Posts About "David Branch"
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
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
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
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
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...
