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Junior scoring records don't guarantee NHL success

A disclaimer before you read this post: yes, some players who hold junior scoring records did not go onto success in the NHL. However,...

Jan 27, 202210 min read

Forgotten history: the supplemental draft

With all the hype devoted to the current NHL Entry Draft, its hard to remember that draft day was once a subdued affair. Before the days...

Jan 3, 202210 min read

Unlikely Conn Smythe winners

The NHL playoffs have no equivalent when it comes to pro sports in North America. Football, by its physical nature, can only afford a...

Dec 23, 202111 min read

The most wonderful time of the year: the World Juniors

We are just over two weeks away from one of the best times of the year on the hockey calendar: the under 20 world hockey championships,...

Dec 10, 20219 min read

Expansion teams' first captains

Playing on an expansion team in a professional sports league is never easy, nor glamorous (unless you played for the Vegas Golden...

Nov 30, 20219 min read

Unlikely 50 goal scorers

The first player featured in this week's post, Gary Leeman, led me to research an interesting record: which one-time 50 goal scorer...

Nov 15, 202110 min read

The fun world of minor league nicknames

The best part of writing this blog are the rabbit holes that I can be led down by doing simple research on a player. For this week, while...

Nov 4, 202110 min read

The record that no one wants

Researching this week's post I learned of a record that no NHLer wants to hold - the most Stanley Cup Finals appearances without winning...

Oct 19, 202111 min read

Fun Facts: Part 1

When writing these blogs, one of my favourite things is finding the bizarre connections that can occur between players featured in a...

Sep 24, 20218 min read

One and two year wonders

Let's start this post by recognizing that playing any amount of time in the NHL is an accomplishment that 99 per cent of people who play...

Sep 10, 20219 min read

Winning Cups quickly, frequently and not at all

This week's post contains only four player profiles and that is because we are profiling some of the most memorable players from the...

Sep 1, 20219 min read

An enforcer and a gentleman: The Probert-Numminen connection

Hockey is a sport that is long associated with violence; it is also a sport that annually awards a trophy to the most gentlemanly player...

Aug 24, 202110 min read

1990s Hobey Baker Award winners

In the 1990s, college hockey had existed in the United States for the better part of the 20th century, but it was only beginning in the...

Aug 17, 202110 min read

Cue Brass Bonanza: the story of the Hartford Whalers

With three former Hartford Whalers featured in this post, I felt it appropriate to remember the fourth and final franchise to relocate...

Aug 9, 20219 min read

Dave McLlwain and a single-season record

The 1990s was a great time for player movement via trades. Free agency would only truly become free after the lockout shortened season,...

Jul 26, 202110 min read

The Original Flower and 90s expansion draft mayhem

For this post we focus solely on the original 'Flower', Guy Lafleur. Out of all the trivia and interesting facts surrounding Lafleur's...

Jul 19, 20214 min read

Unexpected Stanley Cup Finals heroes

The Stanley Cup playoffs often produce unexpected heroes. Defensive forwards or defencemen who turn into goal scoring machines for a...

Jul 12, 20217 min read

The best goal celebrations

When it comes to goal celebrations in hockey, there are two schools of thought. There is the 'act like you've been there before' crowd,...

Jul 2, 202110 min read

Longest overtime games of the 1990s

One of the unique aspects of playoff hockey is the potential for games to extend for hours at a time. Players are exhausted, fans are...

Jun 25, 202110 min read

The end of the enforcers

The Philadelphia Flyers of the 1970s turned the intimidation factor that was always present in hockey into a formula for a winning hockey...

Jun 15, 20219 min read