The Hockey Writers Best of the Week Feb 27 2013

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The Silent Struggle: Tom Cavanagh and Mental Health in the NHL

You've heard of Rick Rypien and Wade Belak, but what about Tom Cavanagh?

Tom Cavanagh’s life was important. He was a brother, a son and a friend to those that got the opportunity to know him. His story is also important as it provides a face to the diagnosis of schizophrenia. It is vital that we acknowledge that Cavanagh was not “crazy” nor was he a “psycho.” Those terms are hurtful and inaccurate when describing anyone with schizophrenia or any form of mental illness for that matter. It’s more important to speak the truth that he was a likeable young guy who, even though he had opportunities that some people can only dream of, struggled through mental illness.

Tom passed away in 2011 - here's the story...

3 Legendary Olympic Hockey Players You've Never Heard OfIn five games, the Canadians outscored their opposition by a combined score of 132-3, with Harry Watson scoring 36 of those goals. That total includes the game winner against the United States when he had been knocked unconscious earlier in the game! Canada’s hockey program was that far advanced compared to the rest of the world. That mark still stands as the record for not only the most goals in one tournament, it is also the most goals that any player has scored all-time at the Olympics over all tournaments. - read about Harry and 2 others here...

Our growing IndexAnd finally we have a rather large Index of many of our stories. It is evolving into a nice Hockey Encyclopedia with hundreds of entries. Lots of terrific reads for all hockey fans.