USA Hockey Player Membership Report 2019-20
For the first time since USA Hockey started publishing their numbers, player membership is down more than 1%, a decline of over 6000 player memberships compared to the 2018-19 season. Part of this is certainly due to COVID-19 hitting at the end of the season and shutting down recreational and competitive hockey across the US. […]
Sound of Hockey Episode 90 – Featuring John Goodwin, Pro Scout for NHL Seattle
Things are a little lighter on this week’s episode of Sound of Hockey. This week, the guys welcome John Goodwin, one of NHL Seattle’s first Pro Scouts. It’s a great conversation, as John (Goodwin, not Barr) exudes passion for the game. You will definitely appreciate hearing from him. Also this week, John (Barr, not Goodwin) […]
Narrowing the NHL Seattle Goalie Field
If there’s one position at which we should be able to predict NHL Seattle’s direction heading into the franchise’s 2021 Expansion Draft, it would be netminder. After all, Vegas’s impending acquisition of Marc-Andre Fleury, then 32 years old, in the lead-up to the Golden Knights’ inaugural season was perhaps the worst-kept secret in all of […]
A Message To My White Friends
Earlier this week, a white friend that I grew up with in suburban Minneapolis started an email dialogue with me and a few other white friends with similar upbringings about the events that have transpired in our hometown. I wrote the below response, which I’ve adjusted a bit for context. Although it isn’t exactly what […]
Sound of Hockey Episode 89 – Featuring Stu Barnes
Recognizing all that’s happening in the world right now, the guys get a bit emotional on this week’s episode of Sound of Hockey. It’s been quite the week, as you know, and John, Andy, and Darren certainly do not want to avoid the topics at hand. Nonetheless, they hope that you get a bit of […]
Sound of Hockey Episode 88 – Returning to Play?
Sound of Hockey gets back to its roots this week, with a more straight-forward episode to appease the die-hard SOH listeners. Lots of banter about the NHL’s return to play plans, which gets the idea mill churning a bit for John, Andy, and Darren. The guys also do a fun exercise in this episode of […]
NHL unveils its 24-team Return To Play plan, could start training camps in July
By Andy Eide NHL commissioner Gary Bettman detailed the league’s Return To Play plan Tuesday that includes a 24-team playoff format which would allow the NHL to conduct a post season after pausing their regular season in March due to the COVID-19 disease. His live streamed announcement came a couple of days after the NHLPA […]
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