Weekly Links: What is the AWHL?; Third year for the NWHL; Bob Probert’s ashes; and more

The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! Is there a third professional women’s hockey league popping up? The [Ice Garden] explores the AWHL that has been popping up on social media. If your team is in the playoffs you might be thinking about getting tickets, planning…

Hockey Fighting and the Justice Loving Soul

By E. Martin Nolan Like most people I stood up, rising off my feet a bit, when the circling, diffuse hive of the game would suddenly stop and, somewhere behind the play, the focus would grow static, with the crowd collectively gasping before collectively cheering as the brawlers circled each other and closed in. I…