Category: History

The NHL's Most Interesting Name: Wrapping Up the 1970s

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

by Willy Stower (via upload.wikimedia.org) Winding down the 1970s, our final brackets are starting to take shape. When all's said and done, we�...

Ok, People, It's time to be real fans...

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 18th 2019 | 6 min read |

It was tough to not get excited for the return of the Jets and I really, really tried to temper peoples’ expectations by pointing out that even ...

From the Vault: "Gretzky accuses Hawerchuk of deliberately injuring him" - 4/28/1987

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 17th 2019 | 2 min read |

From the Ottawa Citizen: “WINNIPEG – Edmonton Oiler centre Wayne Gretzky suffered a slight concussion and an egg-sized lump on the left si...

The History of Professional Hockey in Winnipeg, Part II

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 17th 2019 | 6 min read |

I'll come back to Part I at a later date – for now, Part II is much more interesting and much more instructive. It's hard to overstate h...

More on NHL Exchange Rates and Expansion

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 17th 2019 | 4 min read |

When I wrote my piece on Tuesday about hockey returning to Winnipeg, I found it surprising that some people dispute the role that exchange rates playe...

On hockey returning to Winnipeg

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 17th 2019 | 3 min read |

I was a little shocked this morning to find out that Damien Cox still writes for the Toronto Star; not surprisingly, improvements in his hockey analys...

Left-Handed Shots in Hockey (and of course they got the story wrong)

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 17th 2019 | 3 min read |

There was a piece in the San Jose Mercury News yesterday on left-handed shots in hockey. Some insight: "Left-shot players far outnumber their rig...

The Real Career NHL Goal-Scoring Leaders

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 16th 2019 | 6 min read |

Tom Tango keeps reminding me of this, and he's right: why do we only count regular season goals in a player's career total? Why don't play...

One-Man Power-Plays

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 16th 2019 | 8 min read |

I thought this was an interesting list – players who were on the ice for the highest percentage of their teams’ power-play goals. Clearly ...

Paul Henderson: we showed you didn't need to be an All-Star to play in the 1972 Series.

By gabrieldesjardins | Feb 16th 2019 | 2 min read |

On Hockey Day in Canada, Ron MacLean asked Paul Henderson for some comments on his line in the 1972 Summit Series – with Bobby Clarke and Ron El...