Vladislav Tretiak: Goaltending Guru
Over the last few decades, individuals such as Vladislav Tretiak have shaped the game of hockey in unbelievable ways. It has often been noted that Tretiak never had a fair…
Vladislav Tretiak
Top 5 Goaltenders of the 1970s
Ranking all-time greats, no matter the sport, is a near-impossible task. Almost every era is drastically different from the next and the game of hockey is no different. With that…
Flyers Staked Claim as World’s Best Team By Defeating Red Army
The Philadelphia Flyers had the entire National Hockey League rooting for them on Jan. 11, 1976. That was an unusual occurrence for the “Broad Street Bullies,” who had used a…
Grace in Recreation League Hockey
I play recreation league hockey two times a week. Three if I am lucky. For a while last year I got up to four games a week, but my body…
Bigger Coaching Gaff: Viktor Tikhonov or Pete Carroll?
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of days, you no doubt heard about the controversial decision by Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll to pass from…
Paul Henderson: Career, Accolades, Cancer
The news has recently featured reports that former NHL, WHA and Team Canada player Paul Henderson’s cancer has advanced to the point where he is likely going to have chemotherapy or clinical…
The Red Army vs Montreal
By Avry Lewis-McDougall In a few days one of the most historic games in NHL and hockey history hits its birthday again on New Year’s Eve. On December 31st we…
Do You Still Believe in Miracles? – A Review of Wayne Coffey’s The Boys of Winter
The Boys of Winter: The Untold Story of a Coach, a Dream, and the 1980 U.S. Olympic Hockey Team. By Wayne Coffey. (2005, New York: Three Rivers Press. Softcover. Pp.…
Q&A with goalie coach Jukka Ropponen
By Alessandro Seren Rosso – THW Staff Writer Jukka Ropponen is a Finnish goalie coach with 25+ years of experience working in Finland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, U.S. and Canada. He…