The Big 5-0: Andre Deveaux’s Golden Misconduct Jubilee Ross Bonander | November 1, 2012 On 28 October 2012 in a game against the Rockford Icehogs, San Antonio Rampage center Andre Deveaux reached a unique hockey milestone: He was assessed his 50th American Hockey League misconduct.…
Gary Bettman’s Big Tobacco Playbook Ross Bonander | July 15, 2012 A big problem is brewing on Gary Bettman’s watch: how to deal with an apparent spike in brain trauma among hockey players. The owners hired him in February of 1993…
Hot Topic: Evaluating the NHL’s Discipline of the Phoenix Coyotes James Neveau | May 16, 2012 Jim Neveau, Managing Editor/Coyotes Correspondent Glendale, Arizona – Hockey isn’t something that one expects to find in the deserts of Arizona this time of year. The Phoenix Coyotes have never…
Shanahan Misses Mark With Claude Giroux Suspension Matt Nestor | May 7, 2012 The NHL announced Monday that Philadelphia Flyers star and leading playoff point scorer Claude Giroux will be suspended one game for his hit on New Jersey’s Dainius Zubrus Sunday night.…
Predators Make a Statement With Game 3 Win Andrew Grimm | May 4, 2012 When the Nashville Predators returned home for game three of their best of seven series with the Phoenix Coyotes, they found themselves down two games to none, and in desperate…
Steve Dangle: Have Things Changed All That Much? Bruce Hollingdrake | April 25, 2012 Another installment from a guy who knows…
Raffi Torres Earned Every Moment of His 25-game Suspension Steve Kendall | April 24, 2012 Ever since Brendan Shanahan dropped the hammer on Phoenix Coyotes’ forward Raffi Torres, suspending him for 25 games for a vicious hit on Chicago winger Martin Hossa. The suspension, the…
New York Rangers on Brink of Elimination Heidi Werner | April 23, 2012 Clinching the Eastern Conference was the first task at hand. Now, the deep playoff run that the New York Rangers wanted to add to their storybook season is in jeopardy…
Raffi Torres Suspended for 25 Games: What Does It Mean For the NHL? James Neveau | April 21, 2012 Jim Neveau, Managing Editor Lost in all the wonderful drama that has been occurring so far in these NHL playoffs has been an undercurrent of disdain among fans and pundits…
Rallying Points: Free Nicky and the Braden Holtby Grand Prix Matt Stephen | April 20, 2012 Almost every team in these playoffs has had a martyr. For Ottawa it was Daniel Alfredsson, who was taken out of the series by an elbow to the head. In…
Rangers Set for Series Smackdown in Game 5 Heidi Werner | April 20, 2012 The New York Rangers and the Ottawa Senators have created a smackdown of a series with taunts, brawls and misconduct that has not been so favorable. While the playoffs raise…
Dear Brendan Shanahan…… Justin Glock | April 20, 2012 Dear Brendan Shanahan, You have an extremely difficult job. I would not want to be in your shoes. As head of the NHL Department of Player Safety, you have the…