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,…
Dropping the Gloves: Now What? Jas Faulkner | January 6, 2013 by Jas Faulkner, contributing editor and general purpose grouch In the last 117 days, the big stories of the season happened at locations that are not normally associated with North…
Video: “The Fan Lockout” by RiSHI Ian C McLaren | November 4, 2012 In the wake of the current NHL lockout, one Ottawa musician decided to create his own song about why NHL fans should go on strike when hockey returns.