Jason Sulham

Born in Vermont, I started skating at age 4 on the lake and was lacing it up for the mite team the next year. At age 6, and much to my father's dismay - a Bruins fan from Worcestor, MA - I received a pair of hand me down Canadien PJs that sealed my fate as life long Habs fan. I'm OK with it. My work in politics and public affairs brought me to Raleigh, NC where I currently live with my wife, herself a hockey player from Lake Placid, and our son. My essays have been featured in Carolina Hockey Magazine and publish my own web magazine, www.Spopitics.com. After years of writing for other people, I am excited to be writing for myself on The Hockey Writers about a game I love and that has so much to do with who I am. Follow me @JasonSulham

The “It” of Hockey

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Celebrating the unique, yet hard to qualify sense of self that belongs singularly to a hockey player and a hockey family. Hockey has an it. That unnamed intangible escaping description. You feel…

How Bobby Orr Saved Me $107

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You can imagine what $107 meant to a middle-class high school kid in 1993. A paltry to sum to many, especially in 2012, it was a king’s ransom to me…

Mr. Bettman Needs Some Labor Perspective

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A hypothetical association is in need of reform and has been for some time. Previous attempts – engineered through emotional debate – had earnest intentions and achieved measurable progress, but…

Lockout Opportunity: Hits to the Head

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The NHL has entered its third lockout in as many tries under Mr. Bettman’s commissionership. The fissure, and therefore the dominating storyline, centers on distribution of hockey related revenue, contract…

Lockout Opportunity: Back to the Future

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The NHL has entered its third lockout in as many tries under Mr. Bettman’s commissionership. The fissure, and therefore the dominating storyline, centers on distribution of hockey related revenue, contract…

What the Lockout Deprives Us Of

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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…

Sponsorships… Sell out completely

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Sports bring simplicity to every season. Baseball in the summer is the perfect lazy sport for lazy days and a lazy guy… can’t miss. NFL Sundays in the fall provide…