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Mar 25, 202210 min read
Building a champion - the Nordiques-Avalanche recipe
The Quebec Nordiques joined the NHL in 1979 as one of the four former WHA teams to join the NHL. The franchise relocated to Colorado for...
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Mar 11, 20224 min read
The Dominator
The most dominant goaltender of the 1990s, and arguably one of the best goaltenders of all-time, Dominik Hasek gets a solo post dedicated...
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Mar 4, 202211 min read
The history of goalie goals
A position dedicated solely to keeping pucks out of the net, goaltenders have scored 15 goals in the modern history of the NHL. Billy...
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Feb 24, 202211 min read
The plight of expansion team goaltenders
Being a goaltender on an expansion team is not the easiest job in hockey - in fact it's probably one of the worst. Two players featured...
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Feb 5, 202210 min read
Sutter brothers bingo
The story of the Sutter brothers is legendary in professional hockey. Six brothers who grew up on cattle ranch in Viking, Alberta, that...
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Jan 27, 202210 min read
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,...
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Jan 13, 20229 min read
Korea to Australia: leading scorers from non-traditional hockey names
Given hockey's requirement for ice, the sport has long been the domain of northern hemisphere countries. Factor in the expensive nature...
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Jan 3, 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...
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Dec 23, 202111 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...
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Dec 10, 20219 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,...
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Nov 30, 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...
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Nov 15, 202110 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...
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Nov 4, 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...
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Oct 19, 202111 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...
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Oct 6, 20217 min read
Ray Bourque and Jaromir Jagr
This week's post feature two of the greatest players of all-time. Not only did they rack up great statistics throughout their careers,...
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Sep 24, 20218 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...
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Sep 10, 20219 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...
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Sep 1, 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...
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Aug 24, 202110 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...
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Aug 17, 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...
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