Posts About "Hockey Hall of Fame"
Pat Burns Biography
April 16th, 2018 What can be said about a man that everyone knows so much about? If you’re a fan of the NHL you likely know the Pat Burns story: A police officer for 17 years, three-time Jack Adams award winner (as coach of three different Original Six teams: Montreal, Toronto, Boston), a Stanley Cup champion with the 2002-03 New Jersey Devils. He...
Sedins' Hall of Fame Credentials
April 7th, 2018 Brian Burke pulled off one of the most important deals in National Hockey League history when he wheeled and dealed at the 1999 NHL Draft, landing both Daniel and Henrik Sedin with the Vancouver Canucks. In the decades that followed, the Sedins did something equally impressive: they lived up to their immense pre-draft hype. With...
Goodbye, Mr. Bower
December 28th, 2017 By now, you should know that the world has lost yet another legend - both for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the game of hockey - in Johnny Bower when the 93-year-old passed on December 26. For some, the mourning process has just begun, while others are still finding the words to describe just what he meant to the world, to Canada and to...
Rover Was Part of the Game of Hockey
December 20th, 2017 The team gets ready to start the hockey game. Anybody with a passing interest in the sport knows there will be six guys on the ice for each team and would likely consist of a goaltender, three forwards and two defencemen. What about the rover? Yes, a rover. If you knew there was such a position in hockey, well, kudos to you. I must...
'Mr. Hockey' Gordie Howe
December 4th, 2017 On this date, December 4, 1968, Gordie Howe scored his 700th goal. Becoming the 1st member of this very exclusive club. In honour of this achievement, we are re-running this tremendous tribute that former THW contributor Ross Bonander wrote and was originally published just after Mr. Howe passed away on June 10, 2016. Please...
Clare Drake in a Class of His Own
November 14th, 2017 When it comes to individual honours, being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame is about as good as it gets. Funny thing is, when it comes to Clare Drake, the word individual is one that does not immediately come to mind when describing the Yorkton native. Whereas words like pioneer, builder, teacher, and coach tell us everything we...
