2002-03 Red Wings: The Failed Repeat Jordan Orth | August 15, 2023 Winning back-to-back championships is one of the hardest things to do in sports, and in the NHL, it is no different. After winning the Stanley Cup in the 2001-02 season,…
Today in Hockey History: July 19 Matthew Zator | July 19, 2023 One of the greatest coaches in the National Hockey League was born on this date many years ago. Also, two players who had great runs and won championships in Motown…
Ducks’ Free Agent Misses: Sergei Fedorov Jordan Reinhardt | July 16, 2023 The Anaheim Ducks recently dabbled in the 2023 unrestricted free agent market by inking two-time Stanley Cup champion Alex Killorn and grizzled veteran Radko Gudas to four- and three-year deals,…
Rangers’ Gamble on Russian Talent Was Critical to 1994 Cup Tom Castro | May 7, 2023 In the late 1980s and early ’90s, an NHL team saw a chance to exploit what it identified as a major opportunity that existed outside of the generally accepted process…
Brendan Shanahan: Hall of Fame Career and Lasting NHL Impact Colin Newby | January 23, 2023 Brendan Shanahan played for five NHL teams in his 21-year NHL career. His career accolades include eight All-Star appearances and three Stanley Cups, and his contributions off the ice have…
Ottawa Senators’ Daniel Alfredsson Is Hall of Fame Worthy Devin Milks-Wendt | December 11, 2022 *This article has been updated to reflect that Alfredsson was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2022. The updated section on Alfredsson being inducted is near the end of…
Maple Leafs’ Mitch Marner as a Defenseman? It’s Possible The Old Prof | September 30, 2022 Could the Toronto Maple Leafs be gearing for a huge change that involves Mitch Marner? To consider this possibility, let’s start by reviewing a unique event that occurred in the…
History of the NHL Draft: From Campbell’s Concept to Worldwide Event Tom Castro | June 25, 2022 The father of the NHL draft would probably have trouble comprehending his creation today. When then-league president Clarence Campbell instituted the draft, first held 59 years ago, it was a…
The Grind Line: Top Red Wings-Avalanche Rivalry Moment Tony Wolak | June 6, 2022 What’s The Grind Line? Apart from the once-famous line of Kris Draper, Kirk Maltby, and either Joe Kocur or Darren McCarty, The Grind Line is also The Hockey Writers’ weekly…
3 Ghosts of Blue Jackets Past Nicholas Arnold | August 9, 2021 Summertime at The Hockey Writers means that we get the chance to have some fun that we might not be able to during the season. We get to look into…
Last Red Wings to Win Each NHL Award Tony Wolak | June 19, 2021 On Sunday night, I realized that it had been a few years since a member of the Detroit Red Wings had won a major NHL award. Previously, it was an…
Best NHL Team of All-Time Brackets: 1997-98 Detroit Red Wings Declan Schroeder | May 10, 2021 A car crash that ended the career of one of the powerful Russian Five. A scoring star absent for most of the season. The pressure of high expectations in Hockeytown.…