Natalie Spooner’s knee injury hasn’t overshadowed a sensational year in which the Canadian national team forward was voted the International Ice Hockey Federation’s female player of the year on Tuesday. U.S. national team veteran Alex Carpenter finished second with 14.6% of the votes, followed by Canada’s Marie-Philip Poulin and Switzerland’s Alina Muller. The honor is the latest for Spooner, who …
The International Ice Hockey Federation has said eight players from Germany’s team at the World junior hockey championship have tested positive for COVID-19 inside the Edmonton, Alberta, bubble. 3 overall draft pick Tim Stuetzle, will miss exhibition games against Austria and the Czech Republic ahead of the annual under-20 event. The IIHF also said two members of Sweden’s team staff …