Formerly known as “Weekly Links,” our round-up of important and interesting pieces from the hockey blogosphere and media will now appear twice a month. The US Women’s National Team won its first Olympic Gold Medal since 1998 at PyeongChang 2018. This only adds to the players’ well-deserved off-ice legacy of fighting successfully against USA Hockey…
The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! Either Phil Kessel is the greatest troll ever or he is just a really decent dude. His time with the Cup was spent at Toronto’s Sick Kids hospital [CBC Sports]. And in related news, Sidney Crosby took the Cup…
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…
Last week, I wrote a short piece about the growth of hockey in Ladakh, India – home to the highest ice rink in the world at 3,484 meters. This small region of the Indian Himalayas, with a population of less than 300,000 people, has fallen in love with hockey. They can only play three months…
The Indian national hockey team has been competing internationally since 2009. Yes, that’s right, India has a national hockey team. It has only won one game in that time (2012 vs. Macau). Nevertheless, Ladakh (“land of high passes”) is home to pond hockey like the game has never seen before – 9,800 feet up in…
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