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On sticks, bubbles and the process of hockey
I love hockey. Not just the 60-minute game, which ticks away one second at a time. I love the process of hockey. The parts of the game that attacks the five senses – the unique smell of the dressing...
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The tomb of the unknown hockey team resides in Boston
BOSTON Like the word “stanchion,” the term “quiet room” has managed to worm its way into the hockey conversation. While each of the NHL teams have now had to set aside a spot of serenity for suspected...
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Kevin Dineen nose best
It was often said that Kevin Dineen had a nose for the net. Dineen backed up the assertion, goal by goal, 355 times over a distinguished two-decade NHL career. And while there were a few tap-ins, and a...
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That guy used to be Pierre Dagenais. He still is.
“Hey, wait a minute. Didn’t you used to be….?” Hang around the assignment desk long enough and you’re bound to do one of those kind of stories. Or a bunch of them. The first piece of that sort I ever …
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A softer touch: Worrell handles youngsters with kid gloves
Peter Worrell (left) with Brad Church. All photos by Dan Hickling. PORTLAND, Maine – Back in the day, Brad Church, coach of the Portland Junior Pirates, had himself a pretty good professional career. A...
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Introducing the most famous name among 2014 NHL draft prospects.
Maxim Tretiak | all photos by Dan Hickling SACO, Maine – The name, the legacy, even the very number. All of it a load gladly born on the broad shoulders of a 16-year-old-goaltender, Maxim Tretiak. Does...
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One year later, remembering the victims of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl tragedy.
One year later and the mind is still numbed at the very thought, how the lives of 44 members of hockey’s global family could be snuffed out in an instant. Words – fluent and articulate, moving and...
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Sean Monahan drawing interest as top-three pick in 2013.
OTTAWA — The third pick in the NHL draft isn’t such a bad thing to have, you know. Any general manager (most of them, anyway) would much rather have picks No. 1 or 2 than to deal away a chance …
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Blaine Byron is putting himself (and tiny Kemptville) on the map.
This is another in an occasional series of pieces spotlighting 2013 NHL Draft hopefuls KEMPTVILLE, Ontario — Blaine Byron isn’t hard to spot, but guys like him are really hard to find. Huh? Well, to...
View ArticleOn sticks, bubbles and the process of hockey
I love hockey. Not just the 60-minute game, which ticks away one second at a time. I love the process of hockey. The parts of the game that attacks the five senses – the unique smell of the dressing...
View ArticleThe tomb of the unknown hockey team resides in Boston
BOSTON Like the word “stanchion,” the term “quiet room” has managed to worm its way into the hockey conversation. While each of the NHL teams have now had to set aside a spot of serenity for suspected...
View ArticleKevin Dineen nose best
It was often said that Kevin Dineen had a nose for the net. Dineen backed up the assertion, goal by goal, 355 times over a distinguished two-decade NHL career. And while there were a few tap-ins, and a...
View ArticleThat guy used to be Pierre Dagenais. He still is.
“Hey, wait a minute. Didn’t you used to be….?” Hang around the assignment desk long enough and you’re bound to do one of those kind of stories. Or a bunch of them. The first piece of that sort I ever...
View ArticleA softer touch: Worrell handles youngsters with kid gloves
PORTLAND, Maine – Back in the day, Brad Church, coach of the Portland Junior Pirates, had himself a pretty good professional career. A coupla games in the NHL (with Washington), a lengthy tour of the...
View ArticleIntroducing the most famous name among 2014 NHL draft prospects.
SACO, Maine – The name, the legacy, even the very number. All of it a load gladly born on the broad shoulders of a 16-year-old-goaltender, Maxim Tretiak. Does that last name sound familiar? It should....
View ArticleOne year later, remembering the victims of Lokomotiv Yaroslavl tragedy.
One year later and the mind is still numbed at the very thought, how the lives of 44 members of hockey’s global family could be snuffed out in an instant. Words – fluent and articulate, moving and...
View ArticleSean Monahan drawing interest as top-three pick in 2013.
OTTAWA — The third pick in the NHL draft isn’t such a bad thing to have, you know. Any general manager (most of them, anyway) would much rather have picks No. 1 or 2 than to deal away a chance at...
View ArticleBlaine Byron is putting himself (and tiny Kemptville) on the map.
This is another in an occasional series of pieces spotlighting 2013 NHL Draft hopefuls KEMPTVILLE, Ontario — Blaine Byron isn’t hard to spot, but guys like him are really hard to find. Huh? Well, to...
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