Posts About "Harrison Mooney"

Hockey Twitter Has A Problem, And It's Not Just Adrian Dater

December 4th, 2014 For the third time this year, hockey Twitter has a problem. First, it was Harrison Mooney. Mooney was fired by Yahoo Sports in August after his numerous instances of misconduct, which included extremely gross and creepy messages, became public. Unedited, here ya go. Have at it, internet pic.twitter.com/14WvFngz4B —...

Sean Avery's Retirement a Dark Day for Hockey

June 29th, 2012 Sean Avery's official retirement is just days away. It's call for celebration among his many haters, but let's not for a moment consider this a victory for the game. I ought to count myself among his haters. As a Dallas Stars fan I've had to endure seeing his 4-year, $15.5 million contract on capgeek since 2008 despite Avery suiting...

Hockey Humility A Cloak For Homophobic Bigotry

June 18th, 2012 Harrison Mooney's Puck Daddy piece "Why our issues with NHL individuality could keep gay players from coming out" is a thoughtful, well-argued essay. It suggests that contrary to highly visible campaigns regarding gay men coming out in the NHL, the real world of pro hockey discourages that kind of attention-grabbing individuality, and...

No Reservations: Five Thoughts on the NHL All-Stars

January 12th, 2012 Jim Neveau, Senior NHL Correspondent With two weeks to go until the NHL All-Star Fantasy Draft, the league released its full list of All-Star reserves on Thursday afternoon. There was, of course, the usual griping about snubs, captains, and whether or not people should get so worked up over a game that doesn't count in the standings....