Brent Lemon
Brent's hockey writing has appeared in a variety of online and print media, including the Yahoo! Sports NHL blog, Puck Daddy, and USA Today magazines. He shoots left.
Author's Posts
Steven Stamkos Heats Up Scoring Race
December 21st, 2011 When Steven Stamkos beat Columbus Blue Jacket's goaltender Steve Mason with his patented one-timer on December 17, the 21-year-old center became the first NHLer to reach 20 goals this season, and the only player to repeat the achievement in consecutive years since Jaromir Jagr did it back-to-back-to-back beginning in 1994-95. Not only...
Mike Milbury Charged with Assault
December 17th, 2011 Updated: 2000 EST, 17 Dec Mike Milbury, assistant coach of his son's peewee Boch Blazers, is facing charges of assault resulting from an altercation between his son and a player from Boston Junior Blackhawks. The 59-year-old Milbury is almost impossible to ignore in the hockey world. As an NHL player, he's climbed into the stands...
I Hate Hockey: Francois Barcelo's Novel from Baraka Books
December 13th, 2011 Governor General Award-winning author Francois Barcelo and translator Peter McCambridge have combined to produce a brisk and often disturbing piece of fiction in I Hate Hockey. At fewer than 100 pages, Barcelo's fortieth novel, and his first available in English, is the literary equivalent of a sudden-death shootout - tense,...
10 Reasons Why the Tampa Bay Lightning are Better than Your Team
November 16th, 2011 Un-entertaining. Ruinous to hockey. A shameful resurrection of infamous 'Dead Puck'-era play. Yup, the Tampa Bay Lightning's 1-3-1 defensive system has provoked some venomous claims, particularly in the wake of last week's bizarre play by the Philadelphia Flyers in Tampa - hockey's drama queen and NBC analyst Mike Milbury was so...
Tampa Bay Lightning: Off Last Year's Pace?
November 9th, 2011 Oh, there have been problems for the Tampa Bay Lightning this season - particularly on the road. "It seems that every away game we have played this year we are just horrible, horrible, not even average", said head couch Guy Boucher recently. "It's just disgusting." And depending on who you ask, the Bolts' troubles have included...
How Could Toronto Junior Hockey Have Attendance Troubles?
November 2nd, 2011 When it comes to spectator sports, Toronto might just be Canada’s first post-hockey town. The Maple Leafs have an absurd 20-year waiting list for season tickets, and they are the financial darlings of the NHL, with a league-high value of 505 million dollars (US), as estimated by Forbes.com in December 2010. But, as the late...
