Bi-Weekly THW Editor's Choice

News From The Hockey Writers

February 21, 2017

The Editor's Choice stories from The Hockey Writers.

 

02/21/2017 edition:

By John Hoop on Feb 19, 2017 09:50 am

Antoine Vermette made a bone-headed decision during the third period of the Anaheim Ducks’ 1-0 win over the Minnesota Wild Tuesday. After losing a second straight faceoff cleanly, he gave linesman Shandor Alphonso a...

By Peter Ferrell on Feb 18, 2017 09:20 am

The Forum. The Olympia. The Stadium. The names of the Original Six’s arenas were instantly recognizable to hockey fans around the world, shorthand or not. Well, for fans of the Montréal Canadiens, Detroit Red Wings and...

By Ryan Pike on Feb 17, 2017 06:45 pm

A common expression among coaches when their team has lost is “Our best players weren’t our best players.” The logic behind that saying in the National Hockey League is that a team’s best players...

By Darren Faria on Feb 17, 2017 03:22 pm

The NHL’s decision to go from four-on-four overtime to the new three-on-three format just may be the league’s greatest rule change since eliminating the two-line pass back in 2005. It has provided us, the fans, with...

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