Category: History

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Winter Olympics Sochi 2014: Looking back at Canada's dominance in international play

By CaraT | Feb 26th 2019 | 6 min read |

Teams: Canada, Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia), Finland, Russia (Soviet Union), Sweden, United States of America. Method: Using the best on best tourn...

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The Regression of Keith Ballard, Courtesy of the Atlanta Thrashers

By TrevorMaughan | Feb 20th 2019 | 4 min read |

Whether you like to admit it or not, the Winnipeg Jets are the reincarnate of the Atlanta Thrashers. You can use all the whitewash you'd like, it ...

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What Scouts Said About the 1988 Draft Class

By TE | Feb 19th 2019 | 9 min read |

I hate to throw out another of these on the impression that I'll have them all into the 1990s; admittedly, I only have the goods for this draft cl...

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The Shifts that Changed the Game: The Defection

By TrevorMaughan | Feb 19th 2019 | 9 min read |

The year was 1988. Stephen Hawking had just written his best-selling book A Brief History of Time. Gasoline was only .91 cents a gallon. Miami Sound M...

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What Scouts Said About the 1987 Draft Class

By TE | Feb 19th 2019 | 8 min read |

Sometimes, when you're farting around on the web you unearth a gem. This is one of those times. A number of you might know I was snooping around f...

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The Shifts that Changed the Game: Butterfly Goaltending

By TE | Feb 19th 2019 | 6 min read |

After my initial post on the impact of curved blades, I forged ahead looking at game footage of what I refer to as the "heightened game" (me...

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The Shifts that Changed the Game: The Curved Stick Blade

By TE | Feb 19th 2019 | 5 min read |

One of the perks of NHL Gamecentre (plug! plug!!!) is that you also have the opportunity to access the "NHL Vault", which includes a number ...

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Ray Whitney: The Most Unlikely 1,000 Point Career?

By TE | Feb 19th 2019 | 14 min read |

Most of us know the story now – Edmonton Oilers stick boy dreams big, stays small, forges an incredible WHL career (even better than then and fu...

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Bruins Historical Rank after 38 Games

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 18th 2019 | 5 min read |

The Boston Bruins are leading the league in both shooting percentage and save percentage, which has left them with the second-best goal differential t...

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The NHL's Strangest Divisions

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 18th 2019 | 3 min read |

1967-68 to 1969-70: Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Oakland, St. Louis, Minnesota The six new teams added to the league in 1967-68 were so awfu...