Worst Colorado Avalanche Trades
The Colorado Avalanche used to be known for a lot of things. Championship caliber hockey, fierce competition and, of course, a front office that could pull off some of the…
THW Archives
Wayne Gretzky – The Great One’s 10 Most Unbreakable Records
Wayne Gretzky spent his entire professional hockey career (20 seasons in the NHL and one in the WHA) rewriting the record books. When ‘The Great One’ retired following the 1998-99…
The Chris Chelios Trade Revisited
It’s rare that one trade catches an entire sport by surprise, but when the Montreal Canadiens dealt defenseman Chris Chelios and a second-round draft choice to the Chicago Blackhawks for…
10 Things You Never Knew About Hockey
From the THW Archives, written by former contributor Alli Baker and originally published Feb. 16, 2015. So you think you know everything there is to know about hockey, eh? Well if…
Where Are They Now? The Jonathan Cheechoo Edition
This article was originally written in August, 2015. Updated in 2020. In 2005-06, a 25-year-old native of Moose Factory, Ontario, one of the most northern settlements in the Province located…
50 in 50 for Mike Bossy
On January 24, 1981, New York Islanders’ winger Mike Bossy became the second player in NHL history to score 50 goals in the first 50 games of a season. The original…
Calgary Flames’ 50-Goal Scorers
For a relatively young franchise, the Calgary Flames have seen a great deal of strong individual performances since becoming a National Hockey League club in 1972. In particular, the team…
Do You Know Your Canadiens’ Trivia?
Think you know all there is to know about the Montreal Canadiens? Time to find out. We’ve dug into the past of the storied team to pull out some factoids you may be…
Remembering the Los Angeles Kings’ Triple Crown Line
Growing up in the 1970’s as a hockey fan in Los Angeles, I was intimately familiar with three things very few Angelenos had even a remote grasp upon: 1) Los…
Hockey Documentaries to Watch Right Now
True fans know hockey involves more than a 60-minute game. From fictional movies about the sport to highlight reels online, hockey can be found in multiple forms. A number of…
The Best NHL Defensemen Ever
The NHL has a long and storied existence. Legendary teams, lines and players serve as a reminder of days gone by while today’s players continue to forge the legacy left…
The WHA – A Look Back at the Upstart Hockey League
As the National Hockey League continued to prosper in the early 1970s, there was a demand for more teams in more cities throughout much of the United States and Canada…