joe Thornton, Rick Nash, and Chris Pronger have played in the The CHL-NHL Top Prospects Game.  This game is a great way to gauge some of the best young talent in the world as the NHL’s Entry Draft gets closer.

Doug Risebrough, President and GM of the Minnesota Wild said, “I think it’s good for the scouts,” and “They like to see the match up against the top players and I think the kids know that and get prepared. For a general manager it doesn’t get any better than this because you can see one game and see a lot of players.”

It was the 30 NHL teams who chose the players who played in the CHL-NHL Prospects Game.

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40 of the top draft prospects will be playing in the CHL-NHL Top Prospects Game in Edmonton tonight. The player everyone wants to catch a glimpse of is Drew Doughty of the Guelph Storm. Doughty is the 2nd rated player in the draft (behind Steve Stamkos) and the top rated defenseman.

Last year the CHL-NHL Top Prospects Game featured 2 current 1st round picks and current NHL players, Patrick Kane and Sam Gagne.

This years CHL-NHL Top Prospects Game features an even deeper talent pool. Steve Stamkos is ranked first by the NHL Central Scouting Service, Doughty is the 3rd ranked Zach Bogosian, 5th ranked Alex Pieterangelo, 6th ranked Tyler Myers, 7th ranked Luke Schenn, 8th ranked Colby Robak will all be skating in the 2008 CHL-NHL Top Prospects Game.

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Team Canada wins the championship game at the World Junior Championships in the Czech Republic against Sweden, 3-2 in overtime. Team Canada’s gold metal victory is their fourth gold metal in a row at the World Junior Championships, comes after they lost a first round game to Sweden 4-3. It took Canada more than the regulation 60 minutes to put a tough Swedish team away, who won the Silver metal in their first appearance in the championship game at World Junior Championship since 1996.

Matt Halischuk scored the game winner in overtime to lead Team Canada to the victory. Brad Marchand had a goal in and assist in the game for Team Canada. Marchand and Giroux each scored 1st period goals to put Team Canada up 2-0. Carlsson scored in the third period for Team Sweden before Tomas Larsson tied the game with only 38 seconds left and the goalie off for an extra attacker.

Halischuk took over from there, scoring a little over 3 minutes into overtime to seal Team Canada’s fourth straight gold metal victory at the World Junior Championships.

Team Canada goaltender Steve Mason won the World Junior Championship award for best goaltender. Canadian defenceman Drew Doughty was named to the tournament all-star team along with Swedish defenceman Victor Hedman and forward Patrik Berglund, Russian forward Viktor Tikhonov and American forward James vanRiemsdyk.

The World Junior Championships will be hosted in Ottawa, Canada next year as they defend their title for the 4th straight year

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