Weekly Links: Big win for the USWNT; UND women’s team cut; hockey in North Korea; and more

The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! The USWNT scored a huge victory over USA Hockey this week by withholding their labour. A deal has been reached with some considerable financial gains and everyone gets to play! [ESPN]. Dave Zirin also provided some commentary at [The…

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…