Best NHL Team of All-Time Brackets: 1984-85 Edmonton Oilers Kerry Collins | May 6, 2021 The Edmonton Oilers of the 1980s had one of the greatest runs in NHL history, but they were much more than Wayne Gretzky and his backup band. The 1984-85 season…
NHL Can’t Hide From the Political and Social Issues of the Day Paul Quinney | May 3, 2021 Conventional wisdom says politics and sports don’t mix. On those relatively rare occasions that NHL players have taken a stand on social or political issues, they have sometimes suffered the…
Hockey Legends Join Guy Lafleur in His Fight Against Cancer Melissa Boyd | March 11, 2021 Montreal Canadiens great Guy Lafleur won a lot of battles on the ice during his illustrious NHL career and now finds himself facing the biggest battle of his life, the…
Remembering Walter Gretzky: Stories About ‘Canada’s Hockey Dad’ Ben Fisher | March 6, 2021 Since news broke on Thursday night announcing the passing of Walter Gretzky, tributes have poured in from across the NHL in honor of the 82-year-old father of ‘The Great One’,…
Capitals Have Some Tough Decisions Ahead With Ovechkin’s Next Contract Ted Starkey | March 5, 2021 Back when the Washington Capitals announced Alex Ovechkin’s 13-year, $124 million deal at a team event in January 2008, it seemed far-fetched the deal would be a relative bargain for…
Gretzky Still ‘The Great One’ at 60 John Kreiser | January 26, 2021 Wayne Gretzky turns 60 on Tuesday. For those of us who remember seeing him as a teenager, that’s a tough reality to deal with. These days, Gretzky is better known…
Test Your Wayne Gretzky Knowledge With Our Quiz John Kreiser | January 26, 2021 Wayne Gretzky turns 60 on Jan. 26. Though he has been retired for nearly 22 years, most of his dozens of NHL scoring records have not been matched or broken.…
1991 NHL All-Star Game & the Gulf War: The Modern NHL in a Time of War Brian Swane | January 19, 2021 The face of the league had made his feelings clear. It was just a couple of days prior to the 1991 National Hockey League All-Star Game that a United States-led…
LA Kings: The 5 Worst Moments in Franchise History Jackson Reed | January 12, 2021 The Los Angeles Kings are a longstanding franchise that has experienced all the highs and lows that NHL hockey brings. They were able to win two Stanley Cups not long…
Los Angeles Kings: Top 5 World Junior Championship Performers Quinn McLellan | December 23, 2020 The LA Kings have the most prospects participating in the 2021 World Junior Championship out of every NHL team. This definitely bodes well for the Kings’ future, but it’s also…
Oilers 12 Days of Hockeymas – Revisiting 7 Stanley Cup Finals Sean Mallon | December 18, 2020 The ’12 Days of Christmas’ is a classic holiday song first published in its current form in 1908. In a nod to the classic carol, join The Hockey Writers as we count down…
Gretzky Memorabilia Theft Case Results in 2 Arrests Jeff Morris | December 17, 2020 Less than a week after a Wayne Gretzky O-Pee-Chee rookie card became the first hockey card to break the $1 million barrier, two arrests have been made in connection with…