“Because It’s The Cup” Commercials Miss The Mark Geoff Rosenthal | March 29, 2012 Two years ago, the NHL marketing team took sports commercials to a new level by introducing the “History Will Be Made” ad campaign. Combining some of hockey’s most famous moments…
The 10 Best Names In The NHL David OConnor | March 26, 2012 It seems that everywhere you go, there is always someone who has one of those names that makes you think, “Wow, that’s an awesome name!” Sometimes it’s the kid who…
Greetings from Smashville! From Russia With Grudge Edition Jas Faulkner | March 24, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor writer’s note: Sorry this is late. This has been an “I’m in Nashville? Really? Radulov? Are you yanking my chain?” kind of week. I did…
Greetings From Smashville! A Wing and a Prey-er Edition Jas Faulkner | March 16, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor Peyton Manning was here earlier this week. It might have been to get some hot chicken with the boys at the Titans Front Office, but…
Greetings From Smashville! Landslide Edition Jas Faulkner | March 9, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor They say that handsome is as handsome does and many of the faces in the video released by YouCanPlayProject.org got that much more so after…
Breakaway: The Bollywood Hockey Movie Stephen Stoneman | March 4, 2012 I didn’t quite know what to expect when I first saw comedian Russell Peters telling us about his new bollywood hockey movie called Breakaway. I knew only that I wanted…
Greetings From Smashville! Rock Paper Scissors Edition Jas Faulkner | March 2, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor First, a note of apology to HockeyHillbilly: I am not in the habit of ignoring responses. The reason for last week’s silence from me was…
Movie Review: Goon Peter Harling | February 24, 2012 There are plenty of classic sports movies. Rudy, Field of Dreams, Hoosiers and Rocky are some of the best of all-time. When it comes to hockey movies, none have been…
Greetings From Smashville! With Three You Get Eggroll Edition Jas Faulkner | February 24, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor It’s Friday! Grimm day! (Oh, wait. That’s on NBC. It will inevitably be preempted by reruns of The Voice or scooted to 2am on Sunday…
The Tweet Sheet – Feb. 22 Dustin Twin | February 22, 2012 Welcome to the first instalment of ‘The Tweet Sheet’ where we follow your favorite players, broadcasters, journalists, and the occasional unruly fan who are all tweeting about hockey. Are you…
Greetings From Smashville! “Is that a Warrior Stick or are you happy to see me?” Edition Jas Faulkner | February 17, 2012 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor Another week, another five days of unseasonably warm weather broken up by a day or two of lightly iced car windows and dealing with that…
Top Ten Reasons to be Optimistic About Scott Gomez K. Ross Read | February 16, 2012 Winston Churchill once said that a pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity, while an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. It’s no secret that Habs’ fans have…