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Dynamo Moscow hockey player Wil explained that good players go to play in the KHL because they don’t want to play “NHL political games”

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3 years ago

October 3, 2022

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Dynamo Moscow hockey player Wil explained that good players go to play in the KHL because they don’t want to play “NHL political games”

Dynamo Moscow forward Jordan Weale believes that many good hockey players come to play in the Continental Hockey League (KHL) and not in the NHL, as they are not satisfied with the game policy in the North American league.

Wil played in the NHL from 2015 to 2020 for the Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia, Arizona and Montreal. In 2021, the Canadian forward moved to Ak Bars Kazan. In July of this year, the 30-year-old striker was traded to Dynamo Moscow.

– In that season, when I was changed three times in the NHL, I had even better statistics. It’s funny how it goes. I think when you are 27 years old, in the NHL you are already expendable for clubs. They love their youth. I think that season in Philadelphia I showed my best hockey. Then he went to Montreal, where he also performed successfully. It’s just that when you get older and play on a small contract, it’s really hard for you. You don’t play the best couple of matches, and your place is taken by a young player. You will be patient only if you have a salary of 5-6 million dollars. In that sense, it’s a tough league. Therefore, so many good players are going to Russia and Europe who should play in the NHL. They just got tired of playing these NHL political games.

Yes, I mean the politics of the game. I enjoyed playing there, got to play with a lot of incredible players, met incredible people, made friends on every team I played. Wouldn’t trade it for anything, it was awesome. I played four or five years in the NHL, it’s great. I am happy with everything. If they told me at the age of eight that I would play five seasons in the NHL, I would be very happy. Now I want to play hockey, have fun, win matches and take a couple of championship titles. Here we are building a team for many years, because we have a lot of young guys. I think it will be interesting, – quotes Wil “Championship”.

With the White and Blues, Wil played 13 games in the NHL regular season, scored one goal and made eight assists.

Source: Sportbox

Jon

I’m a sports enthusiast and journalist who has worked in the news industry for over 8 years. I currently work as an author at Sportish and my work focuses mainly on sports news.

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NHL record, return to Montreal, victories for Pittsburgh and Toronto

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10 hours ago

December 31, 2025

Robert

NHL record, return to Montreal, victories for Pittsburgh and Toronto

New York Islanders defeated Chicago 3:2 in the NHL regular season match, and Matthew Schaefer, the first overall pick of the 2025 draft, scored a point and broke the League record.

Schaefer became the youngest defenseman in NHL history to reach 25 points. It took the player 40 matches to achieve this; this was the fourth fastest time among defensemen in history.

The Islanders remain in the top 4 in the East.

Champion Florida ends the year with a loss. The Panthers lost to Montreal 2:3 in overtime, but they were two goals ahead at the time of the game. Montreal is in second place in the rankings and Florida is in 4th place.

Toronto is trying to emerge from the crisis. Maple defeated New Jersey 4-0 but still sits in 6th place in the league.

Regular season in NHL

toronto – New Jersey 4:0

Florida -Montreal 2:3 in overtime

pittsburgh – Carolina 5:1

Chicago – New York Islanders 2:3 in shootouts

Vancouver – Philadelphia 3:6

Source: Sport UA

Robert

I have been working as a sports journalist for about 6 years now. I currently work as an author at Sportish, which is a sports news website. I mainly cover sports news and I love writing about all aspects of the sport. I also have experience working as a broadcast journalist, so I have some great insights into how sport is reported and presented.

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Junior World Hockey Championship. The first participant in the fight for survival has been announced

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21 hours ago

December 30, 2025

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Junior World Hockey Championship. The first participant in the fight for survival has been announced

The matches on the fourth day of the U-20 World Junior Hockey Championship have started.

In a brutal match, Switzerland beat Germany 4-0, sending their opponents into a survival game that will pit the Germans against the last team in Group B.

Germany finished without points and advanced to the knockout stages along with Switzerland, Sweden, the USA and Slovakia, although their final group positions will be determined by subsequent matches.

Junior Hockey World Championship U-20. Group A

Switzerland – Germany 4:0 (2:0, 2:0, 0:0)

Discs: 11:42 Korbler (Meyer, Blessing) – 1:0, 13:10 Reber (Mudjli, Steiner) – 2:0, 21:08 Korbler – 3:0, 26:10 Johnson (Sansonnes, Mottard) – 4:0

Goalkeepers: Kirsch – Neisse

Source: Sport UA

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OFFICIALLY. The club suspended participation in the Ukrainian Championship

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1 day ago

December 30, 2025

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OFFICIALLY. The club suspended participation in the Ukrainian Championship

Storm hockey club announced its decision to suspend participation in the Ukrainian Championship. The Odessa team had not come to the Krizhinka match before.

At the same time, Storm denied that the issue was related to financial problems and expressed distrust of the Ukrainian Hockey Federation.

Statement from HC Storm

“Due to systematic violation of the principles of equality and justice in competitions, Shtor hockey club expressed its distrust in the leadership of the Ukrainian Hockey Federation and decided to suspend its participation in the Ukrainian Championship.”

There was already a situation this season when Krizhinka suspended its participation in the championship due to referee problems.