TML Captains: Ted Kennedy 1948-1955, 1956-57 Mark Ascione | July 11, 2012 TML Captains is a series that profiles the men who ‘wore the C’ for one of the NHL’s charter franchises. Previously featured were Charlie Conacher, Red Horner, Syl Apps and…
Top 10 Goal Scorers in Detroit Aaron Schmidtke | May 18, 2012 Detroit joined the NHL for the 1926-27 season, part of the first wave of expansion in the 1920s which saw the NHL expand into the United States for the first…
Gordie Howe’s goals per arena The Hockey Writers | April 20, 2012 Gordie Howe, of course, needs no introduction as one of the greatest players in the history of the NHL. Over 26 seasons, from 1946-47 to 1970-71 with the Detroit Red…
Most Goals Scored in Every NHL Arena The Hockey Writers | April 8, 2012 While browsing through the Baseball Reference website, I noticed it was possible to make a list of players with the most home runs at each ballpark. I wondered, could such…
The All-40 Team Tim Kolupanowich | April 1, 2012 Much has been made of the play of Teemu Selanne and Nicklas Lidstrom the past two seasons as they approached, and passed, their 40th birthdays. They still rank among the…
You Don’t Wear Number 66 Michael Viola | February 23, 2012 Retiring jersey numbers is a ritual in almost every sport. It is a gesture by a team or league to show appreciation to a certain player for their contributions to…
Joe Thornton, Joe Pavelski and Torrey Mitchell: San Jose’s New ‘G.I. Joes’ Walter McLaughlin | December 18, 2011 It’s a popular misconception that NHL head coaches spend the majority of their time diagramming and implementing X’s and O’s. In actuality, they are mad scientists, performing chemistry experiments in…
Ask The Alumni – Send Us A Question For Marty McSorley Andrew Rodger | March 22, 2011 Since November, The Hockey Writers and the NHL Alumni Association have teamed up for a monthly series called Ask the Alumni. It provides us with the opportunity to shine a…
Book Review – Lone Star Skate Rebecca Dobrinski | March 8, 2011 The Lone Star Skate: Improbable (But True) Stories of Texas’s Hockey Heroes By Glenn Hart and Rusty Burson. (2011, Austin, TX: Bridgeway Books. Hardcover. Pp. 180. $39.95 US. ISBN 978-1-934454-38-1)…
Identifying The “Ghosts of the Montreal Forum” Steven Hindle | October 12, 2010 Although his many accomplishments are certainly worth noting…it may very well be the “Richard Riots” which forever burned the Rocket’s ghost into the soul of the Montreal Forum.
My Top 10 Steve Yzerman Moments The Hockey Writers | November 5, 2009 I still find it hard to believe that it’s been over three years now since I last saw Steve Yzerman lace up his skates for the Red Wings. Known as…
Brian McGrattan Impersonates Gordie Howe Christopher Ralph | October 17, 2009 A most unlikely achiever of the Gordie Howe hat-trick, for a guy who’s off to a most unusual start with his new club, the Calgary Flames. The Flames shiny new…