Red Wings’ Top 5 Defensemen of All Time Ranked THW Archives | January 19, 2024 The Detroit Red Wings are about as decorated as an NHL franchise can be. While legendary forwards like Gordie Howe and Steve Yzerman dominate the team’s record books, the Red…
Jacques Plante: The Man in the Fiberglass Mask THW Archives | January 17, 2024 The month of November is perhaps the most important for any present-day goaltender guarding the crease in the National Hockey League – but most might not even know why. It…
Most Games Played By a Goalie in One NHL Season THW Archives | January 17, 2024 Marc Denis can proudly say that he etched his name into the hockey history book somewhere. He’s earned a spot on this list of most games played by a goalie…
Fuhr Suspension Helped Pave Way for NHL Drug Policy THW Archives | January 15, 2024 The response was swift and harsh and not even the cat-like reflexes of Grant Fuhr could stop it. On Sept. 27, 1990, NHL president John Ziegler imposed a one-year suspension…
The 8 Best Defensive Forwards in Hockey History THW Archives | January 14, 2024 To many, high scoring, firewagon hockey carries the highest degree of entertainment. While others, this author included, prefer the bite-your-nails-to-the-knuckle closeness of a hard-fought, tactically masterful, defensive battle. Though many…
The Day the Mark Messier Era Ended in New York THW Archives | January 14, 2024 A decade of futility for the New York Rangers that started in the late 1990s began with one event in July 1997. It wasn’t a game the Rangers lost, a…
Brass Bonanza Silenced: The Demise of the Hartford Whalers THW Archives | January 8, 2024 Hockey fans love nostalgia. We love the past and all the traditions of the NHL. The retro sweaters and the defunct teams, we all love them. It’s a huge reason…
The WHA – A Look Back at the Upstart Hockey League THW Archives | January 6, 2024 As the National Hockey League continued to prosper in the early 1970s, there was a demand for more teams in more cities throughout much of the United States and Canada…
Little Known Facts About the Stanley Cup THW Archives | January 4, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2024 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, 2023 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…