Hockey News: Arbitration Hearings; Steroids in Hockey Marcy Di Michele | July 30, 2013 The Winnipeg Jets are paying a lot of money for Blake Wheeler’s services. Clearly they got a hold of Evander Kane’s money phone. [Too Many Men on the Site] Staying…
Hockey News: The Tale of Paul Ranger; Olympic Team Snubs Marcy Di Michele | July 26, 2013 You know we’re in the dog days of summer when the Maple Leafs signing Paul Ranger is considered breaking news. [The Star] Speaking of Toronto, what’s the deal with Nazem…
Hockey News: NHL at the Olympics; Division Names Marcy Di Michele | July 22, 2013 At first, it sounded like a news story from the Onion, but it’s in fact true. One of the NHL’s new divisions is called Metropolitan. [The Province] Along with the…
Hockey News: Dustin Brown Extension; The ESPY’S Marcy Di Michele | July 18, 2013 Even ESPN understands that playing well for half of a half season isn’t worthy of an award. [In the Capital] Sidney Crosby has now won the award a record fifth…
Hockey News: Kovalchuk Retirement; Fixing the NHL Marcy Di Michele | July 15, 2013 Ilya Kovalchuk shocked the hockey world by announcing his retirement from the NHL. Predictably, Don Cherry pounced all over it. [Toronto Sun] Jeremy Roenick weighed in with a similar sentiment.…
Hockey News: Alfredsson Leaves Ottawa; Tyler Seguin Drama Marcy Di Michele | July 8, 2013 Unlike recent trade deadlines that are normally all hype and no substance, free agent frenzy 2013 came as advertised.[TSN] The biggest news of the day came out of Ottawa, as…
Hockey News: Seguin Blockbuster; Grabovski Buyout Marcy Di Michele | July 4, 2013 The Toronto Maple Leafs have used their second compliance buyout on center Mikhail Grabovski. It’s been met with mixed reviews. [Pension Plan Puppets] The move might be paving the way…
Hockey News: MacKinnon Goes First; Schneider is a Devil. Marcy Di Michele | July 1, 2013 Unexpected trade alert! The Vancouver Canucks have moved one of their goalies. [Kukla’a Korner] And the first overall pick in the 2013 NHL draft is… [Globe and Mail] Did you…
Hockey Links: Bergeron’s Broken Body; Bryzgalov Drama; Letang Trade? Marcy Di Michele | June 27, 2013 The Chicago Blackhawks are your Stanley Cup Champions! Cab drivers in the vicinity, be on guard. [Huffington Post] The Bruins were less than two minutes away from sending the Cup…
Hockey Links: Bergeron/Toews Update; Leafs Big Trade Marcy Di Michele | June 24, 2013 The Toronto Maple Leafs weren’t comfortable going into the season with a tandem of young, fairly unproven goaltenders. So they traded for… a young unproven goaltender. [Toronto Star] Don’t worry,…
The Guelph Giants’s Giant Goal: Special Hockey International Cherie Tinker | March 28, 2013 A Couple of Giants on Ice. There’s a little known hockey club in Ontario called The Guelph Giants, who played in the Special Hockey International tournament at Kitchener a couple…
Los Angeles Kings: Producing On and Off the Ice Meesh Shanmugam | February 25, 2013 On the ice, the Los Angeles Kings have won three games in a row, and 4 out of their last 5 to move them to within a point of 8th…