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Rebuttal: Hockey Will Stagnate Without the KHL

Ross Bonander | August 12, 2013

If there is a silver lining in this cross-pond chess match, it is that the league and the union now have a common enemy. So wrote my colleague Ian Dunham…

The Wayne Gretzky Sweater Card & the Hope of Cool

Sheng Peng | August 9, 2013

In 1988, black, silver, and white was a menacing color combination for a sports jersey. In a world of jerseys still bursting with Technicolor, only football’s renegades, the Los Angeles Raiders, shrouded…

In Defense of Peter Pocklington and ‘The Trade’

Mark Wallace Graham | August 9, 2013

August 9, 1988. A day that most Canadian hockey fans will never forget. It was when Edmonton Oiler and icon of Canada Wayne Gretzky was traded to the States with…

Patrick Kane, The Human Mind And Olympic Hockey Hypocrisy

Ian Dunham | August 9, 2013

I despise Patrick Kane. The guy is a caricature of everything people cannot stand about “frat-boy” culture. He uses terms like “my boy” to describe intimates, seems to love…

The Face-Off: Through the Eyes & Mind of an NHL Player (Part 1)

Dan Rice | August 8, 2013

We all know that in hockey it’s a lot easier to be successful when you have the puck rather than when you don’t have it; I know, I’m captain obvious.…

Shark Week Celebrated Year Round in San Jose

Kenneth Laws | August 8, 2013

What is it about Discovery Channel’s Shark Week that makes it so popular? TV audiences love the footage of sharks hunting their prey and showing off the raw power they…

Will The Real Mikhail Grigorenko Please Stand Up?

Ryan Womeldorf | August 7, 2013

With the 2013/14 NHL season right around the corner, there are still plenty of questions to be asked of the Sabres and we’ll tackle them as we get closer to…

2006 NHL Draft: Revisited

Kavan Young | August 6, 2013

For a lot of NHL fans, the entry draft is one of the more exciting events that transpire throughout the course of the year. In addition to the inevitable flurry…

The Crosby Effect

THW Archives | August 5, 2013

It was 2004. The Pittsburgh Penguins were atrocious, yet again. It had been three years straight of missing the playoffs and the team finished in dead last. The once prosperous…

Enemy at the Games: Should Countries Boycott the 2014 Olympics?

James McClure | August 5, 2013

Although the Cold War ended more than two decades ago, the first Olympic Games to be held in the new (more-or-less) democratic Russian Federation has managed to spark rumblings of…

Tim Thomas: The Unwanted Goalie

Mark Wallace Graham | August 5, 2013

After taking a one year hiatus from the NHL, two time Vezina winner Tim Thomas is attempting a heroic comeback. Of course this comeback is all contingent on him actually…

In the Pinterest of Hockey Fans

Cherie Tinker | August 2, 2013

Pinterest is the Place for Hockey In the Pinterest of hockey fans, I thought I’d share what I’ve learned recently about the social media site that actually does cater to…