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Today in Hockey History: Dec. 21

Matthew Zator | December 21, 2025

Yesterday in Hockey History: Dec. 20 Tomorrow in Hockey History: Dec. 22 Dec. 21 has been a very eventful date in National Hockey League history. Two NHL records were broken,…

Categories Archives, Bruins History, Column, Devils History, Hockey History, Kings History, Lightning History, Sabres History

10 Best First-Round Drafted Goalies in NHL History

Ryan Gagne | December 19, 2025

*This archive was originally published before the 2023 NHL Draft Historically, more than 12,000 players have been drafted in the NHL Amateur (1963-1978) and Entry Drafts (1979-present), with around 11…

Categories Archives, Hockey History, NHL Entry Draft

Gretzky, Ovechkin and the Goalies They Scored On (A Lot)

Ryan Gagne | November 29, 2025

Hockey fans who were old enough probably remember where they were on Mar. 23, 1994. Wayne Gretzky, known as The Great One, took a pass from longtime teammate Marty McSorely…

Categories Archives, Blues History, Edmonton Oilers, Hockey History, Kings History, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, Oilers History, Rangers History, St Louis Blues, Washington Capitals

The NHL’s Most Unbreakable Playoff Records

Andrew Forbes | November 23, 2025

A while back we sat down together and opened the NHL’s record book in search of some of the game’s most unbreakable records. While Wayne Gretzky’s name is found throughout…

Categories Archives, Hockey History

New Jersey Devils’ 10 Best Goaltenders of All-Time

Devora Slonim | November 21, 2025

The New Jersey Devils have had notable stretches of dominant goaltending in their history. From 2003 to 2008, only one other netminder besides Martin Brodeur won the Vezina Trophy. More…

Categories Archives, Devils Goaltending, Devils History, Hockey History, New Jersey Devils

The 5 Greatest Goaltenders in NHL History

THW Archives | November 16, 2025

Ranking goaltenders throughout the history of the NHL is an arduous task. Multiple factors must be considered: sheer dominance, longevity, impact on the sport, etc. For some, raw win and ring totals…

Categories Archives, Hockey History, NHL Goaltending

Flames That Got Away: 3 Goalies Who Found Success Elsewhere

Greg Tysowski | November 9, 2025

They say hindsight is 20/20. So, I’m quite positive every single NHL general manager looks back wistfully at former players who simply couldn’t cut the mustard on his team but…

Categories Archives, Calgary Flames, Flames History, Hockey History, NHL Goaltending

Devils News & Rumors: Markstrom Extension, Maturity, Brodeur & Load Management

Daniel Amoia | October 31, 2025

After a scorching start, the New Jersey Devils have hit a bit of a wall with back-to-back losses to kick off their western road trip. Despite that, they’re still sitting…

Categories Column, New Jersey Devils, News and Rumors

Best NHL Goalies of the 1990s

Greg Boysen | October 21, 2025

The 1990s was an amazing decade of growth and excitement for the National Hockey League. With the European influence on the game leading to a faster, more wide-open style of…

Categories Archives, Hockey History, NHL Goaltending

Today in Hockey History: Oct. 20

Matthew Zator | October 20, 2025

Yesterday in Hockey History: Oct. 19 Tomorrow in Hockey History: Oct. 21 Two of the greatest goal scorers in NHL history excelled on this date. Plus, a whole slew of…

Categories Archives, Capitals History, Column, Devils History, Hockey History, Islanders History, Kings History, Oilers History

Most Games Played By a Goalie in One NHL Season

THW Archives | October 1, 2025

Marc Denis can proudly say that he etched his name into the hockey history book somewhere. He earned a spot on this list of most games played by a goalie…

Categories Archives, Hockey History, NHL Goaltending, Top 10 Lists

10 Things You Never Knew About Hockey

THW Archives | July 17, 2025

From the THW Archives, written by former contributor Alli Baker and originally published Feb. 16, 2015. So you think you know everything there is to know about hockey, eh? Well if…

Categories Archives, Hockey History, Top 10 Lists
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