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 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! Shannon Miller, who is being fired under contentious circumstances as the head coach of University of Minnesota-Duluth, speaks about her situation. [Curve] A good look at the NWHL and player salaries, and the conflicted feelings of athletes grateful for…
The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! Victor Hedman, of the Tampa Bay Lightning, has an interesting piece on growing up playing hockey in Sweden and the differences between this experience and that of North American youth. [Player’s Tribune] With superstar Amanda Kessel leaving college after…
Guest post by Tess L. Bracken Tess L. Bracken is a freshman at Dartmouth College, playing Division I Women’s Hockey for the Big Green. She is from Winnipeg, MB, where she played prep hockey for the Balmoral Hall Blazers of Balmoral Hall School. Tess is considering majoring in Neuroscience and a possible career in medicine…
The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! In case you missed them, we had two new Hockey in Society posts this week. Courtney Szto wrote a critical analysis of the Pride Tape anti-homophobia initiative, while Alvin Ma reported on his observations from the second annual CWHL…
By Alvin Ma “Teams descend on the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, the biggest stage of hockey.” This quote came from a World Cup of Hockey advertisement on the jumbotron but many similar messages came from the players and the organizers of the CWHL All-Star Game, held for the second consecutive season in Toronto. I’ve…
The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! Montreal Canadiens player Alex Galchenyuk was allegedly attacked by his girlfriend, who was arrested on domestic violence charges. Paul Wheeler has an insightful look at how Galchenyuk has been treated (spoiler: misogynistic insults and questions about his sexuality and…
The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! The people of Swift Current continue to deal with the effects of Graham James’ abusive coaching decades later. [Globe and Mail] Ontario has a storied history of women’s hockey. Check out this look backwards at early women’s hockey from…
The Weekly Links post highlights important or interesting writing from the hockey blogosphere and media. Enjoy! Willie O’Ree, the first Black player to play in the NHL, wrote a piece on his experiences in hockey. [Player’s Tribune] While the inclusion of a women’s game as part of the 2016 Winter Classic festivities at Foxboro Stadium was a…
Hockey in Society / Hockey dans la société 