Posts About "Ryane Clowe"
Ryane Clowe to Join Devils' Coaching Staff as Assistant Coach
July 12th, 2016 On Tuesday, the New Jersey Devils announced that former left-winger Ryane Clowe would be joining John Hynes' coaching staff as an assistant coach for the 2016-17 season. Speaking about Clowe shortly after the announcement, Hynes said, "His character, expertise as a player, knowledge of the game and passion to coach will be a...
The Enforcer: An Endangered Role That Needs to Be Extinct
September 22nd, 2015 Around 10 years ago this very month, yours truly was a teenager attending a preseason Sharks game. It was the first time I had ever gotten to sit in the lower bowl, just six rows off the glass. My family got free tickets from my uncle, so my older brother took me to the game. San Jose was playing the rival Ducks and if I remember right...
The Complicated Legacy of Ryane Clowe
September 13th, 2015 Ryane Clowe won’t be playing again in the NHL. His decision to retire shortly before his 33rd birthday is medically driven. The choice was made for him. In a word: concussions. Concussions are an issue that the league takes seriously, but not seriously enough. There will be plenty more written in the days, months and years to come...
Top 5 Ryane Clowe Moments
September 12th, 2015 Ryane Clowe, one of the most popular players to ever dress for the San Jose Sharks will sadly not play another NHL game. Unfortunately for the rugged winger, concussions have taken their toll. Clowe's NHL career spanned 10 different seasons with 491 games played and 309 points scored. A tough guy with big time skills, Clowe was a fan...
Ryane Clowe Announces End of Playing Career
September 11th, 2015 It appears that Ryane Clowe's career may be at an end. Clowe's doctors have recommended he not play again and he will follow their suggestion, according to The Record's Tom Gulitti. Clowe has struggled with concussions for years, largely due to his style of play, and suffered another concussion last season, which limited him to just...
Sharks' 10 Best Draft Picks 6th Round or Later
June 17th, 2015 Late-round gems are the players that come through the system under the radar. When Joe Pavelski made his NHL debut in 2006-07, Sharks fans weren't familiar with him yet. Pavelski was the 205th player taken in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. The Wisconsin native is now a top-line star for Team Teal. Usually trades to acquire sixth and...
Sharks Should Consider Clowe as Assistant Coach
June 10th, 2015 Experience With DeBoer & Sharks If 32-year-old former San Jose Sharks winger Ryane Clowe does indeed hang up his skates this offseason, new Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer should give him a call. Clowe played under DeBoer in New Jersey and played for years with the current core group of Sharks players. While perhaps unorthodox...
Clowe's Concussions Cutting Short Popular Career
May 20th, 2015 A Tough Guy Who Could Score Ryane Clowe was a sixth round draft pick (175th overall) back in 2001. Currently with the New Jersey Devils, the Newfoundland native was a long shot to make it to the NHL but the power forward worked his way up to enjoy a solid career. Unfortunately, because of concussions, that career looks to have been...
Who Is on New Jersey's "Nobody Wants Crew?"
February 24th, 2015 New Jersey isn’t out of the playoff picture. They are only eight points out of playoff contention with their 3-0 win over Arizona last night, and they have a huge matchup with Boston coming up on Friday, which may decide the fate of their season. Regardless of what happens with the playoff picture though, New Jersey need to move along...
Q & A With Bryce Salvador of the New Jersey Devils
November 3rd, 2014 New Jersey Devils captain Bryce Salvador knows a thing or two about the game of hockey. It’s true. He likely knows more about hockey than you do; well most of you, unless you are an ex-player reading this…Brendan Witt? The 38-year-old, 14-season veteran has seen and experienced just about every situation over his career with the...
Talking Baseball (and a Little Hockey) With Ryane Clowe
November 1st, 2014 Just like all of us, NHL players are fans of other sports and sometimes when they play in the same city or proximity of other professional teams for multiple years the players build bonds with one another, sometimes they even become season ticket holders. During the last NHL season (ahead of the Stadium Series game at the New Yankee...
Joe Thornton: Hall of Famer or Average Joe?
October 19th, 2014 Most of you reading this may be too young to remember but way back when Joe Thornton was the number one overall pick at the 1997 NHL Draft by the Boston Bruins. Thornton played as an 18-year-old with the Bruins and struggled at first, but since his third pro season he’s never put up less than 68 points in a non-lockout season. 23 games...
Fighting: End of an Era
October 8th, 2014 Data used from HockeyFights.com and Hockey-Reference.com There were 469 fights during the 2014 regular season. From a historical perspective the NHL saw 0.38 fights per game last season which is tied for the lowest league wide average since 1965. The NHL has not seen such low rates of fighting since the Original Six Era. You'll...
