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Posts About "David Branch"

OHL Curbs Fighting... Again

OHL Curbs Fighting... Again

August 21st, 2016 The OHL has introduced three new rules to their rule book for the 2016-17 season and one has people talking. The three new rules include the “Blindside Hit” Rule, the Hybrid Icing and the "Three-Fight" Rule. The Blindside Hit Rule is where a player is penalized for hitting a player from the blindside. It’s up to the discretion...
OHL Will Implement Harsher Fighting Rules

OHL Will Implement Harsher Fighting Rules

August 20th, 2016 In an effort to curb fighting and head injuries, the OHL has announced rule changes for the 2016-17 season that include harsher penalties for fighting. The league has reduced the threshold for automatic disciplinary action from 10 fights per player per season to three fights. Any player who exceeds that threshold will automatically...
OHL Suspends Flint Firebirds Owner From Hockey Operations

OHL Suspends Flint Firebirds Owner From Hockey Operations

April 6th, 2016 There really hasn't been another junior team in the Canadian Hockey League that has had as many off-ice issues as the Flint Firebirds have. In just their first season in Flint, Michigan, the team has been in the headlines on a few separate occasions when owner Rolf Nilsen fired his coaching staff twice for not playing his kid,...
Flint Firebirds: Personal Reflections From The Road

Flint Firebirds: Personal Reflections From The Road

February 19th, 2016 Honestly, I really wasn't sure what I was getting myself into. That was the prevailing thought racing through my head as I departed from my home in Pennsylvania en route to Flint, Michigan. This whole situation with the Flint Firebirds and the handling of their former coach John Gruden was strange on so many levels. How could this...
OHL Suspends Flint Firebirds Management

OHL Suspends Flint Firebirds Management

February 18th, 2016 The situation with the OHL's Flint Firebirds continues to be closer to circus camp than major junior hockey. On Wednesday Flint owner Rolf Nilsen fired coaches John Gruden and Dave Karpa for the second time this season. The team made headlines earlier this season when Nilsen fired Gruden and Karpa the first time. Reports at that...
A Letter to OHL Commissioner David Branch

A Letter to OHL Commissioner David Branch

May 4th, 2012   Dear David Branch,   The OHL championship final series between the London Knights and the Niagara IceDogs has begun and I feel that this is the best time to approach you with some grievances I have had, especially in the last few years.  I follow your league quite religiously, as well as follow the Canadian Hockey...
How Could Toronto Junior Hockey Have Attendance Troubles?

How Could Toronto Junior Hockey Have Attendance Troubles?

November 2nd, 2011 When it comes to spectator sports, Toronto might just be Canada’s first post-hockey town. The Maple Leafs have an absurd 20-year waiting list for season tickets, and they are the financial darlings of the NHL, with a league-high value of 505 million dollars (US), as estimated by Forbes.com in December 2010. But, as the late...

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