THW Panel: The 2012 Hockey Hall of Fame Class
There is no shortage of offense among this year’s Hall of Fame class. Pavel Bure, Adam Oates, Joe Sakic, and Mats Sundin were all premier offensive players during the 1990s.…
Mark Messier
How The 2012 Lockout Changed My Perspective on Hockey and the NHL
For as long as I can remember, I have loved the sport of hockey and the New York Rangers. My dad still reminds me that the day after I was…
New York Rangers: The Mark Messier Essentials – October 7, 1991
When the New York Rangers acquired Mark Messier from the Edmonton Oilers on October 4th, 1991, few could have predicted that the trade would be the finest in the Blueshirts’…
NHL Captains: Leadership Isn’t Defined By Age
The highest honor a current NHL player can have is to wear the “C” on the front of his jersey. The role of an NHL captain entails being a leader, which…
Edmonton Oilers All-Time Roster
With the Edmonton Oilers previous season well over, and the upcoming season months (hopefully) away, Oiler fans are sitting, awaiting the next big Oiler news. They have had an eventful offseason already…
Free Agent Shane Doan Visits New York Rangers
NHL free agent and veteran winger Shane Doan hit the bright lights of Broadway for some hockey talk with the New York Rangers and attended the collective bargaining negotiations between…
Gary Bettman’s Big Tobacco Playbook
A big problem is brewing on Gary Bettman’s watch: how to deal with an apparent spike in brain trauma among hockey players. The owners hired him in February of 1993…
USA Hockey’s Second Biggest Victory
USA Hockey will always be linked with, and defined by, the ‘Miracle on Ice’ in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. The unlikely victory over the Soviet Union, who…
The 1996-97 New York Rangers: The Last Fine Time For New York Hockey
Entering the summer of 1996, the New York Rangers were a legitimate Stanley Cup contender. Only two years removed from their ride down the Canyon of Heroes, the Rangers still…
The NHL Awards: Won’t Someone Please Pay Attention To Us?
Party Time Like NASCAR and your local bowling league, the NHL has an award gala at the end of the season. Gone are the scruffy beards and gap-toothed scowls. In…
5 Reasons Why the Penguins Faltered Against the Flyers
The Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers series will go down as one of the wildest series of all-time in NHL playoff hockey history. There were many incidents throughout this series…
The All-40 Team
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…