Cam Charron
Born in Vancouver, Cam works as a freelance writer out of Kamloops, BC and now writes for SB Nation's Nucks Misconduct.
Author's Posts
A Basic Look at Advanced Hockey Statistics
July 18th, 2011 Advanced statistics seem like a chore. You may have tried to understand them already, and waded online into a pool of one of the absolutely incomprehensible spreadsheets that can be found at Behind The Net or Hockey Analysis. There are a growing number of bloggers and fans who pay close attention to these advanced hockey statistics,...
Tomas Jurco determined to be more than a YouTube star
June 21st, 2011 It's probably an odd start for a hockey career, but top prospect Tomas Jurco fell in love with the game when his sister Petra went in for a practice but was turned away. "Coach said the little guy can come next day for practice," says Tomas, about Petra being turned away. In the town of Kosice, Slovakia, girls’ hockey hadn't taken off...
Canucks must embrace the role of the villain
June 13th, 2011 In the end, they looked dazed and unassuming. There was never a team so clayed in a mould that was so unable to live up to their tremendous expectations. This wasn't just about the surefire belief that the Miami Heat would be walking away as the 2011 NBA Champions, but, as the bad guys, with the world rooting against them, the Heat...
Prospect Profile: Washington Capitals' Stanislav Galiev
June 6th, 2011 After the final whistle had blown, with the family and friends of his Saint John Sea Dogs teammates mulling around on the ice congratulating the 2011 Memorial Cup champions, Stanislav Galiev was sitting alone in the corner of the ice typing on his phone. "My mom has been with me all my way," Galiev told me in an interview a few days...
Kyle Dubas, the Theo Epstein of the OHL
May 26th, 2011 Discuss his methods of management, and Kyle Dubas will use the words "extremely progressive" about twice a sentence. After all, why not? Dubas is the young, fresh face of the Soo Greyhounds, based in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Like many 25 year olds, the the top button is undone on his woven shirt, he's wearing an open suit jacket and...
Prospect profile: Washington Capitals' Cody Eakin
May 24th, 2011 On any other day, Cody Eakin might be a little more cheerful, but, with his Kootenay Ice team down 0-2 in the MasterCard Memorial Cup, the Washington Capitals prospect is all business. "When he's playing his best, he's actually goofing around," says his junior coach Kris Knoblauch. No holding back, Cody Eakin may have been the best...