Team Russia Women’s Roster & Preview for Winter Olympics Nathaniel Oliver | January 28, 2018 Make no mistake—Russian athletes deserve every opportunity to represent their country at the Winter Olympics. Certainly just as much as any other nation. While there are mixed sentiments on the…
Rebecca Johnston – a Canadian’s Journey to Pyeongchang Nathaniel Oliver | January 26, 2018 Even as you are reading this article, the athletes are making their way to South Korea. Plenty of them are there already and getting acquainted with their new confines. Seeing…
Harrington Happy at Home in Boston Dan Rice | January 25, 2018 Entering this third NWHL season the Boston Pride had a new look among their skaters with the departures of the US Olympians, and while the results haven’t shown up in…
Meet The “Coventry Wall”: Great Britain’s Maisie Gilbert Nathaniel Oliver | January 24, 2018 For more than a decade now, ice hockey in the United Kingdom has found its niche. While it may not be considered along the same lines as soccer or tennis,…
Behind the Mask with Kimberly Sass Dan Rice | January 22, 2018 After taking a year off to focus on her career off the ice goaltender Kimberly Sass is back in the NWHL, this time with the Metropolitan Riveters – after suiting…
Team Japan Women’s Roster & Preview for Winter Olympics Nathaniel Oliver | January 22, 2018 At a quick glance, the most noticeable aspect of the Japan’s women’s hockey team that has been named for the PyeongChang Winter Games is that the roster bears players with…
Buffalo Hockey Fans Watching Games on Wrong Side of the Street Nathaniel Oliver | January 22, 2018 Define irony. A metro train heading into downtown Buffalo with a few hundred people getting off at the same stop. There are two professional hockey league games across the street…
Is Finland’s Elli Mäkelä the Next Kimmo Timonen? Nathaniel Oliver | January 18, 2018 Though she will be turning 17 years old in just a few days, Finnish defender Elli Mäkelä already has a very cerebral approach to hockey. Coming off of her first U18…
Team Sweden Women’s Preview & Roster for Winter Olympics Nathaniel Oliver | January 15, 2018 Tre Kronor has been on a roll in international competition as of late. At the 2018 World Junior Championships in Buffalo, Sweden came ever so close to winning a gold…
Sweden’s Malou Berggren Is a Little Tank on the Ice Nathaniel Oliver | January 12, 2018 Sweden has bred great defenders for decades now. Perhaps there is something in the beautiful woods and waters of Scandinavia that allows them to flourish. From the 1970s legends like…
Q & A with Shannon Doyle of the Whale Dan Rice | January 10, 2018 Shannon Doyle has just about seen it all over her 40 pro games since the inception of the Connecticut Whale in the NWHL and after talking with her for just…
Is Dominique Relleen South Africa’s Bobrovsky? Nathaniel Oliver | January 7, 2018 For those who may have doubts about the growth of the women’s game, reassurance can be found with great vibrancy in nontraditional markets. Enthusiasm for women’s hockey is actually quite…