Longevity and Retirement in Sport
Editor’s Note: While the following post discusses rugby, I felt that the parallels with hockey were uncanny. The players union needs to spend more of its resources on post playing…
Retirement
Anaheim Ducks: Is Teemu Selanne’s Career Finished?
Teemu Selanne has definitely made his mark in the NHL – playing 20 seasons in the league and still holding the NHL rookie record with 76 goals in his first…
Ilya Kovalchuk Made the Right Call
The decision of Ilya Kovalchuk’s shocking retirement from the NHL in favor of returning to his homeland, Russia, has been met with some anger from Devils fans. Some say that…
NHL Players Likely To Retire In the Event Of A Full-Season Lockout
Most NHL players would like to retire at the top of their game just like Nicklas Lidstrom of the Detroit Red Wings did after the 2011-12 season. However, that doesn’t…
International Spotlight: Kristian Nervik Nilsen
Norway may not be a veritable hockey superpower at the moment but, despite that, they are still a very proud nation. Players in that country are improving every year and…
Silver Lining To An Unremarkable Ducks Season
If the season ends today the Anaheim Ducks choose 8th overall at the upcoming draft in June and, depending on the rest of the season, could even end up…
Will Nicklas Lidstrom Postpone Retirement To Play In The Winter Classic?
With the National Hockey League announcing today that the 2013 Winter Classic will be hosted by the Detroit Red Wings at Michigan Stadium, speculation has begun as to whether or…
Is It Time For Rick DiPietro To Retire?
For the past six seasons, Rick DiPietro has seemingly spent more time on the injured reserve than playing NHL hockey. DiPietro’s laundry list of injuries has Islanders fans and NHL…
Is it Time for Colorado Avalanche Peter Mueller to Retire?
If you ask Peter Mueller of the Colorado Avalanche what he thinks about all this interest in concussions lately, he’d probably say he doesn’t want to talk about it. It…
Seven Things about Mark Recchi
Mark Recchi isn’t the oldest guy to win the Stanley Cup, but he’s up there. He said going into the final that he would call it a career should the Boston Bruins…
Kirk Maltby to announce retirement
Long time Red Wing, and member of “The Grind Line”, Kirk Maltby is set to announce his retirement today at a pregame (5:30 p.m.) press conference at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.…
Messier Interview: War on Concussions
It has been a number of years since Mark Messier strapped on that helmet, laced up his skates, and pulled the number eleven over his head. Now he wears a suit and tie instead of a sweater, the skates have changed into dress shoes, and even the locker has been replaced by an office where he pulls up a chair as the new assistant to Rangers’ President and General Manager GlenSather . To think these things can truly change a man though is foolish. Though a life in the administrative side of hockey sometimes calls for tough decisions that effect the lives of players, those same kids, as most of them these days are decades younger than the six-time Stanley Cup Champion, are the ones that Messier is looking to reach out to the most.