And that’s just one line. Screenshot from NHL.com
The Eastern Conference:
Nothing changed between Friday and Sunday, except the Pittburgh Penguins are on a five-game win streak while the Montreal Canadiens have three straight wins. The Philadelphia Flyers have the most away losses (10) but are also 8-4-1 at home. The Washington Capitals and Carolina Hurricanes are the only teams league-wide who have yet to see a shootout.
Screenshot from CapitalsOutsider.com
I’ve been off and on covering the ECHL affiliate of the Washington Capitals, the Reading Royals, during the lockout. I haven’t been up as much mostly because it takes up about 3/4 tanks of gas round-trip, but I have been trying to keep tabs on the team.
So when the lockout ended, I, one, rejoiced and two, knew that I had to get something in amidst the many angles being analyzed. So I looked to the minor leagues and how they would be affected with players being called up. The results in Washington weren’t as exciting as one might want, but I more wanted to get in touch with the Royals. Especially because it looks like I won’t be able to go up this month due to the massive amount of (paying) work I have assigned myself in preparation for the spring semester.
I brought in fellow Capitals Outsider writer M. Richter to craft the Hershey section as she’s more knowledgeable on the team. You can read the whole thing here, but as before, I’ll provide some teasers. Continue Reading »
Stan Fischler had been covering the New York Islanders, New York Rangers and New Jersey Devils for over 30 years with the MSG Network. Photo from MSG
First off, I highly recommend that hockey fans read Cracked Ice: An Insider’s Look at the NHL. Though more than 10 years old, Stan Fischler’s insight very much applies to the present. And by that I mean the lockout.
Fischler has been in the hockey business since 1954. His first job was as an assistant publicist for the New York Rangers. From there he went to what would become MSG Plus Sportschannel, covering the Hartford Whalers. He remains with MSG to this day.
“The Hockey Maven” has definitely earned his title, so when he talks about the 1994-95 lockout, there’s something to learn. While some things have changed, a lot has not.
The CCHA is celebrating its final season with “Celebrate the Legacy,” which will look back on 42 years of hockey. Photo from CCHA.com.
As an eternal optimist, I have found an upside to the NHL lockout in the NCAA.
I wrote two articles for College Hockey News last season, but hopefully this time, I have budgeted my time better to contribute more.
The season starts today, and just in time CHN published a preview in which I wrote about Bowling Green, Northern Michigan and Mason Cup champions Western Michigan.
While I’m very critical of myself, here are some excerpts.
There’s a very good reason I cover hockey and not politics. Considering my past, it would be make sense to report on the latter, but I have made a conscious decision not to use the years of political and historical information in the “news” sphere, but in the sports world.
In hockey, true, politics can extend to a team’s play, but at the end of a day, there’s no such thing as half a goal. There’s a tangible sense of justice on the ice and a pure unity off it that in the “real world” tends to have dangerous and sometimes deadly consequences. It would be naive to say that this always applies, as every system at some level is broken and sport is not an isolated entity. But as most entertainment is, hockey is a refuge.
One of many images denouncing the victim’s guilt instilled into women who both have and haven’t experienced rape or sexual assault. From givemeanarchy.tumblr.com
It really is unfortunate that more women aren’t part of the sports media world because at times like this, what’s needed is a female voice.
This is not at all to fault the many talented male writers who have mostly approached Boston University’s recent controversy in the appropriate fashion, but they face a barrier that is out of their control. They, most likely, have not been immersed in the culture of fear that surrounds a girl/woman and her sexuality.
I’ll preface this by saying that by all means I don’t want a lockout. But I do have a backup plan.
