Jake Rivard
Seasoned writer with experience in copywriting, content creation, article curation, and everything in-between. I cover hockey, video games, music, and dozens of other forms of media and entertainment. If you've ever been on meijer.com, you've seen some of my handiwork. Cheers!
Author's Posts
The Grind Line: Detroit Red Wings Reasons for Positivity
December 11th, 2019 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 column about the Detroit Red Wings. Rachel Anderson, Devin Little, Raymond Harrison, and Jake Rivard are the muckers who makeup THW’s forechecking unit and...
3 Red Wings Who Need to Step Up Their Game
December 5th, 2019 The Detroit Red Wings are struggling worse than any other team in the NHL. They currently sit at the bottom of the standings, carrying with them the lowest goal differential in the league. The team has been scored against over 50 times more than they've scored. Nearly half of the players that have suited up this season have yet to reach...
Red Wings Give Filip Zadina His Time to Shine
November 27th, 2019 After a heartbreaking 5-1 loss to the New Jersey Devils on Nov. 23, Detroit Red Wings' leading scorer Anthony Mantha exited the ice with a lower body injury. Coach Jeff Blashill announced in a recent interview that Mantha would be out for "a few weeks". Losing the team's top scorer is a huge blow to their offense, which has primarily...
The Grind Line: Detroit Red Wings' Best North American Prospects
November 25th, 2019 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 column about the Detroit Red Wings. Rachel Anderson, Raymond Harrison, Jake Rivard, and Tony Wolak are the muckers who makeup THW’s forechecking unit and...
4 Potential Red Wings Trade Candidates
November 21st, 2019 To say the Detroit Red Wings are off to a rough start is an understatement. The team is near the bottom of the NHL standings, battling the Ottawa Senators, Los Angeles Kings, and the Minnesota Wild for last place. While they are in the midst of a rebuild, the best way to prepare for the future is by obtaining assets that will benefit...
Red Wings' Prospects Are Heating Up
November 14th, 2019 It seems like the prospects are finally starting to pick up momentum. After the Grand Rapids Griffins emerged victorious on Nov. 12 against the Cleveland Monsters, four prospects saw their point streaks extended to longer and higher intervals. Filip Zadina currently sports five goals in his last seven games, with three of them coming...
