Saturday is St. Patrick’s Day, and as has become a bit of a tradition on this site, we set our sights on showcasing the best jerseys in the league based on colour. Green was where it all started, then we did gold (because all good leprechauns are looking for gold), and this year we’re doing black. Why […]
This is it, the definitive (and only) power rankings for NHL team brands. And it’s based on more than just a subjective opinion about each team – there’s actual math/science/statistics behind it. For those interested, I’ll outline how the rankings were calculated. Don’t care? Click here to jump right down to the ranking themselves. What is a […]
Tuesday was Christmas around these parts…all 31 teams in the NHL and got new jerseys. Well, some are more new than others. With the switch from Reebok to Adidas for the 2017-18 season, the new uniform manufacturer unveiled what each team will be wearing next year on their home rinks. There are a tons of […]
Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day, which is most often associated with the colour green. But don’t forget what all those drunk leprechauns are (theoretically) searching for as they stumble the streets of their respective cities (other than their lucky charms) – that elusive pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Plus, we did the green jersey thing last […]
2016 was a rough year in notable deaths, and the sports community was no exception; Gordie Howe, Muhammad Ali, Jose Fernandez and Craig Sager are only a few still being mourned by the sports world. As if the year past wasn’t hard enough, the turn of the calendar year brought yet another loss to the […]
The Boston Bruins (also known as the Bears or the B’s) got their start in the NHL during the 1924–1925 season. Rumor has it, Charles Francis Adams – a grocery-chain tycoon from Vermont – paid a hefty $15,000 to the NHL in exchange for the first United States entry into the league. Bruins’ Origins Adams held a contest open […]
Happy New Year! It’s that time of the year again, when the best hockey game – aesthetically speaking – during the regular season is played. It’s the Winter Classic, 2016 edition. With the addition of another Bruins and the first Canadiens jersey, it’s time to create an updated countdown of the best Winter Classic jerseys. As January 1, 2016 marks […]
With 30 teams in the NHL, each with at least two goaltenders on their roster and some wearing multiple masks in one season, the league has seen thousands upon thousands of masks throughout its long history. Ok, so goalies didn’t actually wear masks until the late 50’s when Jacques Plante became the first NHL netminder to wear […]
Ahhh, Valentine’s Day. The holy grail of the chocolate and jewelry industries. This will mark the fourth year that I will not be getting a ring for my amazing, and certainly deserving girlfriend (cue sad violins)…maybe someday. However, there is a group of people who do get rings every single year and that is the winning team […]
I’m breaking with the mold a little bit for this final instalment of BTLNHL. If I just did a post for #2, everyone would know who placed #1 automatically, so that seems like no fun. And given we’re heading in the middle of the Stanley Cup Finals, a little more of a showdown mentality might […]
