Don Cherry came out swinging yesterday – swinging against those people, including some notable former NHL pugilists, who believe that fighting should not have a place in hockey. During his Coach’s Corner segment on last night’s NHL season opener, the colourful and controversial Hockey Night in Canada commentator proved that there are, in fact, three…
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. Hockey Links A gay Canucks fan weighs in on the Wayne Simmonds/Sean Avery controversy and provides some analysis of homophobia…
Ken Dryden is known for many things: one of the most prolific eight-year careers ever by an NHL goaltender; a seven-year political career as a Member of Parliament for Canada’s Liberal Party; the author of The Game, considered one of the greatest and most insightful hockey books of all-time. Dryden is now making a new…
In March of this year, Vancouver Canuck’s forward Manny Malhotra had a puck deflect into his eye, which led to a number of career threatening surgeries. The prediction was that Malhotra’s 2010-2011 season was finished and he would be lucky to ever regain normal vision. Fast-forward to the 2011 Stanley Cup Finals and Malhotra made…
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. Hockey Links According to Brendan Shanahan, the NHL will examine the role of fighting in relation to blows to the…
By Simon Darnell Sean Avery has transformed before our very eyes. From the tough guy, bad boy of the NHL, known for his cheap shots, on-ice antics, and off-ice dalliances with femme fatales – and provocations of the masculinity of other NHLers in comparison to his own – Avery has somehow turned into a Renaissance…
I am fortunate as a graduate student to study something that I love: sports. Since I was a baby, I have followed sports—especially hockey—passionately and exhaustively. Many of my best friends are also huge fans, and lengthy discussions about sport, often over pints of beer, are a common feature of my social life—as they are…
Image from: http://www.actonladieshockey.ca Welcome to Hockey in Society, a blog dedicated to exploring and discussing important social and political issues in the sport of ice hockey. Please bear with us as we get the blog up and running in the coming weeks, during which time we hope to add additional writers and begin regular blog…
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