May 14, 2020There are few players in history who have a story quite like Alexander Mogilny’s.But rather than have us make the case, we wanted to go directly to those who played with him and have them describe, in their words, why he is a Hockey Hall of Famer.They didn’t disappoint.Let’s start where it began and work our way through Mogilny’s NHL career, beginning in Western New York.Mogilny’s star was perhaps its brightest in Buffalo.After dazzling with the Soviets as a junior player and winning gold in the 1988 as a teenager, he escaped to Buffalo after the 1989 World Championships. He...…May 14, 2020There are few players in history who have a story quite like Alexander Mogilny’s.But rather than have us make the case, we wanted to go directly to those who played with him and have them describe, in their words, why he is a Hockey Hall of Famer.They didn’t disappoint.Let’s start where it began and work our way through Mogilny’s NHL career, beginning in Western New York.Mogilny’s star was perhaps its brightest in Buffalo.After dazzling with the Soviets as a junior player and winning gold in the 1988 as a teenager, he escaped to Buffalo after the 1989 World Championships. He...WW…

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…

Apr 14, 2021The will hit the ice for practice Thursday morning and again for a pregame skate Friday.Friday night, they’ll host the . And the very next day — with less than a 24-hour turnaround to accommodate the broadcast schedule — they’ll play the . They’ll then proceed to play five games in seven days.Talk about a rude “welcome back” from the . Not to mention the baffling acquiescence of the NHLPA.What remains of this ill-fated Canucks season will be played, and played in full. It just won’t be pretty, it won’t prioritize the gradual, humane recovery of the players and staff involved,...…Apr 14, 2021The will hit the ice for practice Thursday morning and again for a pregame skate Friday.Friday night, they’ll host the . And the very next day — with less than a 24-hour turnaround to accommodate the broadcast schedule — they’ll play the . They’ll then proceed to play five games in seven days.Talk about a rude “welcome back” from the . Not to mention the baffling acquiescence of the NHLPA.What remains of this ill-fated Canucks season will be played, and played in full. It just won’t be pretty, it won’t prioritize the gradual, humane recovery of the players and staff involved,...WW…

Mar 11, 2021One of my favorite movie characters is Count Rugen from “The Princess Bride.” He’s the creepy bad guy who’s trying to write the definitive work on the subject of pain. He’s fascinated by how much can be endured, and just how bad it can get. The sports fan side of me kind of gets where he’s coming from. Misery is interesting to me.I’m also a fan. These two facts may be related.With three decades of Maple Leafs pain under my belt, I’m getting close to self-appointed expert status on the subject. But these days, there isn’t a ton of Leafs-related agony to be found. Toronto is...…Mar 11, 2021One of my favorite movie characters is Count Rugen from “The Princess Bride.” He’s the creepy bad guy who’s trying to write the definitive work on the subject of pain. He’s fascinated by how much can be endured, and just how bad it can get. The sports fan side of me kind of gets where he’s coming from. Misery is interesting to me.I’m also a fan. These two facts may be related.With three decades of Maple Leafs pain under my belt, I’m getting close to self-appointed expert status on the subject. But these days, there isn’t a ton of Leafs-related agony to be found. Toronto is...WW…

Feb 2, 2021The 2022 Winter Olympic Games are just a year away and to celebrate, we’re projecting what the rosters for the major teams might look like in Beijing. | | | | |  Remember how the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang unfolded? Canada won a hard-earned bronze medal playing a stingy brand of defence under coach Willie Desjardins and lost only a single game in regulation – to Germany in the semifinals – before defeating the Czech Republic to earn a place on the podium.Just one thing was missing: players. Hockey’s crème de la crème. Three years ago, the NHL decided not to...…Feb 2, 2021The 2022 Winter Olympic Games are just a year away and to celebrate, we’re projecting what the rosters for the major teams might look like in Beijing. | | | | |  Remember how the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang unfolded? Canada won a hard-earned bronze medal playing a stingy brand of defence under coach Willie Desjardins and lost only a single game in regulation – to Germany in the semifinals – before defeating the Czech Republic to earn a place on the podium.Just one thing was missing: players. Hockey’s crème de la crème. Three years ago, the NHL decided not to...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…

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