Earlier this month, THW's Mike Coll…
Pittsburgh PenguinsMax Domi has been hearing comments about his height for years.
Before Domi was even drafted by the London Knights in the 2011 OHL Priority Selection, his size was being heavily criticized. Those concerns about his OHL potential are well out of the way now. But really, they’ve only turned into concerns regarding his National Hockey League future.
Hockey fights have become a controversial issue in sports. Fans feel it should be gone, and yet, many players truly believe fighting is a part of the game. With the recent tilt between David Dziurzynski and Frazer McLaren, the issue has picked up steam. Here’s why all the “ban hockey fights” talk needs to stop.
Darnell Nurse isn’t going to be a professional football player. But with his family’s history, if football was his passion, Nurse could probably take a pretty good run at it.
Justin Bailey grew up with professional athletes all around him. As he’s preparing to embark on his own pro career, being around talent is nothing new.
The difference: this time, the talent is his.
“Growing up in Buffalo, we (his family) lived in the same condo as Matthew Barnaby, Michael Peca and Rob Ray,” Bailey said. “Barnaby helped me along the way with a lot of decision-making.”
Being raised in the same building as NHLers clearly influenced the young Kitchener Rangers forward. But they weren’t the only pros who had an impact on Bailey when he was younger.
Rivalry.
It’s often defined as “competition for the same objective or for superiority in the same field.” When comparing Evgeni Malkin and Alex Ovechkin, that sounds about right.
Books that fit in your pocket can be useful. One can pull it out in the car, maybe the mall, or even the ridiculously-long line at the grocery store. Better yet, there’s one book you can quickly pull out at the rink, and this it it.
There have been books about hockey scouts before. And there have been more than a few great murder mysteries written. But novels about hockey scouts who get caught up in a murder mystery? They come few and far between.
Vladimir Tarasenko of the St. Louis Blues is off to a fantastic start. Ask those who’ve been around him for a while, and they’ll tell you it’s no surprise.
As Russian as his name sounds, Alex Galchenyuk won’t be throwing a red and white sweater over his head in international competition anytime soon.
Coming into the 2013 World Junior Championship, goaltending was Canada’s biggest question mark. It appears the problem has now been solved.
Malcolm Subban has stepped up to the plate for his country, and his country has never been more proud of him.
