World’s Longest Hockey Game Reaches Halfway Point
This is the second installment covering the 11-Day Power Play: Fighting cancer with the world’s longest hockey game. To read the first, click here. After more than a year in…
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The 11-Day Power Play: A Real Miracle on Ice
Diehard hockey fans say they eat, breathe and sleep hockey. While their obsession emphasizes their passion for the game, it’s really just an exaggeration. For the 40 men who are…
For Craig Anderson, It’s More Than a Game
In his roughly 550-game NHL career, Craig Anderson has been taunted by a raucous crowd in Game 7 of a Stanley Cup playoff series in Madison Square Garden. He’s faced Sidney…
Tarasenko The Hero Of Ari’s Road Trip
If you need any more proof that St Louis Blues superstar Vladimir Tarasenko is not only a sensational hockey player but a stand-up guy, then look no further than the…
Hockey’s Most Important Fight
In December of 1998, the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) launched a new initiative to raise awareness and monies for hockey’s most important…
More than Just a Game for Olli Maatta
Hockey Fights Cancer If you have been on Twitter recently, you have probably noticed that a majority, if not all, of the NHL teams have changed their themes and color…
Movember Reigns Supreme Over Cancer
For the last month you may or may not have noticed an unusual number of men walking around North America with something growing on their upper lip. Day after day,…
An Open Letter To The Hockey Fan Part Two
This is a series of letters from me to hockey fans that will take place throughout the duration of the lockout. Part 1: An Open Letter To The Hockey Fan…
Hockey Fights Cancer Links
The National Hockey League’s official partners for Hockey Fights Cancer for the 2012-2013 season are listed below. Click on any link to learn more about the charity and how you can…
If Hockey Won’t Fight Cancer, Hockey Fans Will
The other day I wrote “Who Fights Cancer in a Lockout?” at Overtime, noting that should the lockout cancel games in October, it also cancels the biggest charity initiative…
Hockey Fights Cancer: A Good Fight for the NHL
While the debate rages on whether or not fighting should be allowed in the NHL, one league-wide fight goes unopposed. I am speaking of course about the NHL’s annual Hockey…
Red Wings’ fight Breast Cancer
Tonight the Detroit Red Wings will face off against the Calgary Flames; however, there is more to it than just a hockey game. The Red Wings will be auctioning off…