After Andrew Shaw of the Chicago Blackhawks was suspended for using a gay sluron the ice, gay Chicago sports reporter Chris Hine urges people not to condemn Shaw, but instead to examine the culture in which his actions took place. [Chicago Tribune] Bad news for Rogers Sportsnet in the second year of its 12-year, $5.2…
April 18th-24th is Fashion Revolution Week. What is fashion revolution you ask? It is a global movement that calls for more transparency in the fashion industry. We want to know who made our clothes because the commodity form has made it too easy for us to separate human labour from human consumption. Clothes used to…
The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! The Magic Man is heading back to Russia to re-connect with his family. A great article on his thinking from [The Detroit Free Press]. The Hockey Night in Canada Punjabi Edition is becoming an important part of Canadian hockey…
As part of a larger project I had been doing on understandings of gender and sexuality and attitudes towards homosexuality in boys’ and men’s ice hockey, I located the publicly available Twitter accounts of approximately 75 male Major Midget AAA ice hockey players in Canada. This worked out to approximately 80% of the population I…
The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! A major scandal in international hockey has broken, as the Russian U-18 men’s team was completely replaced by the U-17 team ahead of the U-18 World Championships, likely due to failed drug tests. [Deadspin; Puck Daddy] William Douglas gives…
The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! Edmonton braces itself to say goodbye to Rexall Place on April 6th, AKA “The House that Gretzky Built.” [The Globe and Mail] Nova Scotia may have the longest minor league game in recorded history. The province’s female championships ended…
The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! In case you missed it: check out great pieces on this blog from Alvin Ma on the Clarkson Cup championship in Ottawa and Courtney Szto on the NHL’s Green Week and environmental efforts. After capturing the NCAA championships, the…
*Cross posted on The Rabbit Hole* Last week was the first ever NHL Green Week. It was created in an attempt to showcase the League’s “greening programs and initiatives that are reducing the League’s environmental impact, while calling on fans and partners to accelerate a movement towards a healthier planet.” According to the US Environmental…
By Alvin Ma “Players from the Canadian Women’s Hockey League are in town!” reads the poster at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau. It was CWHL Community Day, and numerous events were held around the National Capital Region the day before the championship game: a ball hockey clinic in front of the Canadian Tire…
The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! The 2016 Canadian Blind Hockey Tournament took place in Toronto this past weekend. Read the tournament recaps here [Blind Ice Hockey][Toronto Sun] The Calgary Hitmen of the WHL recently held their first ever multicultural night. [Global News Calgary] Scott Wheeler,…
Hockey in Society / Hockey dans la société 