Posts About "Vladislav Tretiak"
Vladislav Tretiak: Goaltending Guru
April 9th, 2018 by Anatoliy Metter Over the last few decades, individuals such as Vladislav Tretiak have shaped the game of hockey in unbelievable ways. It has often been noted that Tretiak never had a fair shot to compete in the NHL back in the 1980s, but the Russian netminder changed the face of the game for future goaltenders in his fifteen-plus...
Grace in Recreation League Hockey
September 29th, 2017 I play recreation league hockey two times a week. Three if I am lucky. For a while last year I got up to four games a week, but my body and my wife protested. A healthy addiction is one thing. An insistent infatuation is quite another. Last year, over 250,000 adult hockey players were registered in North America. At least some of them...
Bigger Coaching Gaff: Viktor Tikhonov or Pete Carroll?
February 3rd, 2015 Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of days, you no doubt heard about the controversial decision by Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll to pass from the 1-yard line with less than a minute to go in Super Bowl XLIX rather than run it with Marshawn Lynch. With less than 30 seconds remaining and one timeout...
Paul Henderson: Career, Accolades, Cancer
June 10th, 2012 The news has recently featured reports that former NHL, WHA and Team Canada player Paul Henderson's cancer has advanced to the point where he is likely going to have chemotherapy or clinical trials in an effort to slow his rare form of leukemia down. Still, even in the face of this news, the hero to generations of Canadians feels...
The Red Army vs Montreal
December 29th, 2011 By Avry Lewis-McDougall In a few days one of the most historic games in NHL and hockey history hits its birthday again on New Year's Eve. On December 31st we relive the historic Soviet Red Army vs Montreal Canadiens match up that ended 3-3 and has been called one the greatest game ever played. Watching it on the CBC who usually...Do You Still Believe in Miracles? - A Review of Wayne Coffey's The Boys of Winter
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. 273. $13.95 US / $15.95 CAN. ISBN 978-1-4000-4766-6.) Ask many American hockey fans what they were doing almost 31 years ago and they will tell you about...
