Notes from Minnesota Wild Camp: Day Three

I had the opportunity to attend Minnesota Wild camp today. Though the players were likely only skating at about 75%, it...

Just a note to our readers

I have decided to divide my postings into four separate posts per day.  In the morning, you will continue to see...

Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League Preview

Illegal Curve recently sat down with Weyburn Red Wings executive Brad McNeil to discuss the state of the SJHL. Brad, you...

The Changing Shape of NHL’ers

The University of AlbertaNH has released a study comparing the size and fitness of today’s NHL players to those from 25...

Alaskans on Ice

The New York Times has an article about the popularity of hockey in Alaska and the game’s role in keeping kids...

How the KHL play differs from the NHL

From Mark Hartigan’s blog at The Hockey News: Now a little about the style of game play: I play for Dinamo...

Radulov having second thoughts?

From Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports: Absolute bombshell dropped by NHLPA executive director Paul Kelly on Bill Watters’s radio show yesterday...

Who will lead Team Canada in 2010?

From Eric Duhatschek of the Globe & Mail: Gretzky, Kevin Lowe and Steve Tambellini were the key front-office elements of the...

In Praise of Shawn Horcoff

David Staples of the Edmonton Journal has a good article extolling the virtues of Oilers centre Shawn Horcoff and argues that...

NHL Fighters

Edward Fraser, of The Hockey News, profiles 10 fighters to watch in the NHL. Milan Lucic, Boston (13 fights in ’07-08)...