The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! Mexican Women’s Ice Hockey. Yup, you read that correctly. Ice hockey has gained cult status in Mexico City their women are picking up the game quickly! [Vice Sports] And on across the Pacific, South Korean women’s hockey gets a…
*Cross posted on The Rabbit Hole. Hopefully, you are familiar with sledge hockey at this point but what do you know about Blind Hockey? So often we judge people by what they are unable to do that we forget about all the things of which they are capable. While blind hockey may not match the…
The W Network recently launched a “reality” series called, Hockey Wives. It’s like the wife version of 24/7…but not nearly as awesome. I watched the season premiere, titled “Married to the Game,” and, well, there were tears, giggles, and diamonds. The website describes the show as such: Being married to the game comes with its…
Here’s the backstory: Evander Kane wore a tracksuit to a team meeting. Team policy is to wear a suit. Teammate Dustin Byfuglien took said tracksuit and threw it in to the shower. Evander Kane left practice. Social media loves the drama. I think many of us who have participated in team sports have probably been taught…
Hockey Helps the Homeless (HHTH) was started in 1996 as as industry tournament by Toronto businessman, Gary Scullion. Today, there are 14 tournaments held across Canada, and six university tournaments run by over 500 volunteers. Players are asked to raise a minimum of $250 in addition to paying the $200 registration fee which pays for…
When I was a part-time sales associate at Sportchek, a mother once commented to me that once her sons had balled up all of the sock tape they used in a month and each created a tape ball the size of a basketball. Her boys played rep hockey; therefore, they were on the ice…
Roundtables are an occasional feature on Hockey in Society. Roundtables will present brief commentaries from Hockey in Society contributors on pressing or timely issues within hockey and its culture, with the aim of presenting a diverse range of critical viewpoints on the topic under discussion. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is hosting its fourth…
Welcome to Hockey in Society’s Weekly Links post. This feature highlights articles or blog entries that are related to Hockey in Society’s areas of interest and that may be of interest to the site’s readers. Please check out some of the great writing that is happening in the hockey media and blogosphere! Sledge hockey hero…
Welcome to Hockey in Society’s Weekly Links post. This feature highlights articles or blog entries that are related to Hockey in Society’s areas of interest and that may be of interest to the site’s readers. Please check out some of the great writing that is happening in the hockey media and blogosphere! We are sad…
It was recently brought to my attention that Warrior is a horrible company. When I say “horrible” I don’t mean that their equipment is horrible. This is the same Warrior worn and used by Alex Burrows, Shane Doan, Ilya Kovalchuk, Henrik Zetterberg and Alexei Kovalev among others. I myself purchased a Warrior Covert DT1 a…
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