Even if you don’t follow the IIHF World Juniors, or hockey for that matter, and whether or not you’re an avid sports fan, it would’ve been pretty hard to miss our under 20 men’s team take home Canada’s 15th and fifth consecutive world title Monday night. Each year, the holiday season serves as a time [...]
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Oh Canada! Why We Should All Be Proud to be Canadian
Posted: 8th January 2009 by Tieja Maclaughlin in Hockey, Tieja MacComments Off
Breaking Up is Hard to Do: Canned Coaches of 2008
Posted: 30th December 2008 by Tieja Maclaughlin in Hockey, Tieja MacComments Off
Gibbons, Melrose, Nolan, and others sacked this season in accordance with poor team performance…but who’s really to blame? Someone has to be held accountable when a team is failing to live up to its perceived expectations, and the finger is almost always pointed at the head coach. The coach serves as a scapegoat, when the [...]
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A couple of weeks ago, the Pittsburgh Penguins matched up against the New York Islanders in a game that resulted not only in a 9-2 dummying of the Islanders, but a re-writing of the history books as well. No, unfortunately this was no picture perfect, trophy-worthy moment in time; it was barely a memorable moment [...]
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So who’s not sick of hearing about Brian Burke and the god-damn Leafs? Because I know I am. With the lack of any original headlines in the NHL this week, I decided to examine a more pervasive topic; one at least more amusing than yet again new high hopes for Toronto. I introduce to you: [...]
The Never-Ending Debate: Crosby vs Ovechkin
Posted: 11th October 2008 by Tieja Maclaughlin in Hockey, Tieja MacComments Off
They’ve been talked about, hyped up, analyzed, critiqued, and exhausted to all ends for the past three years, but when it comes to these two all-stars, we can all agree on one thing: that the controversy will be everlasting, just as some of the greatest rivalries in history. On one hand, you have Sidney Crosby [...]
A Sober Response to a Drunk 2010 Canada Olympic Hockey Article
Posted: 11th August 2008 by guest-writer in Guest Writers, HockeyComments Off
This article has been submitted by Sports Socialite. Okay. Admit it. We all do some pretty wacky things when we’re drunk, and it’s not our fault. Whether it be sliding down the stairs on a mattress, streaking through the quad into the gymnasium, or puking on a peacock, we’ve all been “that girl/guy.” But Allan [...]
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This article has been submitted by Chris Pope. After starting out 7-1, Blue Jays’ Jesse Litsch has gone 1-6 since the beginning of June with an Earned Run Average (ERA) of well over five. So either he is finally reaching puberty or the rumors are trueand he can’t handle it. The Jays are also still [...]
Gary Roberts Wednesday – Trevor Linden
Posted: 23rd July 2008 by Stu Wilkinson in Hockey, Stu WilkinsonComments Off
This article has been submitted by Stu Wilkinson. For the last couple of weeks the retirement status of a certain Green Bay Packers quarterback has been deemed by the sports media to be incredibly important news. This quarterback has probably gotten more face time on PTI than Wilbon and Kornheiser combined, while the retirement of [...]
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Breaking news! Mats Sundin has signed a contract for the 2008-09 NHL season with the Edmonton Oilers! And the New Jersey Devils! And the Detroit Red Wings, Montreal Canadiens, and Hockey Night in Canada! The deal works as follows: Sundin will be paid $5.1M by Edmonton to play in their 52 weekday games. He’ll be [...]
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This article has been submitted by Ian Cass. The establishment of the new Russian Continental Hockey League is already proving to be a significant threat to the NHL game. Earlier this summer, KHL founder Alexander Medvedev proved to everyone he means business by trying to draw Evgeni Malkin out of the last year of his [...]