Pop Quiz: NHL Draft History Ross Bonander | June 4, 2015 The Hockey Writers’ inaugural NHL Draft Prospect Guide is now available at Amazon. It features 150 prospect profiles written by the THW Draft Team. To acknowledge this ‘first’ from THW, we offer a 12…
Penguins Forward Kevin Stevens: What Could Have Been? Ryan Shaffer | May 18, 2015 The Hit that Dimmed a Penguins’ Star In 1993, the Pittsburgh Penguins ruled the NHL world. Fresh off of two impressive Stanley Cup runs, the team was poised to become…
Oilers: McDavid Should Push For Scoring Title In Rookie Season Rob Soria | May 14, 2015 While he may not yet be a member of the Edmonton Oilers, Connor McDavid has already taken Oilers Nation by storm. Ever since this organization had the good fortune of…
Voice of the Stars Moving on to Act 2 Ed Sarno | April 27, 2015 The 2015-16 season will be the first season in Dallas Stars history without Ralph Strangis’ familiar voice in the broadcast booth. Strangis’ departure was a surprise to most, but as…
Q & A with Bernie Nicholls Dan Rice | April 23, 2015 A lot of younger fans may not remember him, but Bernie Nicholls had an amazing 17-year NHL career with six different franchises (Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers,…
Why Connor Will Be Better Than Crosby Mark Scheig | April 23, 2015 Sidney Crosby is one of the best players in the world. Time and time again, he continues to amaze. Even in a down season, Crosby manages to almost win another scoring…
The Ups and Downs of Sidney Crosby, 600 Games in The Hockey Writers | February 12, 2015 Sidney Crosby is playing in his 600th career NHL game tonight. Entering the game, the pride of Cole Harbour had 825 points and 114 points in 95 career playoff games,…
The Five Best Hockey Songs of All-Time James Tanner | February 6, 2015 I really only have two hobbies: Music and Hockey. As such, it only makes sense to combine them and present to you here and now: the five best hockey songs…
The Hole in the Hockey Hall of Fame Andrew Forbes | February 5, 2015 Four hundred and fifty-five goals, 633 assists and over a point-per-game in one’s NHL career without getting a call to join the likes of hockey’s greatest. That’s just a simplified look…
Ovechkin: To Become One of the Greatest Scorers in History Craig Hagerman | February 3, 2015 He is known as the Alexander the Gr8, but at the pace he is on Ovechkin might be one day be known as Alexander the gr8est. Sunday the Washington Capitals…
Martin Brodeur Memories By Season Michael Gwizdala | January 28, 2015 Martin Brodeur is the Wayne Gretzky of goaltending. Like Gretzky, Brodeur’s name is sprawled out across the NHL record book. As the league went from standup to butterfly, at the…
Right Guy – Wrong Jersey Part II Bill Schoeninger | January 12, 2015 This is Part 2 of our series on NHL players looking somewhat odd in certain jerseys. Part I is available here. In today’s NHL, it’s extremely rare for one player to spend…
