Apr 16, 2021“All around it was brutal, horrible for the players, coaches, trainers. Horrible for the team, individuals, families. It was terrible.”Over the course of December 2020, the Herning Blue Fox of the Danish Metal Ligaen were hit with a COVID-19 outbreak that infected staff, coaches and 17 players in total.“My case was pretty mild,” Herning head coach Ben Cooper told The Athletic this week. “It was like a four-day head cold. I was really tired, I slept a lot, mild cough. By the fifth or sixth day, I was symptom-free.”Before heading to Europe to be a head coach in Herning, Cooper,...…Apr 16, 2021“All around it was brutal, horrible for the players, coaches, trainers. Horrible for the team, individuals, families. It was terrible.”Over the course of December 2020, the Herning Blue Fox of the Danish Metal Ligaen were hit with a COVID-19 outbreak that infected staff, coaches and 17 players in total.“My case was pretty mild,” Herning head coach Ben Cooper told The Athletic this week. “It was like a four-day head cold. I was really tired, I slept a lot, mild cough. By the fifth or sixth day, I was symptom-free.”Before heading to Europe to be a head coach in Herning, Cooper,...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams The Canucks’ past lack of vision has created this current mess: DayalThis is not a story about how a 6-9-0 Canucks team can turn around and save their season.This is not a video breakdown of the club’s defensive issues, an analytics deep dive on their...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams The Canucks’ past lack of vision has created this current mess: DayalThis is not a story about how a 6-9-0 Canucks team can turn around and save their season.This is not a video breakdown of the club’s defensive issues, an analytics deep dive on their...WW…

Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams The NHL’s top 10 regression candidates for 2020-21Which NHL players could be primed to take a step back in 2020-21?It’s not the most positive and optimistic topic to sink our teeth into. It’s more exciting to talk about who’s ready to break out or...…Press 'Enter' to see all resultsMost Recent StoriesAuthorsEastCentralNorthWestAFC EastAFC NorthAFC SouthAFC WestNFC EastNFC NorthNFC SouthNFC WestAtlanticCentralSoutheastSouthwestNorthwestPacificAL EastAL CentralAL WestNL EastNL CentralNL WestFeatured Teams Featured TeamsLeaguesMLS Featured  CompetitionsFeatured Teams The NHL’s top 10 regression candidates for 2020-21Which NHL players could be primed to take a step back in 2020-21?It’s not the most positive and optimistic topic to sink our teeth into. It’s more exciting to talk about who’s ready to break out or...WW…

Jul 13, 2020In a full, formal team setting the will take the ice at Rogers Arena on Monday for the first time since March 10th.It’s mid-July, we’re three weeks out from the Canucks’ first scheduled game of their qualifying round series against the and hockey is back in Vancouver.Getting to this point has taken a herculean effort of planning, testing, quarantining and logistical administration. And it’s only just getting started.This is going to be a training camp like nothing we’ve ever seen before. Never before have video meetings been conducted by a coach in a mask. Never before has every...…Jul 13, 2020In a full, formal team setting the will take the ice at Rogers Arena on Monday for the first time since March 10th.It’s mid-July, we’re three weeks out from the Canucks’ first scheduled game of their qualifying round series against the and hockey is back in Vancouver.Getting to this point has taken a herculean effort of planning, testing, quarantining and logistical administration. And it’s only just getting started.This is going to be a training camp like nothing we’ve ever seen before. Never before have video meetings been conducted by a coach in a mask. Never before has every...WW…

Jul 9, 2020Fun fact: 42 percent of all 5-on-5 goals occur within five seconds of the attacking team entering the offensive zone. That was a key takeaway when Hockey-Graphs contributorWhat does that tell us? It’s more evidence that transitional play — how swiftly teams switch from defense to offense and vice versa — is crucial in a contemporary that’s trending toward speed and skill. Increasingly, you notice that clubs lacking defensemen who can proficiently advance play up the ice struggle to get out of their own zone.Naturally, this makes us wonder — who are the league’s best puck-moving...…Jul 9, 2020Fun fact: 42 percent of all 5-on-5 goals occur within five seconds of the attacking team entering the offensive zone. That was a key takeaway when Hockey-Graphs contributorWhat does that tell us? It’s more evidence that transitional play — how swiftly teams switch from defense to offense and vice versa — is crucial in a contemporary that’s trending toward speed and skill. Increasingly, you notice that clubs lacking defensemen who can proficiently advance play up the ice struggle to get out of their own zone.Naturally, this makes us wonder — who are the league’s best puck-moving...WW…