How the NHL Can Fix Preseason Risks and Balance the Regular Season Schedule The Old Prof | October 5, 2024 The NHL preseason seems to have become more about survival than preparation. For many players, particularly star athletes, the goal has shifted from sharpening their skills to simply making it…
NHL Must Take Steps to Reduce Injuries in Preseason Games Paul Quinney | October 3, 2024 In a preseason game on Oct. 1 between the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Canadiens, Habs defenceman Arber Xhekaj deliberately elbowed Tim Stutzle in the head in what can only…
Every NHL Team’s Longest-Tenured Player Ryan Gagne | October 2, 2024 *this article was updated in Sep. 2024 Hockey players train their entire lives to make it to the best league in the world and work even harder to stay. Although…
A Goal Horn Story: Ranking the NHL’s Horns 1-32 Ryan Shuvera | September 17, 2024 After the goal horn fiasco on March 10, 2021, during the first period in Detroit between the Red Wings and Tampa Bay Lightning and considering some of the high-scoring affairs…
NHL’s Top 5 Defenses Eugene Helfrick | September 13, 2024 Defense wins championships. It’s a saying as old as hockey itself, but there is truth to this wisdom. A stout defense can both limit the opponent’s scoring chances while placing…
NHL Giveaway & Takeaway Stats Shouldn’t Be Trusted Daniel Amoia | September 8, 2024 Oftentimes, the words “giveaway” and “takeaway” are thrown around in hockey-related discourse. But what actually constitutes these terms? The NHL’s definition of a giveaway is “an unforced error that results…
Forget the Youth, Older NHL Teams Win Stanley Cups Nick Haydon | September 5, 2024 Sometimes I can be a curmudgeon, especially when it comes to the “youths.” Sure, I am only 27, but I am nearly a decade removed from high school so I…
The NHL’s Problem With Prescription Pain Killers Paul Quinney | September 5, 2024 In major professional sports leagues, performance-enhancing drugs and sometimes players’ struggles with illicit drugs have been the stuff of many gripping stories. Who could forget the BALCO scandal involving the…
ESPN’s Sean McDonough Speaks on His Charity Golf Tournament Lukas Bernasiewicz | September 4, 2024 ESPN hockey analyst Sean McDonough recently hosted a charity golf tournament in support of Cardiac Amyloidosis, a relatively rare and somewhat unheard-of illness. The tournament is a yearly event held…
5 Stanley Cup Final Matchups the Hockey World Needs Justin Caron | August 31, 2024 It’s that time of year again; summer is winding down, the lengthy offseason is nearly over, and training camps across the NHL are set to begin in the coming weeks.…
NHL Players and Their Love Affair With Golf Paul Quinney | August 30, 2024 Hockey players from beer leagues to the NHL seem to love golf. It’s as if golf is the one hobby hockey players have in common outside the rink. The relationship between…
Predicting NHL Captains for 2024-25 Matthew Zator | August 28, 2024 *This was updated ahead of the 2024-25 season Having the “C” stitched onto a jersey has been a tradition in hockey for over a century. Arguably the biggest honor a…