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…
** Cross posted on The Rabbit Hole. The Pacific Standard recently wrote an article about NHL skating coach and consultant Barb Underhill. I have been a hockey fan since I was six and I had never heard about this woman before. After reading the article and watching a couple of YouTube clips I am inspired and…
At the end of January the Calgary Flames became the first Canadian team to offer commentary in a language other than English or French. Flames TV Punjabi will be hosted by none other than Hockey Night in Canada (HNIC) – Punjabi Edition’s Harnarayan Singh. Punjabi is the third most spoken language in Canada and, despite…
Another cheap shot. Another player leaving the ice on a stretcher. Another apology. Boys will be boys, I guess. So when will we hold boys and men to a higher standard of masculinity (or at least a different one)? Or are we really okay with the status quo? Tonight, Shawn Thornton threw an unwitting Brooks…
Despite the fact that this blog is a site for critical reflection on the sport of hockey, every now and again it’s nice to raise the hammer and appreciate what is great about the sport. This is one of those opportunities. Roland Barthes (1915-1980), the famed French literary theorist and philosopher, took part in…
Honest. That is about the best way I can sum up Journeyman: The many triumphs (and even more numerous defeats) of a guy who’s seen just about everything in the game of hockey. I loved reading this book! If you have ever dreamt about playing in the NHL with the best of the best this…
I just finished playing an extremely dirty recreational playoff game. It was the kind of game that makes me dislike hockey. The hockey I play is as recreational as recreational gets. No one is going to get a college scholarship. No one will play for the Olympics. No one is even going to make a…
Before I left on vacation I visited my local library to pick up some ‘summer beach reads’. Naturally, as an academic geek and hockey fan I left the library with Adam Proteau’s Fighting the Good Fight: Why on-ice violence is killing hockey and Sheema Khan’s Of Hockey and Hijab: Reflections of a Canadian Muslim Woman…
Recently Hockey Canada announced that the national women’s team would play their first game of the 2013 World Championships wearing Livestrong inspired jerseys. That’s right, goodbye red and white (for one game) and hello black and yellow. This decision comes from an attempt by Livestrong, Lance Armstrong’s cancer charity, to distance itself from the whole…
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