Bi-Weekly THW Editor's Choice

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June 23, 2020

The Editor's Choice stories from The Hockey Writers.

06/23/2020 edition:

By Lucas Anderson on Jun 23, 2020 08:05 am

In the winter of 1898, a group of ice hockey enthusiasts suited up for an outdoor game in West Orange, New Jersey. The frozen surface of Crystal Lake served as the venue for the match, which featured at least a dozen...

By Aidan Battley on Jun 22, 2020 08:05 am

The United States National Team Development Program (USNTDP) was formed in 1996 by the U.S. Hockey Federation as a way to identify top players under the age of 18 and centralize their training in order to develop talent...

By Sartaaj Bhullar on Jun 21, 2020 05:00 pm

Last week I wrote an article discussing the biggest draft day steals for the Vancouver Canucks. While I was researching for that article, I noticed how many great Swedish players the team has been able to acquire. Two...

By Tom Castro on Jun 21, 2020 08:20 am

The NHL’s impending return will be welcomed by hockey fans everywhere, as strange as it will be to watch players on the ice in July and August. Still, the real games of this unprecedented playoff tournament remain...

By The Old Prof on Jun 20, 2020 03:25 pm

Yesterday, the Toronto Maple Leafs world was hit hard by the report that Auston Matthews, one of the team’s biggest stars, had become infected by COVID-19 as a result of participating in Phase 2 of the NHL’s plan to...

By Greg Enright on Jun 19, 2020 11:50 am

Before Mario Lemieux arrived in Pittsburgh in 1984 and began leading the Pittsburgh Penguins to a pair of Stanley Cups in the early 1990s, the club had enjoyed precious few moments of glory. Most Penguins teams of the...

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