Top 5 Kansas City Scouts of All-Time Nathaniel Oliver | January 29, 2023 The Kansas City Scouts existed for all of two seasons in the National Hockey League. 160 games played, but a mere 27 wins. The team scored a total of 374…
Nik Antropov’s Hockey Journey From Kazakhstan to the NHL Spencer Lazary | January 26, 2023 You don’t see an NHL player from Kazakhstan every day but look no further than Nik Antropov. On Feb. 18, 1980, he was born in Oskemen, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union; on…
The WHA – A Look Back at the Upstart Hockey League THW Archives | January 6, 2023 As the National Hockey League continued to prosper in the early 1970s, there was a demand for more teams in more cities throughout much of the United States and Canada…
One for the Ages: Dave Keon’s 1979-80 NHL Season Nathaniel Oliver | January 1, 2023 By the time Dave Keon returned to the NHL for a curtain call with the Hartford Whalers, he was 39 years old. Even at 39, he was still only the…
Eric Lindros Trade Revisited Declan Schroeder | December 20, 2022 Two teams made deals for him, but only one could end up with “The Next One”. It’s been over 30 years since the Quebec Nordiques traded Eric Lindros — a…
Cleveland Barons NHL Draft History Nathaniel Oliver | December 4, 2022 The NHL version of the Cleveland Barons was one of the shortest-lived teams in the history of the league. The franchise was originally part of “The Great Expansion” of 1967…
‘Brass Bonanza’ – The Sound of Hockey THW Archives | December 1, 2022 I remember the first time I heard “Brass Bonanza.” It was while I was playing NHL 94 on my Sega Genesis, something I wasted a lot of time doing as…
6 Former Thrashers Still Active in the NHL Declan Schroeder | November 3, 2022 Unlike the common bird itself, former Atlanta Thrashers are a fading breed. Now more than a decade removed from the Thrashers’ move to Winnipeg, the number of former Thrashers left…
Whalers’ All-Time Greatest Lineup Dylan Rudolph | September 30, 2022 Players and even franchises come and go, oft-forgotten to the pages of history, but some remain in legend and folklore. Though the Hartford Whalers were a struggling franchise for much…
One for the Ages: Guy Lafleur’s 1989-90 NHL Season Nathaniel Oliver | September 20, 2022 Guy Lafleur was 38 years old when he signed as a free agent with the Quebec Nordiques on Jul. 14, 1989. The man affectionately known as “The Flower” was already…
The Marian Hossa for Dany Heatley Trade, Revisited Danny McCloskey | September 16, 2022 Fifteen years ago, the Ottawa Senators and Atlanta Thrashers shocked the hockey world in a superstar for superstar (plus Greg de Vries) trade. Let’s take a look back at the…
Re-Doing the Atlanta Thrashers’ 1999 Expansion Draft Josh Lewis | September 2, 2022 Originally published in Sep. 2020 The Atlanta Thrashers were the second of four expansion teams to hit the ice around the turn of the 21st century, playing their inaugural season…