Looking into 2025's crystal ball
A Glimpse into the Sporting World's Future
January 6, 2025
Key points from this story:
- Ovechkin chases Gretzky's NHL goal record
- Four Nations Faceoff replaces NHL All-Star game
- New champions emerge in curling and golf
- Major trades shake up MLB and NHL
- Predictions for CFL, NFL, and NBA
Almost guaranteed to happen in 2025:
January -- Russian sniper Alex Ovechkin continues his pursuit of Wayne Gretzky's record for most career National Hockey League goals (894), but might wind up a half-dozen or so short by the end of the 2024-25 season. When the calendar flipped over to 2025, the Great 8 was 25 goals short.
February -- The Four Nations Faceoff tournament, dubbed the Few Nations Faceoff by a Montreal columnist because of the absence of players from Switzerland, Russia, Denmark, Czech Republic, Slovakia, among other hockey=playing countries, is a major success and no one misses the event it replaced -- the NHL all-star game.
March – Perennial threats Kevin Koe and Brad Gushue falter at the Brier, confirming that the old guard is on the way out, and Canada's new guard, led by 2025 champion Matt Dunstone, has officially arrived.
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