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Kevin Roche

Kevin Roche is a lead writer for fantasy hockey with THW. He is a passionate hockey fan and pond hockey enthusiast who attends Clemson University in South Carolina. Kevin will graduate with an engineering degree in 2014, but he will continue to do what he loves after graduation: write about hockey.

5 Players Who Shouldn’t Waste Their Time in Sochi

Kevin Roche | January 24, 2014

On frozen ponds across Massachusetts, countless peewees have lived vicariously through a heroic Winthrop native. Time and time again youngsters take the form of Mike Eruzione and slide one past…

Fantasy Hockey: Ranking the USA’s Olympic Snubs

Kevin Roche | January 2, 2014

“Happy New Year” is a relative term for some of the United States’ most talented players. After today’s ever exciting installment of the Winter Classic, Team USA’s general manager David…

Hertl Injury, Hot Goalie Jones & More Hockey News

Kevin Roche | December 22, 2013

The week leading up to the NHL’s Christmas break was a wild one. Over-time hat tricks, goal and save of the year candidates and injuries were all on the docket.…

Fantasy Hockey: 3 American Players to be Thankful For

Kevin Roche | November 27, 2013

This Thursday is a special day for all Americans. Most of us will celebrate Thanksgiving by feasting ourselves into a comatose state and watching “America’s team” play “America’s game”. I’m…

Fantasy Hockey: Rewarded for Penalty Minutes?

Kevin Roche | November 22, 2013

Simply coming up with a title for this piece cost me about an hour. It may have taken longer to give this rant a name than it did to record…

Fantasy Hockey: Josh Harding Makes it Look Easy

Kevin Roche | November 19, 2013

Goaltender is by far the most volatile position in today’s NHL. Teams  ride or die with the man between the pipes, and often have no problem dumping their starting goalie…

Fantasy Hockey: A 100 Point Possibility

Kevin Roche | November 7, 2013

About one week ago, a fellow fantasy hockey writer and a great twitter follow Pete Jensen published the following tweet. For what it's worth, 8 players are on pace for 100…

Fantasy Hockey: Injury Bug or Injury Plague?

Kevin Roche | October 24, 2013

In 1999, the popular EA Sports video game franchise “Madden” began featuring star NFL players on the cover of their annually produced game. Since Garrison Hearst made the cover of…

Can Logan Couture Continue His Fantasy Production?

Kevin Roche | October 23, 2013

One hundred thirteen. Hockey fans, we are officially 113 days away from Olympic hockey! In only 16 weeks, the most talented players form around the globe will take to the…

Fantasy Hockey: The Curious Case of the Shootout

Kevin Roche | October 17, 2013

In early September of 2004, a young Kevin Roche is twiddling his thumbs while flipping channels at his grandmother’s house. As he turns to ESPN, his jaw hits the floor.…

Fantasy Hockey: 10 Essential Twitter Accounts to Follow

Kevin Roche | October 9, 2013

Here at The Hockey Writers we strive to maximize our readers’ multimedia NHL coverage. Articles routinely feature player interviews, videos and pictures form our friends at USA Today. With the…

Fantasy Hockey: Opening Night Rapid Reactions

Kevin Roche | October 3, 2013

No fantasy hockey leagues are won on draft night. Many hopeful GM’s give their roster a once-over and immediately decide that this is the squad that will bring home the…

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