Recently the Chinese women’s national hockey team did a mini-tour of Vancouver playing against some of the local women’s teams. With one of the few bids still in for the 2022 Winter Games, China wants to be able to hold it’s own in front of a home crowd if the opportunity should arise. When the team…
After a one week hiatus, the Weekly Links are back! The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! Sarah Hall, a female hockey reporter, has a powerful piece on her experiences facing gender-based abuse and harassment. An important read. [Five for Howling] David Singh has a good…
Last week I attended The Hockey Conference in Fredericton, New Brunswick. This conference only takes place every other year and attempts to bring together hockey enthusiasts of all kinds. We had everything from academics to coaches, and former NHL players to a Canadian paralympian in attendance. As a critical academic, it is both exciting and…
The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! A great profile of the Ladakh Women’s Ice Hockey Foundation, which is creating opportunities for women and girls in India to participate in hockey. [Women’s Hockey Life] The KHL is offically expanding to China, as the Beijing club Kunlun Red…
Editor’s note: This article by Mark Norman was originally posted on The All Rounder on March 16, 2016. As the 2015-16 National Hockey League (NHL) season plays out its final weeks on the ice, one of the major off-ice stories has been whether the league will soon announce the addition of two franchises, which would…
The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! James Mirtle with a must-read about fighting in junior hockey in the CHL, which features much higher rates of fighting than the NHL. [Globe and Mail] On the heels of Mirtle’s article, the CHL is discussing the role of…
The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! Ryan Kesler penned an interesting piece for [The Player’s Tribune] about “American hockey”. As a Canadian, what Kesler describes as “American” seems to read as quintessentially “Canadian” as well. Let the debate begin! Last week had a lot of…
