The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. 3ICE, a professional (details to come on that) 3 on 3 men’s league begins in June and already has television coverage on TSN & RDS in Canada and CBS in the US. [TSN] The NHL All-Star added a 3-on-3 game…
The PWHPA’s Dream Gap Tour rolled into Toronto for another showcase on January 11th and 12th, this time sponsored by Secret deodorant. This weekend was definitely a more intense version of the first showcase with more teams, games, venues, and peripheral events, all hoping to draw as many spectators and viewers to women’s hockey as…
The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. The USA defeated Canada in OT at the U-18 Women’s Championships on a goal by Kiara Zanon. [USA Hockey] Unfortunately, the only way to see that game was an online stream which began as a single fish-eye lens and ended…
TSN has been using the above promo for the current World Junior tournament in an attempt to convince people to watch the legends of tomorrow before they become legends. The voice over starts, “Before they were household names, they were here on TSN,” with imagery of much younger versions of Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid.…
‘Twas a few days before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; Hockey gear was drying slowly on the floor; When a surprise package from Meghan Agosta arrived at the door. Right before the Christmas of 2017, my teammate Bonnie had her house broken into in Vancouver.…
Teammate: I saw you on the television. Me: What was I doing? Teammate: You were at a book launch. That book launch happened to be for Rhonda Leeman Taylor and Denbeigh Whitmarsh’s Offside: Challenges faced by women in hockey. It was a small but mighty gathering on October 5th at the Original Hockey Hall of Fame in…
This past Sunday night, the CBC’s investigative news program, The Fifth Estate, broadcast a report in which the wives of three former NHL enforcers shared moving stories of their experiences with the long-term consequences of brain injury. The half-hour segment, titled “Hockey Fight: Wives Reveal the Cost of Concussions,” was hosted by Bob McKeown and…
Last week was…hectic, to say the least. First, Don Cherry started a statement with “You people…” on Hockey Night in Canada, and then all hell broke loose. It was headline news in Canada for days. After Cherry was released by Sportsnet, talkshow co-host, Jessica Allen, from The Social, weighed in on the situation with the following statement:…
By Alvin Ma I don’t know if there’s a better way to discuss Don Cherry than to provide a 6-minute Coach’s Corner-style stream of consciousness rambling and saying the following: “How much time do I have? Let’s roll this clip!” This Molson Bubba beer commercial featuring Cherry was launched a week after making controversial comments…
Ever since I took up ice hockey at the age of 21, I’ve been trying to make up for all those years of lost ice time – hard. Moving to Ontario has definitely made my life goal of making Team Canada at the age of 60 a lot easier. Sadly, my teammates in Vancouver have…
Written by Kristi Allain (St. Thomas University) and Stephanie Dotto (Trent University) As Canadian Studies scholars, our job is to reflect on the work of people like Don Cherry and his Coach’s Corner broadcast. We consider what he says, who he is speaking to, and how people respond to him — and how they respond…
In keeping with our effort to highlight academic research on hockey, we are pleased to post details about presentations occurring at the the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS) annual conference, taking place this week in Virginia Beach, VA. The full 2019 conference program can be viewed here, and you can see…
