O’Ree, James’ Contributions Worth Remembering on MLK Day James Neveau | January 16, 2012 Jim Neveau, Senior NHL Columnist If anyone asks a sports fan who the first African-American to play Major League Baseball was, that fan will inevitably say Jackie Robinson. Unfortunately for…
Book Review: Maurice Richard Rebecca Dobrinski | January 7, 2012 Maurice Richard: The Most Amazing Hockey Player Ever. By Chris Robinson. (2011, Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, Ltd. Softcover. Pp. 128. $9.95. ISBN 978-1-55277-900-2.) “Don’t let anyone say that it’s…
The Caesar’s Palace parking lot game The Hockey Writers | January 2, 2012 In the 1991-92 pre season the NHL experimented with an exhibition game between the Rangers and the LA Kings in 85 degree heat…
Success of the Winter Classic Highlights Failures of the NHL K. Ross Read | January 2, 2012 “You don’t sell the steak, you sell the sizzle…” It’s a weathered cliché, all too familiar for anyone with even the most basic business training. And yet, somewhere around 2004,…
The Greatest Flyers Alumni Who Were With Us in Spirit THW Archives | December 31, 2011 An abiding sense of long standing hockey history runs deep for those who bleed Orange and Black. Ed Snider, the head honcho who brought hockey to the blue-collar town of…
Scotty Bowman Inducted into the Order of Canada The Hockey Writers | December 31, 2011 Legendary Montreal Canadiens coach Scotty Bowman has received an induction into the Order of Canada
The Red Army vs Montreal The Hockey Writers | December 29, 2011 By Avry Lewis-McDougall In a few days one of the most historic games in NHL and hockey history hits its birthday again on New Year’s Eve. On December 31st we…
Hockey Book Review: Black and Gold Rebecca Dobrinski | December 26, 2011 Black and Gold: Four Decades of the Boston Bruins in Photographs (Revised & Updated). Photography by Steve Babineau. Written by Rob Simpson. (2012, Mississauga, Ontario: John Wiley & Sons Canada,…
Team Canada: Thirty Years Of The Game At Its Best (Book Review) Christopher Ralph | December 19, 2011 Team Canada: 30 Years Of The Game At Its Best is an invigorating look at Hockey Canada’s highly successful Program of Excellence.
“Dad, Who’s Teemu Selanne…?” The Hockey Writers | December 9, 2011 All in a Flash, a young man breaks free from his captors. The sound of a single shot is quickly drowned out by the deafening screams that surround him from every…
Book Review: My First Goal Rebecca Dobrinski | December 8, 2011 My First Goal: 50 Players and the Goal that Marked the Beginning of Their NHL Careers By Mike Brophy. (2011, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, Ltd. Softcover. Pp. 254. CAN…
2007 NHL Entry Draft. Would Chicago Still Pick Patrick Kane 1st overall? Stephen Stoneman | December 7, 2011 Patrick Kane was a superstar in Junior, a superstar at the draft, and he immediately became a superstar in the Windy City. This guy is such a star that even…