This past week Nike Hockey released this uber-patriotic commercial feat. P.K. Subban, Mark Scheifele, Tessa Bonhomme and Steven Stamkos. Amidst the lockout blahs came the real reason Canadians look forward to the holidays: the world juniors, and just in time, Nike hand-delivered this attractive piece of patriotism to the True North, strong and free. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2012
A look at Genève-Servette HC, because lockout 2012
Since the lockout is still alive and well, I thought I’d take a quick look at a team that could be in the running for more NHL talent in the event the NHL season is called off. Continue reading
RBC Charity Challenge in pictures
This past week “#theplayers” came together to raise money for charity while giving starved NHL fans something to watch. Locked out NHLers made their return to Maple Leaf Gardens (now Ryerson athletic centre/Loblaws combo) for the first time since the arena closed shop in 1999. Continue reading
Bits and bytes: the week that crushed us
What a week for hockey fans. Continue reading
We gotta get right back to where we started from
So I made this video. I JUST learned how to edit and this is the first montage I’ve ever made, so I realize it’s pretty shitty. I just wanted to make a feel-good video about hockey. I feel very romantic about the sport and working on this made my heart ache. Anyway, sketchy editing aside, … Continue reading
JUST DROP IT! are puttin’ on the tin foil
Here’s a fan protest I can back. Fans with JUST DROP IT! know what’s up. They pledge, and urge others to follow suit, that for every game taken after December 21, they will not watch that same number of games. Not at the arena, the bar or at home on TV. Nothing. This also applies … Continue reading
Come on everybody, we’re going streaking!
The London Knights are on a monster of a winning streak right now. 15-0-0?!?! In pushing it to 15 they also set a new OHL record for the longest Shootout. Every single player on the team got to shoot and then Seth Griffith scored his second of the shootout to end it all in the 19th … Continue reading
A look at EHC Biel, because lockout 2012
We follow a ton of European hockey teams through social media now that the lockout is in full swing. And believe me when I say it’s entertaining shit, as evidenced by some of our earlier posts. Teams will post just about anything and fans are treating NHL players like gods. One team that stands out … Continue reading