Little Known Facts About the Stanley Cup THW Archives | January 4, 2025 Every hockey fan knows what the Stanley Cup is and hopes that their team will bring it home. Some even hope to be able to lift the coveted silver cup…
Canadiens’ Biggest Draft Busts of the 2010s THW Archives | January 2, 2025 With an NHL-leading 24 Stanley Cups, the Montreal Canadiens are a bit of an enigma. They have the pedigree, but consistent success eludes them year to year, leading fans and…
Remembering the Los Angeles Kings’ Triple Crown Line THW Archives | January 2, 2025 Growing up in the 1970s as a hockey fan in Los Angeles, I was intimately familiar with three things very few Angelenos had even a remote grasp upon: 1) Los…
10 NHL Oddities We’ll Never See Again THW Archives | December 31, 2024 The saying is that records are meant to be broken, but in certain cases, they simply won’t be broken. Barring radical changes to the playing style and rules of the…
Hockey Royalty: The NHL’s Greatest Families THW Archives | December 31, 2024 On Feb. 6, 1990, Brett Hull scored his 50th goal of the season, to become part of the first father-son combo to each score 50 goals in an NHL season.…
The TJ Oshie Trade Analyzed THW Archives | December 23, 2024 It has been more than eight years since a blockbuster trade went down during the offseason between the St. Louis Blues and the Washington Capitals. The Blues sent forward TJ…
Top 10 Hockey Celebrations of All Time THW Archives | December 13, 2024 Originally published in July 2015, this post has stood the test of time. We feel many of our new fans will enjoy it. The NHL has seen its fair share of…
Oilers History: The Paul Coffey Effect THW Archives | December 13, 2024 Unless you were fortunate enough to be around to witness Paul Coffey play during his prime, it is unlikely you can comprehend how important he was to the success of the Edmonton…
Blue Jackets: Revisiting the Artemi Panarin Trade THW Archives | December 10, 2024 Bread anyone? It’s been approximately six years since the Russian sensation and “Bread Man”, Artemi Panarin, was traded to the Columbus Blue Jackets in a move that sent shock waves…
Bruce McNall: His Rise and Fall THW Archives | December 8, 2024 On Aug. 9, 1988, the hockey world changed forever. The Edmonton Oilers traded the Great One, Wayne Gretzky, along with Marty McSorley and Mike Krushelnyski, to the Los Angeles Kings…
Old School NHL Jerseys – Gone But Not Forgotten THW Archives | December 7, 2024 Over the last decade-plus, NHL teams have been getting creative when redesigning their logos or creating their third alternate jerseys. New sleek designs have been on the rise lately, which…
The Worst Teams in Stanley Cup Playoff History THW Archives | December 6, 2024 This article was originally written in Jan. 2015. If you followed the 2015 NFL Playoffs, you know the NFC South champion Carolina Panthers moved on to the Divisional Round. A…