Canadiens History: The Very Beginning
In 1909, the reigning pro hockey league was the Eastern Canada Hockey Association, supposedly amateur but with players who were getting paid. Their annual meeting was held in the Windsor…
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The Devils: Downward Spiral to Hell
The hottest question on the lips of New Jersey hockey fans is “What’s happened to the Devils?” Anyone that saw the Minnesota Wild game Tuesday night seeking that insight came…
Lemaire: Third Time a Charm?
The word came across the news wires on Thursday afternoon: Jacques Lemaire will replace John MacLean as the NJ Devils head coach effective immediately, Lemaire’s third tour-of-duty, coming after a…
Bobby Ryan Bio: Against All Odds
The headlines in August announced the signing of Bobby Ryan by the Anaheim Ducks to a five-year extension for twenty-five million, five hundred thousand dollars – a fitting reward for the…
Kovalchuk: “A Devil For Life”
There were Devilish smiles all around the table Tuesday at the Prudential Center news conference to formally announce the signing of Ilya Kovalchuk. Chairman and Managing Partner Jeff Vanderbeek, who…
Shattuck-St. Mary’s School – Center of Hockey Excellence
“Sure, a little bit of heaven fell from out the sky one day” – from an old Irish ballad “Entering Paradise” is the feeling you get as you drive through…
James van Riemsdyk: The 2010 Mini-Bio
In the Versus post-game interview following the Philadelphia Flyers’ seventh-game elimination of the Boston Bruins in this year’s Stanley Cup playoffs, Captain Mike Richards was asked what he thought was the…
Drew Doughty – 2010 Mini Bio
When Stevie Y made known his selection for the Canadian Olympic team on December 30, 2009, one name, Drew Doughty, created some real controversy. Who was Doughty and how was…
Brodeur By The Numbers
Pick a number, any number: 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 8 – 9 – 23 – 30 – 110 – 600 –1073 – 4320 – 63,340. Whatever…
Poor Carey Price… he just can’t catch a break!
For two and a half periods last night in San Jose Carey Price looked like Jacques Plante, Ken Dryden and Patrick Roy all rolled into one. Except for a fluke…
Team Canada’s Gold Medal Win
Not since the eighth and final game of the 1972 Russia-Canada Series has there been such bubbly excitement and nervous anticipation as there was for Sunday’s Olympic Gold Medal final. …
Hockey in Newark: Making a Difference
Last week, USA Hockey, in celebration of Hockey Across America, asked parents and players in their minor hockey systems to name their hockey heroes so that they might be put…