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It Is Over! Canada Ends It's World Championship Drought.

Crowning the best hockey nation in the world was a difficult task throughout the 20th century. The banning of professional players for...

Feb 2, 20244 min read

From Wheels to Ice: NHL Players with Roller Hockey Roots

If you were alive in the 1990s, you will remember the phenomenon that was inline skating, aka Rollerblading. No one was immune to its...

Jan 2, 20248 min read

Sin Bin Legends: Top 5 NHL Players for Career Playoff Penalty Minutes

With the group of players featured in this blog post it was hard to come up with a unifying thread for the introduction piece. As a...

Dec 21, 20238 min read

Re-selecting the 1985 entry draft

It is a popular thing for hockey writers to do - take an Entry Draft from the past, and re-select the players based on years of...

Dec 2, 20238 min read

Players you didn't know were in the 1996 World Cup

The successor to Alan Eagleson's Canada Cup tournaments, the 1996 World Cup signaled a massive shift in international hockey. The United...

Nov 3, 20239 min read

The 1990s: when even 1st round picks weren't untouchable

In modern times, many teams have a franchise player that is 'untouchable', meaning they won't be traded for anything. Often these players...

Sep 18, 202310 min read

A history of 1990s college hockey in three minutes

In doing some research for this post, I learned that 1990s NCAA hockey was a pretty wild time. US college hockey was not huge deal it is...

Aug 17, 20239 min read

The Golden Brett

Card 464 - Brett Hull The son of the legendary Bobby Hull, right winger Brett was drafted 117th overall by Calgary in 1984. A goal scorer...

Jul 26, 20233 min read

Hard to follow sibling acts

Being a sibling can be hard, or so I am told as an only child. I’ve heard there are constant comparisons, both real and imagined, between...

Jun 29, 20239 min read

AHL Rookie of the Year tiers

The Red Garrett Memorial Trophy has been awarded annually to the best rookie in the AHL since the 1947-48 season when Bob Solinger won...

Jun 2, 202310 min read

The inexact science of drafting goalies

It is a well-established fact that drafting goalies is difficult. Trying to project how well an 18-year old will be able to handle the...

May 17, 20239 min read

Star Rookies and the 1989 draft

Editors note: As part of Series 1 for 1991-92 Upper Deck, 23 'Star Rookie' cards were released. The eponymous Young Guns set was released...

Apr 23, 202310 min read

The great Gretzky trade trees

Anyone who is even a casual fan of hockey knows pretty much all there is to know about Wayne Gretzky. So rather than rehash his career in...

Mar 31, 20238 min read

First, last and only: players who stayed with the franchise that drafted them.

In the era of free agency, trade deadlines and salary caps, a player spending his entire career with the team that drafted him is...

Mar 14, 20238 min read

Not drafted? No problem!

For most NHL players, the start of their pro career comes on a magical day in June known as the NHL entry draft. Alongside family and...

Mar 1, 20239 min read

The horror of the Ottawa Senators expansion draft

It is well documented how poor the expansion draft set up was in 1993 for the Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning. If you want to...

Feb 13, 20239 min read

Hockey homonyms

A homonym is two or more words having the same spelling or pronunciation but different meanings and origins. For this post I am loosely...

Jan 27, 202310 min read

The Triple Gold Club

Professional hockey, unlike the other pro sports in the ‘big four’, has the greatest involvement of professional players in its...

Jan 12, 20239 min read

Hockey players that ain't no dummies

In doing some quick research for this post, I wanted to see what percentage of players who play in the three leagues (WHL, QMJHL, and...

Dec 26, 20228 min read

The All Z team

In honour of one of this week's featured players, Rick Zombo, I wanted to see the best starting lineup I could create solely from...

Dec 5, 20229 min read