Posts About "Darren McCarty"
Q & A with Danielle Ward
June 12th, 2016 Despite finishing sixth on the Connecticut Whale in points last season, Danielle Ward doesn’t have a contract for the upcoming season. She does have experience though, professional hockey experience, and hopefully that experience plus her performance at the NWHL Free Agent Camp in New Jersey June 9-11 will earn her a deal with one of...
Detroit Red Wings: Top 5 Most Iconic Moments at Joe Louis Arena
October 19th, 2015 With the construction of the Detroit Event Center underway, it’s only a matter of time (hopefully) until the Detroit Red Wings pack their bags and move on from historic Joe Louis Arena. Since 1979, the Red Wings and their fans have experienced the highest highs and the lowest lows in the stadium named after one of Detroit’s most...
Detroit Red Wings: How The Grind Line Revolutionized The NHL
October 1st, 2015 The Coneheads. The Production Line. The Crash Line. Hockey has had famous lines throughout history that served a distinct purpose for their team. “The Grind Line” not only had a special role for the Detroit Red Wings, but also revolutionized the game as we know it. In a recent article about the demise of enforcers in the NHL, Red...
The Detroit Red Wings Alumni Dream Team: Right Wings
August 28th, 2015 With the centers and left wings chosen for the Detroit Red Wings’ alumni team roster, it’s time to pick the right wings that will suit up against the Colorado Avalanche alumni before the NHL Stadium Series game at Coors Field. During the Red Wings-Avalanche rivalry era, Scotty Bowman iced a number of right wings, making the...
The Unheralded Stars of Red Wings' Championships
May 25th, 2014 At the end of the playoffs, the Conn Smythe trophy is awarded to the player deemed to be the most valuable player of the playoffs. More often than not, the honor is bestowed to a player on the team that won the Stanley Cup. However, we all understand that hockey is a team sport and that one individual is not entirely responsible for his...
Top 10 Scoring Enforcers Before They Turned Pro
May 10th, 2014 The role of the enforcer in the NHL appears to be dwindling, and whether you take that as a good thing or a bad thing is wholly subjective. What is true about many of the NHL's enforcers is that they didn't start playing hockey with the dream of putting their fists through the faces of their opponents; they played to score and...
Book Review: My Last Fight by Darren McCarty
December 31st, 2013 When hockey fans drive their way to watch games every night throughout the winter they are often drawn to the arena by a simple love of watching goals, fast paced action, amazing saves, or in some cases fighting. For those that loved watching the fighters and hard nosed players, who love to go in to the corners there were few who...
Sheahan DUI Reveals Hockey's Dark Side
December 4th, 2012 In the wake of the Belcher killings, discussing a DUI arrest will seem less than forceful. A tragedy of that sort commands our attention in a way that a non-tragedy does not. However, hockey is our sport and the NHL is our league, and Riley Sheahan's "superdrunk" evening behind the wheel in a Teletubbie costume raises a...
Rock Out for the Lockout: Grinder, featuring Darren McCarty
November 14th, 2012 With the NHL lockout firmly in place and both sides entrenched for what may be a long, drawn out battle, we're taking this opportunity to explore the musical side of the National Hockey League. Each week, we'll see what happens when hockey and music collide. Join us as we Rock Out for the Lockout. Grinder, featuring Darren...
Claude Lemieux: Proto-pest, Clutch Playoff Performer, Future Hall of Famer
November 14th, 2012 Not enough is said about Claude Lemieux’s eyes. The player who’s now regarded as the NHL’s proto-pest must have been terrifying to line up against, not only because he might score with a backhand shot as soon as he’d check you from behind, but also because those sharp baby blues. One might be tempted to describe them as...
Book Review- "Hockeytown Doc" Gives Readers Rare Perspective
October 1st, 2012 "I'd never before seen a player leave the bench and go into the medical room in the middle of a game unless he was injured and needed immediate attention ... a watershed moment in the history of the franchise." Thus opens Hockeytown Doc, the newly published memoirs of Dr. John Finley, a man who served as the team physician for the...
The Complete Twitter Guide To The Detroit Red Wings
March 23rd, 2012 Unless you've been living under a rock for the last 6 years, you've heard of, and are likely on, the social networking service known as Twitter. As the popularity of Twitter has grown, so to has the number of celebrities, world leaders, athletes, and other "important" people using the site. Now at over 350 million users, you can find...
