Dopamine is a neurotransmitter in the brain that affects, among other things, pleasure, cognition and motivation. When someone completes an enjoyable activity their brain naturally associates that activity with pleasure which, in turn, leads to desire. The problems with dopamine begin when a person recognizes they’re in a potentially rewarding situation but can’t control themselves, ...
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The queasy fear that began during the 2003-04 season and throughout the Stanley Cup finals turned into a reality on Feb. 16, 2004 when Gary Bettman announced the cancellation of the 2004-05 NHL season. But the disappointment for hockey fans was tempered at ...
Not enough is said about Claude Lemieux’s eyes. The player who’s now regarded as the NHL’s proto-pest must have been terrifying to line up against, not only because he might score with a backhand shot as soon as he’d check you from behind, but also because those sharp baby blues. One might be tempted to ...
I was starting to develop an unhealthy reliance on the pixelated version of Evander Kane. The Winnipeg Jets left-winger has been, to me, one of the last barriers to full blown insanity brought on by hockey starvation. Kane, who is the cornerstone of my franchise in EA Sports’ NHL ’13, has slowly become more valuable ...
Whenever Rob Ray is interviewed on Buffalo’s sports radio station one of his favorite stories to tell is the time Shayne Corson and Darcy Tucker tried to chase him into the Sabres’ dressing room after a tilt between the Maple Leafs and Sabres. The enforcer-turned-analyst never gets specific about what enraged the two Leafs, but ...
For the first time in a long time the Detroit Red Wings could struggle for a playoff spot. After a disappointing playoff loss to the Nashville Predators in the first round, Detroit has spent most of the summer doing nothing except making fans nervous to watch a team that no longer looks like one of ...
When reports surfaced earlier this summer about a contract the Buffalo Sabres offered unrestricted free agent Shane Doan it – like seemingly everything else in Sabreland – divided fans. The offer, rumored to be a 4-year deal worth around $30 million (as per Bucky Gleason of the Buffalo News), is a staggering one and a ...
From a marketability standpoint, the National Hockey League is in a much better place than it was in on Monday morning and while he still has the CBA negotiations looming, commissioner Gary Bettman almost certainly was wearing his infamous smirk after Rick Nash was traded to the New York Rangers. The Rangers, who were a ...
The Detroit Red Wings are not a team that needs to be in the spotlight at all times. Clubs like the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers seem to thrive on attention, always at the top of the rumor mill and trading star players. The Red Wings, who haven’t had as much success as those ...
The list of Calder Trophy winners is full of players that went on to have Hall of Fame careers. Names like Mario Lemieux, Ray Bourque, Gilbert Perrault and others are hockey royalty. The problem is when a player dominates his first campaign in the NHL, many fans consider it almost a given that he will ...
