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Habs flip the script, face Pens in game seven
by Draft Day Suit
posted May 13, 2010 at 3:01pm

A guest post by Shannon McKarney. Oh, it’s tough, being a Canadian hockey fan. Half your teams don’t make it to the playoffs in the first place. Two of your teams ended up, in fact, as the second-worst and the absolute worst in the league. Cause,...more

It’s a Hockey Playing Weekend
by One Sport Voice
posted May 9, 2010 at 6:08pm

Me playing hockey While it is Stanley Cup Playoff time, other people are also playing hockey. I’m outside of Denver battling altitude sickness and playing some hockey with about 25 other women’s teams from around the country. This is what sport is...more

Million Dollar Reality in Girls’ Hockey
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted April 21, 2010 at 5:40pm

Let’s face the truth, - there’s no money in girls’ hockey. No one is going to be signing million dollar, multi-year contracts to play professional women’s hockey any time soon. A few women are able to make a living by playing hockey, but I w...more

Top Ten Signs You’re a Little Over-Invested in the NHL Playoffs
by Draft Day Suit
posted April 19, 2010 at 9:02pm

1. You would turn off a recently uncovered John Cusack-as-Lloyd-Dobler sex tape to watch hockey, maybe not even a game played by your team of choice. Or you would at least seriously consider it. 2. You remind people without prompting even though they do ...more

8 Quotes of Confidence For Girls’ Hockey Players
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted April 17, 2010 at 1:41pm

Just as one hockey season ends - the next begins. All week long, girls hockey tryouts have been running all across Ontario. It’s a stressful time for players, parents and coaches alike. So this is a message for all the players who are nervous and ex...more

NHL: One Game Is One Game
by Women's Sports Blog
posted April 16, 2010 at 6:13pm

There should be a moratorium on the word 'stun' in sports headlines in instances where one minute's thought would prove otherwise. The NHL playoffs began on Wednesday night, and Thursday morning the Sports Illustrated headline read "Senators Stun Pengui...more

Hockey Arena Trivia – Playoffs Edition
by Draft Day Suit
posted April 15, 2010 at 10:02am

Mellon Arena With the NHL playoffs getting underway, and those of us in Pittsburgh feeling nostalgic about the Penguins’ last season in the Igloo, it occurred to me that all the Eastern Conference playoff teams are in newer arenas. Okay, so all the a...more

Total Female Hockey Testing Combine in Toronto May 16th
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted April 6, 2010 at 10:41am

Over the course of the next 8 weeks, there are at 5 BIG opportunities for girls’ hockey players to see how they stack up on the ice here in Toronto. :: First, the provincial championships are this weekend. Teams of all ages and abilities have the ...more

Not Your Normal Girls’ Hockey Camp
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted April 1, 2010 at 5:14pm

I’ve taught at hockey camps for over 15 years, ever since I was 15 years old, and let’s just say I’ve been a part of some great camps, and some not-so-great camps. To be honest, some of the time it felt like glorified babysitting. The kids skated f...more

Hockey Coach Goes Ape Shit (VIDEO!)
by Draft Day Suit
posted March 30, 2010 at 10:41pm

Jim Playfair, the coach of the Abbotsford Heat (an AHL team) totally lost his shit during a game against the Hamilton Bulldogs after one of his players was kicked out of the game. I have very little to add, but this is some good television – or interne...more

Are Females Interested in Supporting Women's Sports?
by MarieS
posted March 29, 2010 at 1:06pm

Yesterday I got sucked into a post on facebook. A friend of mine (who happens to hold a gold medal in soccer from the '96 Olympics), posted an article that was a response to an NPR article titled: UConn Women's Team Excels; Will America Notice?...more

No Miracle In Minneapolis
by Women's Sports Blog
posted March 22, 2010 at 9:12pm

It's a struggle to know what to write about a hockey game that seemed headed for a fourth overtime before a lucky tip with fifteen seconds to go sent one team sprawling in exaltation and the other sagging in tearful disbelief. It's a struggle to know ho...more

One boy’s perspective about youth sports
by One Sport Voice
posted March 20, 2010 at 12:17pm

