Book Review: Summit Series ’72 Rebecca Dobrinski | November 25, 2011 Summit Series ’72: Eight games that put Canada on top of world hockey By Richard Brignall. (2011, Toronto: James Lorimer & Company, Ltd. Softcover. Pp. 151. $9.95. ISBN 978-1-55277-883-8.) Like…
Nick Ebert: America’s Top NHL Draft Prospect David OConnor | November 4, 2011 Originally from Livingston, New Jersey, Nick Ebert has taken his game to a whole new level in the last few years. Ebert was playing in the USHL with the Waterloo…
Whatever Happened to: Robert Reichel Edition Lukas Hardonk | September 25, 2011 He was small, intelligent and some even described him as a warrior. Some fans remember former Toronto Maple Leaf Robert Reichel as an under-achieving forward who never really reached his full potential.
Do You Still Believe in Miracles? – A Review of Wayne Coffey’s The Boys of Winter Rebecca Dobrinski | August 7, 2011 The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team. By Wayne Coffey. (2005, New York: Three Rivers Press. Softcover. Pp.…
Swiss Hockey – An Analysis Of The Swiss NLA Daniel Schöpf | July 31, 2011 Swiss hockey is becomming a big deal. The NHL sets the bar high as far as talent and wages go but hockey is also a serious business throughout Europe. The…
Jarkko Ruutu – Super Pest or Super Hero? Andrew Rodger | November 1, 2010 Every team has one, the third or fourth line player that annoys the opposition into taking penalties. Love them or hate them, one of the best in the business is Ottawa Senators forward Jarkko Ruutu.
Must See Olympic Themed Videos Christopher Ralph | March 5, 2010 Christopher Ralph is a sportswriter with a focus on hockey prospects, the entry draft, as well as occasional Flames coverage here at THW. While the two videos I’m about…
Team Canada’s Gold Medal Win Kevin Hunter | March 1, 2010 Not since the eighth and final game of the 1972 Russia-Canada Series has there been such bubbly excitement and nervous anticipation as there was for Sunday’s Olympic Gold Medal final. …
Dan Boyle’s cheap shot! The Hockey Writers | February 25, 2010 By Jon Gabrielle Special to The Hockey Writers By now, if you were one of the eleven million Canadians, excluding a world-wide audience, that watched Team Canada’s thrashing of the Russian Olympic…
‘Super Sunday’ Shows Hockey At Its Finest (No Fights?) Mike Colligan | February 22, 2010 By Mike Colligan Despite the morning-after frenzy following Team USA’s 5-3 victory over Team Canada, Sunday’s game was not quite “the biggest Olympic hockey upset since the Miracle on Ice”.…
Zach Parise’s Olympics: Stepping Up, Stepping Out Kevin Hunter | February 4, 2010 The New Jersey Devils have a team-first, no-stars philosophy that has carried the team as they rebuilt their blue line corps through the last few years, rough years after the retirement of…
Frozen Flames Puck Links – Sutter’s Gauntlet And Cheerleaders At The Saddledome Christopher Ralph | November 13, 2009 Chris Ralph – Flames Correspondent at THW *Last week after Coach Brent Sutter run the Flames through a Sutter-tough practice, I discussed if the need would arise for him to…