Weekly Links: The Questionable Legacy of Bobby Hull; 2016 in Memoriam; Hockey in Kandahar; and more

The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! Great piece by [Second City Hockey] questioning the choice of honouring Bobby Hull at the Winter Classic as a team ambassador. This is an important piece of the picture to understand if you are going to read this Q&A…

Hockey violence and the 2012 NHL playoffs: Why a moral panic won’t change the NHL’s cultural tolerance of violence

There has been no shortage of ink spilled in the past weeks about the surprising and upsetting levels of violence that have characterized the 2012 NHL playoffs thus far – including insightful posts from Hockey in Society’s E. Martin Nolan about psychosocial understandings of hockey violence and the fantastical nature of “hatred” between players. NHL…