The Rise & Fall of Andrew Raycroft Tony Wolak | April 25, 2024 Eighteen years ago, Boston Bruins goaltender Andrew Raycroft took the National Hockey League by storm. Boston’s fifth-round pick in 1998 had spent the previous three seasons bouncing back and forth on…
Toronto Maple Leafs’ Top-20 Goal Scorers All-Time Spencer Lazary | April 25, 2024 *This archive was updated in April 2024 The Toronto Maple Leafs have been around for more than a century. With 100 plus years of history, they have had several characters…
Vancouver Canucks’ Best Trades With Vegas Golden Knights Alex Wauthy | April 25, 2024 Welcome to the Vancouver Canucks best trades series. In this series, we at The Hockey Writers look back at the Canucks’ trading history with every NHL team and pick what we believe to be…
Today in Hockey History: April 25 Matthew Zator | April 25, 2024 April 25 has provided us with some great playoff moments throughout the history of the National Hockey League. Two of the greatest players to ever lace up a pair of…
The NHL’s 50-Goal Scorers – 10 Things You Need to Know Stephen Ground | April 24, 2024 After seasons of low scoring, the 2021-22 and 2022-23 NHL seasons brought back a rejuvenation of goals. In 2021-22, four players hit the 50-goal mark. Meanwhile, in 2022-23, five did…
Penguins’ Best and Worst Trades of the Decade Tyler Bowen | April 24, 2024 The Pittsburgh Penguins have spent the last decade with higher expectations than almost any other NHL squad. Stacked with high-end talent and depth to make deep playoff runs, the team…
2012 Redraft: What if the Edmonton Oilers Didn’t Take Nail Yakupov? Evan Smyth | April 24, 2024 Nail Yakupov is one of the NHL’s most notable draft busts in recent memory. The Edmonton Oilers surely whiffed on this first-overall pick in 2012, as Yakupov contributed next to…
Today in Hockey History: April 24 Matthew Zator | April 24, 2024 If you had to choose two words to describe April 24 throughout the history of the National Hockey League, “overtime goal” would be the perfect pair to use. This date…
Arizona Coyotes Logo History Patrick Brown | April 23, 2024 The Arizona Coyotes franchise already has extensive history around its logos and jerseys, as the club has undergone multiple rebranding initiatives throughout its history. The team, like every club in…
Line of the Times: The Legion of Doom THW Archives | April 23, 2024 Hide your women, children, and favorite hockey team. Call up Batman, Superman, and the rest of the Justice League because when the Legion of Doom rolls through town, there is little…
Remembering What Made Mario Lemieux the Greatest Shawn Nicholls | April 23, 2024 *This article was originally published in 2018 Equal parts exhilarating and devastating, sports are quite simply unpredictable. Ask the city of Pittsburgh. This week 25 years ago, Penguins fans experienced…
Today in Hockey History: April 23 Matthew Zator | April 23, 2024 Some of the National Hockey League’s “Original Six” teams made postseason memories on this date. However, there are plenty of the league’s newer franchises that made their mark on Stanley…