Top 10 Nicest Current NHL Jerseys
In sports, uniforms are sometimes taken for granted. With enough time, even the nicest jersey or sweater can begin to feel boring and routine. But over time, great sweaters become…
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How the NHL Can Fix Preseason Risks and Balance the Regular Season Schedule
The NHL preseason seems to have become more about survival than preparation. For many players, particularly star athletes, the goal has shifted from sharpening their skills to simply making it…
NHL Must Take Steps to Reduce Injuries in Preseason Games
In a preseason game on Oct. 1 between the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Canadiens, Habs defenceman Arber Xhekaj deliberately elbowed Tim Stutzle in the head in what can only…
Every NHL Team’s Longest-Tenured Player
*this article was updated in April 2025 Hockey players train their entire lives to make it to the best league in the world and work even harder to stay. Although…
A Goal Horn Story: Ranking the NHL’s Horns 1-32
After the goal horn fiasco on March 10, 2021, during the first period in Detroit between the Red Wings and Tampa Bay Lightning and considering some of the high-scoring affairs…
NHL’s Top 5 Defenses
Defense wins championships. It’s a saying as old as hockey itself, but there is truth to this wisdom. A stout defense can both limit the opponent’s scoring chances while placing…
NHL Giveaway & Takeaway Stats Shouldn’t Be Trusted
Oftentimes, the words “giveaway” and “takeaway” are thrown around in hockey-related discourse. But what actually constitutes these terms? The NHL’s definition of a giveaway is “an unforced error that results…
Forget the Youth, Older NHL Teams Win Stanley Cups
Sometimes I can be a curmudgeon, especially when it comes to the “youths.” Sure, I am only 27, but I am nearly a decade removed from high school so I…
The NHL’s Problem With Prescription Pain Killers
In major professional sports leagues, performance-enhancing drugs and sometimes players’ struggles with illicit drugs have been the stuff of many gripping stories. Who could forget the BALCO scandal involving the…
5 Stanley Cup Final Matchups the Hockey World Needs
It’s that time of year again; summer is winding down, the lengthy offseason is nearly over, and training camps across the NHL are set to begin in the coming weeks.…