Jiri Tlusty’s Journey to Carolina’s Top Line Wes Herrmann | March 15, 2013 When the Carolina Hurricanes traded their latest first round pick, at the time, in Phillipe Paradis to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Jiri Tlusty in 2009 some fans thought the…
NHL Draft Prospect Shea Theodore is Slinging it in Seattle Andrew Eide | March 14, 2013 The Western Hockey League has been churning out high end defensive talent for some time now. Players like Shea Weber to last year’s second overall pick Ryan Murray all hit…
The Brief Revival of the Kick Save Ross Bonander | March 13, 2013 I am opposed to the oversized goalie. I think he’s ruining the game. I fear the day NHL scouts begin scouring remote nations for hockey’s answer to the late great…
Draft Watch 2013: Top 10 WHL Players Brendan Ross | March 11, 2013 Previous Draft Watch 2013 Articles: Draft Watch 2013: Top 10 OHL Players In modern day draft history, the Western Hockey League has produced some outstanding NHL players. Traditionally known…
The AHL and Me: Coming to Terms with an Indifferent League Ross Bonander | March 8, 2013 As one of the American Hockey League’s more successful recent franchises appears ready to leave town, and as we approach the NHL trade deadline, I find myself questioning my status…
Draft Watch 2013 – Top 10 OHL Players Brendan Ross | March 7, 2013 March has arrived and its crunch time for draft eligible players as they attempt to vault their teams into post-season action all under the microscopes of dozens of scouts…
PL3: Meet Norfolk’s Diamond In The Rough Ted Warren | March 7, 2013 Picture yourself skating to a faceoff and lining up against a 6’ 2” 210-pound behemoth right-wing who has over 1013 penalty minutes in the AHL. One’s mind could be spinning…
CHL Referee Peter Tarnaris Up Close Ted Warren | February 28, 2013 You love them and you love to hate them: the on-ice officials. Let’s face the facts, you can’t watch a game without them. The play would have no structure or…
Could AHL Benefit From NHL Realignment? Michael Gwizdala | February 27, 2013 Follow the leader. Typically that is the case with the AHL and NHL. Take for instance the league going back to touch-up icing and sidelining hybrid-icing after the lockout, when…
Darnell Nurse Towers Among OHL Draft-Eligibles David OConnor | February 26, 2013 Darnell Nurse isn’t going to be a professional football player. But with his family’s history, if football was his passion, Nurse could probably take a pretty good run at it.
Canucks Rumblings: NHL Realignment, Abbotsford AHL Relocation? Daniel Schöpf | February 25, 2013 Already close to halfway through the shortened 2013 NHL season, the Vancouver Canucks once again remain safely at the top on the North-West standings. Since the 2008/9 season, the Canucks have both won and dominated…
Norfolk Admirals By The Numbers Ted Warren | February 21, 2013 The trials and tribulations of a hockey season in the AHL can be compared to that of a roller coaster—big drops, peaks and valleys, and loops. The Norfolk Admirals, the…
