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.
Author's Posts
Fantasy Hockey: Ranking the USA's Olympic Snubs
January 2nd, 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 Poile and company formally announced the 25 man roster that will represent the red, white, and blue in Sochi. For Jimmy Howard, Phil Kessel and James...
Hertl Injury, Hot Goalie Jones & More Hockey News
December 22nd, 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. If you were sneaking in some last minute holiday shopping, chances are you missed out on some important fantasy intel. Regardless of the scenario, here is your chance to...Fantasy Hockey: 3 American Players to be Thankful For
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 not sure what qualities Tony Romo or the Dallas Cowboy's possess that constitutes this title, but I digress. For those of you who may not be...
Fantasy Hockey: Rewarded for Penalty Minutes?
November 22nd, 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 my stream of consciousnesses on the subject. At The Hockey Writers, titles usually range from thought provoking questions to slightly snarky one-liners. Both styles are equally effective at enticing...
Fantasy Hockey: Josh Harding Makes it Look Easy
November 19th, 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 for a back up with the proverbial "hot hand". Look back at the last 10 seasons, including the young 2013-14 campaign: Only Tim Thomas has led the NHL in save...
Fantasy Hockey: A 100 Point Possibility
November 7th, 2013 About one week ago, a fellow fantasy hockey writer and a great twitter follow Pete Jensen published the following tweet. https://twitter.com/NHLJensen/status/394827082976358400 Pete received a mixed bag of responses ranging from excitable homers from around North America to a series of groans from twitter's most sarcastic hockey...
