Jason Sulham
Born in Vermont, I started skating at age 4 on the lake and was lacing it up for the mite team the next year. At age 6, and much to my father's dismay - a Bruins fan from Worcestor, MA - I received a pair of hand me down Canadien PJs that sealed my fate as life long Habs fan. I'm OK with it. My work in politics and public affairs brought me to Raleigh, NC where I currently live with my wife, herself a hockey player from Lake Placid, and our son. My essays have been featured in Carolina Hockey Magazine and publish my own web magazine, www.Spopitics.com. After years of writing for other people, I am excited to be writing for myself on The Hockey Writers about a game I love and that has so much to do with who I am. Follow me @JasonSulham
Author's Posts
How Bobby Orr Saved Me $107
October 22nd, 2012 You can imagine what $107 meant to a middle-class high school kid in 1993. A paltry to sum to many, especially in 2012, it was a king’s ransom to me earned in modest tips as a bus boy. And this was no ordinary $107. It had a purpose – a specific target looming in the distance. Like Lord Voldemort, I dare not even speak the...
Mr. Bettman Needs Some Labor Perspective
October 3rd, 2012 A hypothetical association is in need of reform and has been for some time. Previous attempts – engineered through emotional debate – had earnest intentions and achieved measurable progress, but substantial issues still persist. Most notably, while the rich get richer several of its entities are failing and the appropriate...
Injury Report: Optimism Listed As “Day-to-Day”
September 26th, 2012 September: Done. October: Close to done. November: Still hope. That is the state of the 2012 NHL season as the league and the NHLPA have agreed to resume negotiations this Friday. The announcement was received with questionable optimism on the heels of Mr. Bettman’s dour acknowlegement that the schedule for October was...
Lockout Opportunity: Hits to the Head
September 21st, 2012 The NHL has entered its third lockout in as many tries under Mr. Bettman’s commissionership. The fissure, and therefore the dominating storyline, centers on distribution of hockey related revenue, contract term limits, and escrow. In short, finances. The blame game is also taking up a healthy amount of copy. However, unlike the...
Lockout Opportunity: Back to the Future
September 18th, 2012 The NHL has entered its third lockout in as many tries under Mr. Bettman’s commissionership. The fissure, and therefore the dominating storyline, centers on distribution of hockey related revenue, contract term limits, and escrow. In short, finances. The blame game is also taking up a healthy amount of copy. However, unlike the...What the Lockout Deprives Us Of
Brooks Laich brilliantly said a lockout happens “when adults get in the way of a kids game.” This weekend the NHL will enter the third lockout in as many opportunities since Mr. Bettman became commissioner. A sterling record. He and the adults (owners) he represents are trying to sell us on the notion that a lockout is necessary...
