Faith in the game of Hockey While spirituality is on display in other professional sports — with pitchers’ fingers pointing skyward, tattooed crosses adorning NBA arms, words of divine praise in postgame sideline interviews — that’s not the case in hockey. In the NHL, religion is mostly omitted from the conversation, God left unsaid.
Follow up on above article This yahoo article follows up on the Boston Globe article above and provides a few other thoughts about faith being a part of the hockey culture.
A Labor of Love Being a hockey mom is not an easy task. This article shares the view point from a few Columbus players looking back on the sacrifices their mom's made so they could play the game they loved.
Blackhawks in the Community The Chicago Blackhawks have been out in the community lately. Nice to see some of the guys taking the time to make someone's life a little better.
A Hockey Hair Tradition In Minnesota, the high school tournament is all about the hockey hair. It's a tradition and an honor. The commentary in this little clip is also absolutely fantastic.
Good Idea, Bad Idea While the intentions were noble, the implementation probably wasn't the best. Unless you like the retro look of these awesome mouth guards of course!
Former NHL Player with Wise Advice Former NHLer Ray Ferraro offers some words of wisdom to hockey parents. A short article with some very good content for the hockey parent in today's world.
Hockey Quebec wants to build Athletes This is a nice article on the important and growing movement for kids to stop specialization in hockey and increase activity across a broad spectrum of sports
What will happens when hockey careers end.... BJ Crombeen urges all those young & old hockey players out there to think beyond the present moment. We think there is some truth for all of life in this piece.
Here come the Americans This year's draft was a banner year for the Americans. Five players (yes, FIVE) were drafted in the first from the same youth hockey team in St. Louis.
The Illustrated Guide to the Stanley Cup This great infographic seeks to show us why the Stanley Cup is one of, if not the greatest, sports trophy in all the world.
When it's time, it's time...but until then fight This is an interesting article about the journey of Bryce Salvador after a really tough injury. A great look into the tensions of being a hockey player at the highest level.
Quantity time vs. Quality time From a non christian perspective this article explains why more time with those who we love is still better than the excuse of quality time.
What does an NHL player train like? A nice video looking at the ins and outs of off season training from a few NHL players. You can have all the tools and resources, but you can't replace hard work.
The future of hockey Like it or not, technology is invading the game of hockey. The Toronto Maple Leafs are on the cutting edge of this new movement to "datafy" the game.
