Posts About "Head Shots"
Dear Brendan Shanahan......
April 20th, 2012 Dear Brendan Shanahan, You have an extremely difficult job. I would not want to be in your shoes. As head of the NHL Department of Player Safety, you have the authority to suspend NHL players for a variety of reasons with few guidelines to rely upon when making such decisions. Last night, leading into Game 4 of the Eastern...
"Old-Time Hockey" is Killing the Game
March 2nd, 2012 There is an epidemic in today's NHL. Stars are dropping left and right and it is taking away from the game's overall appeal. Sidney Crosby hasn't played for the better part of two years due to concussions. Chris Pronger is out for the year, same reason. Claude Giroux was out with a concussion. Danny Briere too. Don't forget Toews...
Concussions are Ruining the NHL
December 16th, 2011 The list of wounded players continues to grow, and the NHL is suffering for it.
A historical review of cheap shots in the NHL
October 17th, 2011 There is a belief held by some fans of NHL hockey that cheap shots are a major issue in the game today. The truth is the rules have changed drastically since the lockout in 2004 to allow skilled players time and space, and remove a certain degree of physicality from the game. For instance, there is no way Patrick Kane or Ryan...
Sidetracked: Toews flattens a kid, Jaws slips on Monday Night Football, Fan gets tasered
September 13th, 2011 Jonathan Toews flattens a small child Head shots are a major issue in professional hockey but the issue extends to youth players as well. In fact Hockey Canada has instituted a new rule that outlaws all hits to the head. That rule may have to be extended to youth hockey camps as well, at least if Jonathan Toews is on the ice. He...
Crosby Presser Brings Some Clarity to Penguins' Preseason
September 9th, 2011 Anyone expecting Sidney Crosby to announce his retirement during Tuesday's press conference—as so many of the Canadian media seemed to try to goad out of the 24 year old—came to the presser with unrealistic expectations. The media session provided only what fans and reporters should have known all along—that Crosby won't...
Marc Savard: Winning Isn't Everything
August 2nd, 2011 This past Monday, a video appeared on TSN.ca featuring Marc Savard during his day in Peterborough with the Stanley Cup ("Long Road Back", TSN). He posed for pictures, signed autographs, and talked about his continued health concerns and outlook. Though Savard was given the same privilege of celebrating the Bruins' cup victory that...Laughter is a Junkies' Best Medicine
Blog: The Hockey Junkies Writers: Noodles & Henrik As hockey fans, the game makes us laugh and makes us cry (to be a little cliché). Most fans remember the many ways hockey adds to the laughter in our lives. My most recent example was a text message I received during the Vancouver Canucks-Nashville...
Crosby Concussed, and What it Should Have Meant
March 29th, 2011 Sidney Crosby is finally back on the ice, doing what he does best: wowing us with his sheer talent, even with two months of rust coating his joints. Arguably the biggest draw to those outside of the hockey world is the Winter Classic, and that's pretty incontestable. And for those new viewers tuning in, they saw this play...Pens Must Send Strong Message: Protect Crosby For The Future
While Pens fans thought they would never see another talent like Mario Lemieux, they have been blessed with the next best thing, Sidney Crosby. Crosby is currently constructing a resume similar to that of Lemieux's. Thus far in his career, Crosby has a nearly 1.5 points per game average. Lemieux ended his career with a 1.88 points...
If you think Sean Avery is bad...
March 21st, 2011 Amidst the aftermath of the most recent Matt Cooke head shot, I got thinking of a time when Sean Avery was the most hated player in the NHL because of his careless comments about his former girlfriend, Elisha Cuthbert (directed towards her current partner, Dion Phaneuf) when he was a member of the Dallas Stars. People were so...
