Anthony Barberio
Drinker of beer, watcher of hockey, and teller of jokes from the great Garden State of New Jersey. Comedian who has a slightly obsessed fandom with the New Jersey Devils. Monmouth University Class of 2017. with a degree in International business and Marketing that sparked an interest in he global operations of the NHL and the game of hockey. Also write for Puck Prose, Devils Army Blog and previously Total Frat Move.
Author's Posts
Can NHL Fans Behave Themselves?
October 28th, 2019 A crowd full of hockey fans can be both exciting and terrifying at the same time. Catch them when their team is winning a game and it’s an experience in itself. If you find yourself in the cheap seats when the team is losing, you might hear some vocabulary you won’t want to bring home to your mother. Then again, I’ve seen my...
Hispanic Hockey: The NHL's Next Frontier
October 21st, 2019 Back in the 1980s it seemed like hockey was a sport only played in Canada and a few scattered enclaves across the northeastern United States. Sure, those Soviets an ocean away were getting pretty good at the game, but the heart and sole of hockey was in the snow covered locales of North America. No matter how much of a Red Scare the...
Optics of White House Visit for Blues and the NHL
October 18th, 2019 This past Tuesday, aside from a seven-game slate throughout the National Hockey League, the St. Louis Blues were in action. No, they didn’t find themselves on the ice, but in Washington D.C. Instead of visiting Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals, they were visiting United States President Donald Trump and the White...
Timing Is Perfect for NHL to Grow in China
October 7th, 2019 When it comes to the sport of hockey on an international stage, Canada and European countries (including Russia, for the sake of the example) are always the most lucrative markets. Then again, how could they not be? The vast majority of the league's players come from these countries, millions of young kids from these countries aspire to...
A Look at the New Palm Springs AHL Team
October 2nd, 2019 Last season, the NHL announced an expansion team would be coming to Seattle in the 2021-22 season as the NHL’s 32nd franchise. The speculation surrounding the building of the new franchise from the ground up so far has been on the expansion draft, but Seattle is going to have to establish a farm system for all the prospects that...
Are Monthly Passes the NHL's Next Ticketing Innovation?
September 30th, 2019 Over the past few weeks, stories about the worries of NHL attendance have been drastically overstated. It all started with a Canadian Press article that claimed NHL teams were worried fans would rather stay home and watch the games in lieu of going to the arena. The Associated Press cited the rebuilding Detroit Red Wings as their main...
