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Round One
1. Philadelphia Flyers: Shane Wright, C, Kingston (OHL)
2. Seattle Kraken: Denton Mateychuk, LHD, Moose Jaw (WHL)
3. Montreal Canadiens: Simon Nemec, RHD, Nitra (Tipos Extraliga)
4. Los Angeles Kings (from Arizona Coyotes): Logan Cooley, C, USA NTDP (USHL)
5. Ottawa Senators: Matthew...
Well, the second round of the NHL playoffs get under way tonight.
Without the Leafs.
Again.
(But with the first Battle of Alberta in 31 years!)
It’s still a long way until we get to the Stanley Cup Final, and there will be the announcement of the NHL Award winners this year before we know...
The NHL playoffs are under way. A pretty great start for the Maple Leafs … but we’ll see.
Can’t get to the game? Don’t worry. There’s an app for that!
But before there were apps for your smartphone, streaming services on your laptop or tablet, and even before there was television and radio...
This is the first part of an intended series of threads revisiting Hockey-Reference.com's three in-house attempts to contextualize player contributions: adjusted statistics, goals created, and point shares.
Adjusted Statistics, According to Hockey-Reference.com
As described above, the...
Future Hockey Hall of Famer Billy Gilmour spun some interesting tales from his bygone days for the Montreal Star on June 20, 1938. An uncredited writer had caught up with the former member of the Ottawa Silver Seven on the deck of the Cunard liner Alaunia before he departed from Montreal to meet...
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What really happened when the lights went out in Piestany?
They call it “the Punch-Up in Piestany,” a brawl in Czechoslovakia between bitter historical rivals that got so out of control that officials turned the lights out in hopes that the fighting would eventually end. And these...
A few days ago, I got an email from my friend Tosh suggesting that perhaps a story about the Uke Line might be of interest these days. I haven’t taken a lot of requests on this web site. As I indicated in my most recent post, I don’t usually give a lot of thought to what story comes next...
CGI seems to be the overwhelming go-to for special effects in movies/TV and it's debatable on whether or not that's for the best. More often than not when i'm watching something with CGI in it there is a level of disconnect and a lack of immersion inherent on screen. I've watched a lot of the...
There are a few distinct dimensions to consider when it comes to team-building. One of the most exciting and fun topics in the minds of NHL fans and fanatics is the potential of their young prospects to join their NHL team, secure a spot, produce points, earn wins, and carry them to victory...
How a nondescript box has been saving lives during the pandemic – and revealing the power of grassroots innovation
A do-it-yourself air purifier in use in a classroom.
Douglas Hannah, CC BY-ND
Douglas Hannah, Boston University
One afternoon, a dozen Arizona State...
Hello there. This is Tim Wharnsby, a former sports reporter with the Toronto Sun, Globe and Mail, as well as Hockey Night in Canada. I've written my first book called Gold, an inside story on how executive director Wayne Gretzky, captain Mario Lemieux, Joe Sakic and Co. ended a 50-year Olympic...
James Cree was born on August 25, 1889 in St. Regis Reservation in Upstate New York, as a Mohawk member of the Akwesasne territory, a territory also including parts of southern Ontario and Quebec in Canada across the St. Lawrence River.
Growing up on the Canadian side of border Cree came in...
On this night 115 years ago (a Friday in 1907), a proud home town celebrated the Stanley Cup victory of the Kenora Thistles at the Hilliard Opera House. Kenora had won the Cup a few weeks before, with victories against the Montreal Wanderers on January 17 and January 21, 1907, to sweep their...
The 13-hour time difference between Beijing and where I am makes it a bit confusing, but even though the official Opening Ceremonies aren’t for a couple of days, the Winter Olympics get started tonight … which is tomorrow afternoon in China. Women’s hockey kicks things off, with Canada facing...
I'm happy to share this Book Feature thread concerning my recently self published book A Confluence of Destinies: The Saga of the Winnipeg Falcons' 1920 Olympic Gold Medal Victory now available on Amazon.
Any group of hockey historians is likely familiar with the story of the Falcons, for no...
Frank Boucher is best known for being one of the superstar centers of the 1920s-30s, the pivot of the Bread Line, annual winner (and literal owner) of the Lady Byng, and a fixture in the Rangers organization for many decades.
Less remembered is his tenure at the head of the Saskatchewan Junior...
Dictionary sources make the claim that a loafer, while in human form, is an idle person, or someone who does nothing.
The Vancouver Sun, while reporting on an offside infraction committed by star forward Fred “Cyclone” Taylor during a February 21, 1919 game in the Pacific Coast Hockey...
On Jan. 18 & 19 at 8 PM, CBC "Ideas" will be airing a documentary on Lloyd Percival, titled "Canada's Sports Prophet." A podcast will also be available on that date, as well as the revised edition of Lloyd Percival: Coach and Visionary. Part II of the documentary, airing in Jan. 19, will be...
Well, Hockey Day in Canada was supposed to be broadcast from Owen Sound 10 days from today on Saturday, January 29. Events were scheduled all around town from Tuesday to Friday leading up to it. Unfortunately, word came down two weeks ago that amid new provincial restrictions and a worsening...
As head coach of the Soviet national team, Arkadi Chernyshov won no fewer than 12 World Championship and Olympic gold medals. But as Anatoli Tarasov wrote:
Do not imagine Chernyshov as some kind of poster boy for good fortune who is always lucky and whose fate is bright and without clouds...
