Hockey History
The Ice Rink: A Brief History
October 24th, 2018 And the music from the skating rink drifts across the town ... All across the world, the ice rink has become a home away from home for scores of hockey players and fans. From the sushi-serving confines of the Air Canada Centre in Toronto to the frozen metal...
The Gordie Howe Hat Trick
October 22nd, 2018 From the Ted Lindsay Award to the James Norris Trophy, hockey (and sports) have a history of naming things after former players, coaches and integral people. It’s no different when it comes to the Gordie Howe hat trick. No, we’re not talking about a three goal...
One For the Ages: "Cowboy" Bill Flett's 1972-73 NHL Season
October 21st, 2018 Growing up in Alberta, Canada, Bill Flett became accustomed to handling cattle at a young age, and building his muscles while working on a farm. He had been a calf-roper in and around the Calgary area, and was known to participate in rodeos with regularity. This...
Bobby Orr's Landmark Season
October 15th, 2018 When the NHL announced the '100 Greatest NHL Players of All Time' Bobby Orr was, of course, one of the easiest choices. In a truly remarkable Hall of Fame career, Orr not only re-wrote the record books but reinvented the way hockey was played. In honour of the NHL 100...
Every Canadian Team In the Playoffs - Remembering 1986
October 11th, 2018 Recent history has not been kind to Canadian teams with a 24-season gap since the Montreal Canadiens won the nation's last Stanley Cup in 1993. Since then, Canada has had success with four teams reaching the Stanley Cup Final but it hasn't been consistent. In 2018, the...
Five NHL Records That Will Be Broken
October 10th, 2018 The NHL is notorious for having many of the most unbreakable records in sports. This is due somewhat to the evolving rules, speed, and athleticism of the game, and in no small part due to the outrageous career of "The Great One," Wayne Gretzky. All told, Gretzky has 23...
Top 10 NHL Legends Who Never Hoisted Lord Stanley's Cup
October 9th, 2018 If you ask any young hockey player what they want, more than anything, their answer will likely be to win the Stanley Cup. Precious few have the chance to play a game in the NHL, and even fewer get the chance to hoist the greatest trophy in sports. Many NHL players have...
Ducks 25th Anniversary: A Look Back & Ahead
October 9th, 2018 It’s been exactly 25 years since Anaheim Mighty Ducks center Anatoli Semenov lined up against his countryman Sergei Fedorov to take the first regular-season faceoff in franchise history. Fedorov won the draw cleanly for the Detroit Red Wings, the first play in a game that...
Dale Hunter's Unbreakable Record
October 9th, 2018 Nicknamed "The Nuisance" for his sandpapery, face-wash, stick-to-the-groin style of play on the ice, Dale Hunter was a difference maker for every season of his 19-year NHL career. Though he never won the Stanley Cup, he must be considered a winner regardless. Hunter did...
Wayne Gretzky: The Great One's 10 Most Unbreakable Records
October 8th, 2018 Wayne Gretzky spent his entire professional hockey career (20 seasons in the NHL and one in the WHA) rewriting the record books. When 'The Great One' retired following the 1998-99 season, he held 61 NHL records. Gretzky's stats have set the benchmark so high that it...
The NHL's Exclusive 13 x 30 Club
October 7th, 2018 The 2017-18 season was an incredible season for Russian sniper Alex Ovechkin as he joined not one, but two exclusive clubs. On Mar. 12, he became the 20th member of the 600-goal club and on Jan. 25, the 10th player to join the 13 x 30 club, a group of players who scored 30...
The NHL's Most Unbreakable Records
October 7th, 2018 Many athletes believe - or at least pretend to believe - that records are made to be broken. If that’s the case, they haven’t taken a look at the NHL’s record books, or should I say the book that Gretzky re-wrote. Wayne Gretzky’s name is scribbled throughout...
6 NHL Teams You Might Have Forgotten
October 6th, 2018 The NHL lied. There weren’t six original teams when the league began operations for the 1917-18 season. There were technically only four. And, of those, only one—the Montreal Canadiens—has essentially survived up to the present day. The “Original Six” as...
