I had a few minutes to catch up with John Tavares after today’s morning skate, and here is what he had to say.
Scott Gomez. The name rings a different bell for almost every hockey fan who hears it. New Jersey Devils fans hear “traitor”. New York Rangers fans hear “ epic failure”. Montreal Canadiens fans are still trying to figure out what they hear.
Perhaps a look at his career passages might shed some light.
I was there, a [...]
Breaking News: On Wednesday evening, Montreal Canadiens’ legendary leader, Jean Beliveau was taken to the Montreal General hospital after suffering a stroke at his home in Longueuil, QC. His condition is not life threatening.
One of my fondest memories, from the time I was ten years old, was spending Tuesday nights with my dad at the [...]
You’d know who he was even if you never got to see the face under the mask. The snarling St. Bernard that was painted on it would instantly give it away. And his athletic and, at times, unorthodox style gave him an unmistakable presence in the crease. Unfortunately, in his 19-year hall-of-fame worthy career, we [...]
Our first year here at The Hockey Writers is winding down. We started up this past January 7th and have had the good fortune of attracting some great hockey writers. Over the next couple of weeks I’ll be showing off some of the best of our first 1500 posts. We’ll start with a collection of [...]
While the popularity of hockey comes and goes depending on where in the United States you may be, it has long-standing tradition in its native land of Canada. So much tradition that in the history of the NHL there have been many families with multiple players in the league. Gordie, Mark and Marty Howe; the [...]
The Memorial Aud, Buffalo, December 7th, 2009.
The excitement in Doc Emery’s voice on Versus is palpable. “One minute left in the game… THIRTY SECONDS … TEN SECONDS … AND THE DEVILS WIN. MARTY BRODEUR HAS TIED TERRY SAWCHUCK’S ALL-TIME SHUTOUT RECORD FOR THE NHL AT 103.”
Even though you know it’s coming, that [...]
Nikolai Zherdev’s popularity in the NHL was a bit on the downside. General managers, coaches, players, fans and fantasy hockey enthusiasts fought through God knows how many migraines in watching him out on the ice.
Summing up the Ukrainian’s five-year spell is this rollercoaster: a 54-point season in 2006 as a sophomore, accompanied by an awful [...]
Christopher Ralph – THW’s Flames Correspondent
I was recently able to do an in depth interview with promising young Flames prospect, netminder Joni Ortio, who was drafted in the 6th round (171st overall) in this past summer’s entry draft. Like his idol, Miikka Kiprusoff, Ortio is from the goalie hotbed of Turku, Finland.
Ortio is not your [...]
Just one week after the impressive 2009 class was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, Brendan Shanahan, a sure-fire hall-of-famer is his own right, announced his retirement from the NHL after 21 seasons.
After finishing the 2008 season with the same team that drafted him, the New Jersey Devils and Shanahan parted ways at the [...]
