Quotes of the Week: On The Great One, Wayne Gretzky Ross Bonander | October 27, 2012 Securely among the pantheon of hockey legends with the likes of Howe and Orr, #99 needs no introduction. If you need a refresher on his extraordinary accomplishments, check out Michael Rappaport’s…
What the Lockout Deprives Us Of Jason Sulham | September 16, 2012 Brooks Laich brilliantly said a lockout happens “when adults get in the way of a kids game.” This weekend the NHL will enter the third lockout in as many opportunities…
Quotes of the Week: Contemporary Writers (I) Ross Bonander | August 5, 2012 This week’s quotes come from contemporary writers working today and whose work was published within the last few years. Hockey fights are like love – sometimes they can happen in…
Edmonton Oilers All-Time Roster Carl Maloney | July 27, 2012 With the Edmonton Oilers previous season well over, and the upcoming season months (hopefully) away, Oiler fans are sitting, awaiting the next big Oiler news. They have had an eventful offseason already…
Book Review: The Year of the Los Angeles Kings Rebecca Dobrinski | July 8, 2012 The Year of the Los Angeles Kings: Celebrating the 2012 Stanley Cup Champions By Andrew Podnieks. (2012, Toronto: Fenn/McClelland & Stewart. Softcover. Pp. 160. $19.99. ISBN 978-0-7710-5510-4.) Forty-five…
Exploring the CBC’s Digital Archives Ross Bonander | July 6, 2012 Is the looming labor dispute making you jaded? Free agency getting you down? Lose an hour or two this off-season in the CBC Digital Archives for Hockey. Lots of great…
USA Hockey’s Second Biggest Victory Michael Rappaport | July 4, 2012 USA Hockey will always be linked with, and defined by, the ‘Miracle on Ice’ in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. The unlikely victory over the Soviet Union, who…
CBA 2012: The Quotable Labor Dispute Ross Bonander | July 1, 2012 With word that talks have begun- strike that: With word that the two sides in hockey’s labor dispute have agreed that in fact they are both in New York City…
The 1996-97 New York Rangers: The Last Fine Time For New York Hockey Michael Rappaport | June 30, 2012 Entering the summer of 1996, the New York Rangers were a legitimate Stanley Cup contender. Only two years removed from their ride down the Canyon of Heroes, the Rangers still…
All the Kings’ Horses: LA Kings Then & Now Walter McLaughlin | May 13, 2012 Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. Humpty Dumpty may have…
Lou Lamoriello’s Fingerprints All Over Devils Victory, As Usual Carl Stoffers | May 10, 2012 Despite his substantial success, New Jersey Devils President/General Manager Lou Lamoriello has taken his share of criticism since taking over the organization in 1987. Lamoriello, for better or worse (and…
In Victory, the Los Angeles Kings Are Partying Like It’s 1993! Michael Gwizdala | May 7, 2012 In 1993 the NHL was a very different place. For starters, consider that the last time the Los Angeles Kings advanced to the third round of the playoffs, they were…
