Max Domi has been hearing comments about his height for years.
Before Domi was even drafted by the London Knights in the 2011 OHL Priority Selection, his size was being heavily criticized. Those concerns about his OHL potential are well out of the way now. But really, they’ve only turned into concerns regarding his National Hockey League future.
As sports fans, most of the allure is drawn from our longing to see our favorite teams bring home a championship. Championships are great, but not every team or fan base will get to celebrate a championship in their lifetime. If you are a fan of the Toronto Maple Leafs and you were born after ...
Fighting has long been a part of hockey’s culture and it continues to set the game apart from other professional sports. While new research into CTE has opened up the eyes of the hockey world to the possible long-term dangers of continuous fighting, there are still many fans that enjoy watching two willing participants scrap ...
“If you can’t beat them in the alley, you can’t beat them on the ice.” The man who created, owned, coached and managed the Toronto Maple Leafs, Conn Smythe, believed that toughness was an essential part of hockey, particularly if you wanted to win. You had to be able to stand up for yourself – ...
With the hiring of Randy Carlyle today by the Toronto Maple Leafs, it’s an apropos time to look back in history to the interactions between the Buds and Winnipeg Jets. Carlyle, of course, was a standout defenceman in Winnipeg during his playing days, playing his 1,000th NHL game with the club, playing in an NHL ...
So I got to chatting with my old man today. Whenever chats like these occur there is usually a great deal of wisdom bestowed upon me. But this wasn’t like any other father-son conversation. I brought up a simple question: Is there any musician/singer/artist you want to or wished you could have seen? “Well I’ve ...
All in a Flash, a young man breaks free from his captors. The sound of a single shot is quickly drowned out by the deafening screams that surround him from every direction. A bright red light begins to flash, accompanied by the sound of a siren. The young man picks up a loose machine gun and ...
If you didn’t know his last name was Domi, you would never guess that he’s the son of a legendary hockey enforcer. Max Domi’s elite offensive talent and vision have already made him a scoring threat in the OHL, even though he’s only played 20 games with the London Knights. The son of Tie Domi ...
Have you ever wanted to get to know your favourite hockey player? ”Get to know”, as in grab a beer, play some shinny, share feelings about the collective bargaining agreement over dinner kind of “get to know”? Fantasized about watching the game with Henrik Zetterberg and finding out you both hate the same players? (- ...
Tie Domi was known mostly for his fighting abilities and physical play throughout junior career and tenure in the NHL. Unlike his father, Tie’s son, Max Domi, is creating quite the buzz among scouts and fans alike as being one of the most promising, young offensive talents available in this year’s OHL Priority Draft and ...