A colleague sent me this video of a young Canadian hockey player describing his “magic hockey helmet”. I thought I’d pass it along…enjoy! Speaking of helmets…. stay tuned to this blog for upcoming information on the first-ever Mayo Clinic Ice H...more

Chris Chelios a Thrasher at 48
by Draft Day Suit
posted March 11, 2010 at 10:43am

Chris Chelios, 48, is expected to be on the ice for the Atlanta Thrashers Thursday night after being called up from the minors. It’s not his first trip to the dance, of course. He holds the record for most NHL games played by a US player and the most ...more

4 factors separating good from great female hockey players
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 10, 2010 at 8:31pm

For all of last week, I was off coaching at the Ontario Winter Games, which was a high-performance camp and tournament for the top 160 bantam-aged girls’ hockey players from all across Ontario. For these 13-15 year olds, this was the most intense comp...more

McDiet video for girls hockey players
by Total Female Hockey Club
posted March 3, 2010 at 2:01pm

This is a little embarrassing. Even if you’ve only been part of the Total Female Hockey community for a few weeks, you know all about the mistakes I made when it came to training off the ice on my way up to the next level. I did too much, too soon,...more

Lame ass hockey trivia with Kim
by Draft Day Suit
posted March 3, 2010 at 1:57pm

It’s clear that the Olympics did nothing to mitigate general hockey hysteria. Now that the NHL regular season has resumed here’s a chance to show off your knowledge of NHL history. At the end of each game, three stars are awarded to the game’s most...more

Canada's Women's Hockey Team: Some Guy with a Website Hits the Nail on the Head
by anngaff
posted March 1, 2010 at 3:37pm

Thanks to @switzerblog for sending me a link to this comic by August J Pollack of someguywithawebsite.com. I got a good chuckle out of it, and hope you do too: ...more

Women’s Ice Hockey flashbacks of Olympic softball
by Jessica Mendoza's Blog
posted March 1, 2010 at 10:15am

As the Winter Olympic Games come to a close, I reflect on a story that stood out to me more than many others. Although I will be recapping later about all the other fun and crazy stories of our family’s trip to Vancouver and Whistler, I want to separate...more

On loving hockey and Canada Gold
by Draft Day Suit
posted March 1, 2010 at 10:15am

While my home team lost the goal medal in the men’s ice hockey final at the Vancouver Olympics, the game did serve one purpose. It reminded me – along with millions of other people watching – why I love hockey. You know how people say they love th...more

Do you believe in unlikely (Hockey) outcomes?!
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 28, 2010 at 1:34pm

Tomorrow at 3:15 p.m. EST, the United States Olympic hockey team will take on the Canadian Olympic hockey team in the Gold Medal game. In case you didn’t know hockey in Canada is a BIG deal. It is the national sport. It is America’s baseball, baske...more

Pass The Champagne
by Women's Sports Blog
posted February 27, 2010 at 3:12pm

Brace yourself, we're about to get nuanced up in here. Normally, my reaction when women are castigated for doing something problematic that is normally reserved for men is 'the hell with the double standard, nobody should be doing this.' It turns out ...more

It's never anything good when they're talking women's hockey
by After Atalanta
posted February 27, 2010 at 2:10pm

I complained yesterday about the crap I had to "deal" with in the form of the criticism levied against women's hockey by the powers-that-be, namely Monsier Rogge who wants the women to improve the depth of their game or else face elimination from the Olym...more

It sucks to win silver
by Draft Day Suit
posted February 26, 2010 at 11:30pm

Photo by John Biehler Yep, that’s what U.S. women’s Olympic hockey team captain Natalie Darwitz said when interviewed after her team lost to Canada in the gold medal game. I can sympathize with the sentiment. In Olympic hockey, you don’t win the ...more

An egregious set of double standards: Canadian Women's Hockey under IOC investigation for unruly celebration
by Women Undefined
posted February 26, 2010 at 11:28pm

Oh double standards. Just when I was enjoying the Olympics and reveling in my country's nationalism, celebration and pride you had to come along and ruin it! Damn you! Damn you to hell! So here is the run down , Canadian Women's Hockey wins the gold. Th...more

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