Is There a Hockey Code? Memories of a Dark Night in Vancouver
March 8, 2004. It was a dark night at GM Place in Vancouver. Everything about the game as we knew it would change forever. The score was 8-2 for the…
Head Shots
Dear Brendan Shanahan……
Dear Brendan Shanahan, You have an extremely difficult job. I would not want to be in your shoes. As head of the NHL Department of Player Safety, you have the…
“Old-Time Hockey” is Killing the Game
There is an epidemic in today’s NHL. Stars are dropping left and right and it is taking away from the game’s overall appeal. Sidney Crosby hasn’t played for the better…
Concussions are Ruining the NHL
The list of wounded players continues to grow, and the NHL is suffering for it.
A historical review of cheap shots in the NHL
There is a belief held by some fans of NHL hockey that cheap shots are a major issue in the game today. The truth is the rules have changed drastically…
Sidetracked: Toews flattens a kid, Jaws slips on Monday Night Football, Fan gets tasered
Jonathan Toews flattens a small child Head shots are a major issue in professional hockey but the issue extends to youth players as well. In fact Hockey Canada has instituted…
Crosby Presser Brings Some Clarity to Penguins’ Preseason
Anyone expecting Sidney Crosby to announce his retirement during Tuesday’s press conference—as so many of the Canadian media seemed to try to goad out of the 24 year old—came to…
Marc Savard: Winning Isn’t Everything
This past Monday, a video appeared on TSN.ca featuring Marc Savard during his day in Peterborough with the Stanley Cup (“Long Road Back”, TSN). He posed for pictures, signed autographs,…
Laughter is a Junkies’ Best Medicine
Blog: The Hockey Junkies Writers: Noodles & Henrik As hockey fans, the game makes us laugh and makes us cry (to be a little cliché). Most fans remember…
Crosby Concussed, and What it Should Have Meant
Sidney Crosby is finally back on the ice, doing what he does best: wowing us with his sheer talent, even with two months of rust coating his joints. Arguably the…
Pens Must Send Strong Message: Protect Crosby For The Future
While Pens fans thought they would never see another talent like Mario Lemieux, they have been blessed with the next best thing, Sidney Crosby. Crosby is currently constructing a resume similar to…
If you think Sean Avery is bad…
Amidst the aftermath of the most recent Matt Cooke head shot, I got thinking of a time when Sean Avery was the most hated player in the NHL because of…