And then there’s Mike Toth. Toth is now the permanent substitute for McCown when the latter’s enjoying any of his twelve weeks of vacation. I don’t know how it happened…

Trying video on this site for the first time ever. A friend of mine passed along this video which is from the 2000 finals of the Romanian Hockey League. Since fighting seems to be down in the NHL this season, I thought it might be a nice change to know that aggression and a good [...]

If you follow hockey on any level whatsoever or if you caught Sportscenter after the American Olympic Hockey Team was announced, you would know that Jeremy Roenick was pissed and called his not being picked for the Olympic team the biggest snub of his career. Recently David Amber (formerly of TSN and now on ESPN [...]

We have about 35 million people in this great country of Canada and the fact that so many of them were glued to their television, radio or the Internet yesterday to see the live announcement (the simple fact that there was a press conference covered by all 3 is something unto itself) of Team Canada’s [...]

Ladies and gentlemen, your 2006 USA Olympic Hockey Team…isn’t Mike Knuble from Toronto?
GOALTENDERS (3)
Rick DiPietro (Winthrop, Mass) - New York Islanders
Robert Esche (Utica, N.Y.) - Philadelphia Flyers
John Grahame (Denver, Colo.) - Tampa Bay Lightning
DEFENSEMEN (7)
Chris Chelios (Chicago, Ill.) - Detroit Red Wings
Derian Hatcher (Sterling Heights, Mich.) - Philadelphia Flyers
Jordan Leopold (Golden Valley, Minn.) - Calgary [...]

This week was different if you were a Detroit Red Wing. Not because the NHL had decided to loosen up on its new rules or because Steve Yzerman had announced he wouldn’t be playing for Team Canada, but because the players had one of their “Dad, Male Family Member or Mentor” join them for the [...]

Here is a post from guest writer Carey Tepperman which actually came to me via email. Carey is the most passionate hockey fan I know and definitely doesn’t shy away from controversy with his thoughts. Enjoy and thanks to Carey for allowing us to post.
I have just returned from taking in the Leafs/Rangers game down [...]

This really is the new NHL. Sean Avery, the Los Angeles Kings’ centre with the golden tongue, picked up a $1000 fine for an alleged dive in a November 3 game at Phoenix. There was no penalty called on the play, but league disciplinarian Colin Campbell reviewed the tape in his New York office and [...]

Over the past while the love affair in Canada with the NHL has resulted in extra coverage in sports sections across the country and hockey being sure to lead the sports news (though again we are still “banned” from ESPN). So while I have decided not to turn this article into one about why I [...]

Through 13 games this season Alexander Ovechkin has 13 points. Let’s call it a slow start. For most NHLers a point/game would be something to crack open a beer about. And a 40+ goal pace isn’t exactly bad for a rookie season. But we’re talking about a young Todd Bertuzzi here. 100 points is going [...]

When Roberto Luongo was taken 4th overall in the 1997 entry draft no one batted an eyelash. Here was an 18 year-old kid from Montreal who’d put up a 3.12 GAA with a .910 Save % for Val D’Or of the QMJHL in the ‘96/’97 season. That might not seem too impressive on the surface, [...]