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Ex-Maple Leaf coach Pat Quinn dead at 71 [Toronto Star]"Former Toronto Maple Leaf coach and general manager Pat Quinn has died at the age of 71. Quinn died Sunday night in Vancouver after a lengthy...
View ArticleJean Béliveau, 1931-2014
Last night, Jean Béliveau ("le Gros Bill"), former Montreal Canadiens captain and winner of 10 Stanley Cups, passed away at age 83. Noted for both his skill on the ice and his gentlemanly conduct off...
View ArticleNobody Likes Us - We Don't Care
Violent Gentlemen is a clothing line co-founded by former NHL enforcer George Parros and hockey fans Brian Talbert and Mike Hammer.
View ArticleThe Struggle Between Pain and Not
The Butterfly Child is a short documentary about Jonathan Pitre, a fourteen year old with Epidermolysis Bullosa, a rare skin disorder (NSFW).
View Articleand only 113 days until next season!
The Chicago Blackhawks have won the Stanley Cup, and 24 years after it all began Kimmo Timonen can finally call himself a champion. But before he got to hoist it, the Cup had to get there - it was...
View Articleanimated data visualization, or ambient data art
"Goals representing all 2012 NHL Stanley Cup playoff teams are arranged in a circle, with Western Conference teams on the left, and Eastern Conference teams on the right. Higher-seeded teams are at the...
View Article'Swawesome!
Eric "Bitty" Bittles was the 2010 Southern Junior Figure Skating Champion and played on a co-ed community hockey team in high school. Now he's a freshman at Samwell University and is on the men's...
View ArticleSports Turkeys 2015
In honor of Thanksgiving, Sports Illustrated presents their 2015 Turkeys of the Year slideshow.
View Article"I thought it was normal."
[tw: descriptions of abuse] NHL player Patrick O'Sullivan writes about surviving his abusive childhood, how he came to be a professional hockey player, and what adults should and can do when they see...
View ArticleThe Blue Glow
There were times when we practically lived at the Shark Tank. We'd be there for two weeks, spending most of the time living in the catwalks above the ice. We'd have all of our computers, work area, and...
View ArticleHe is not an All-Star, but he is a folk hero.
[John]Scott is not a gifted offensive player. He's an enforcer. He's a 6-foot-8 fighter who can't skate all that fast, has only scored five goals in his career, and is averaging just over six minutes...
View Article#historybegins
American hockey star Hilary Knight talks with The Hockey Writers about the state of women's hockey on the cusp of the first-ever National Women's Hockey League championship series. It all comes down to...
View ArticleNHL Playoffs, Round 1!
It's playoff time in the NHL, and for the first time since 1970, no Canadian teams will be represented. In the Eastern Conference, the wild card Philadelphia Flyers take on the President's...
View ArticleHilariously Giant Goalie Pads
Molly Brooks loves hockey - like in a romantic comedy kind of way. She's a big fan of the Stanley Cup! But it seems like she's found her home on the fresh ice of the National Women's Hockey League....
View ArticleMr. Hockey (1928-2016)
Hockey legend Gordie Howe has died. In Gordie's 5 decade career he set records for most seasons and games played as well as #2 for all time career goals.
View ArticleBill's Port Smaps
Hand-drawn maps of Negro League teams, defunct NFL teams, the first NHL league, Ukrainian FCs. More maps, hand-drawn and not.
View ArticleAll of a sudden you hear the other moves and you're like, 'Holy (Bleep)'
Sure, there were rumours. But no one predicted the full extent of the NHL shake-up that began at 2:34 p.m. ET on June 29: The 23 Minutes That Shook The Hockey World.
View ArticleSubcultures within subcultures: Floor hockey in NYC Orthodox Schools
A 'World Unto Itself' in New York Area Yeshivas: Floor HockeyAt certain powerhouses, hockey is perhaps the most prominent sport, and rivalries have developed between neighboring yeshivas. In Brooklyn,...
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