“Pink at the Rink” Auctions
The ECAC has sponsored a new Coaches vs Cancer and American Cancer Society benefit called Pink at the Rink. Game-worn jerseys from all women’s ECAC teams in action this weekend and next are up for auction on eBay, and each coach has put up a game-worn tie, scarf or other piece of clothing. You can [...]
Good Luck, Laura Halldorson
As widely reported about five weeks ago, Laura Halldorson resigned as head women’s hockey coach at the University of Minnesota. She was their first coach and had a decade-long tenure which included three national championships and five consecutive Frozen Four bids (the only coach to ever do so). Her bid for the hat trick in [...]
Top Ten Hockey Books
I love books. I buy many more than I read, and lately I’ve been buying out of print or gently used editions from amazon.com to add to my collection. Typically the used tomes fill in from days when spending $15 on a book would have put a serious dent in my spending money. Now that [...]
98 Men Of Power and Influence
The annual “100 People of Power and Influence” fills the current double-wide issue of The Hockey News, as it does to start every new calendar season. Once again, it reads like an alumni listing of the Old Boys’ School; while last year the list was 99 men and one woman, this year THN added Hayley [...]
Angela, Protector
Just how cool is Angela Ruggiero? Talk about picking a good time to score a goal in the Olympics. What she did today — picking up the puck at the goal line, skating coast to coast, finding a seam in the defense and snapping a shot to put the US ahead of Finland, 4-3, was [...]
99 Men, 1 Woman: That’s A List?
The January 3rd edition of The Hockey News features the “100 People of Power and Influence” in hockey. Not the NHL, but hockey in generic terms. Hello, editorial staff, there are no women players or coaches on this list. Last time I looked there was a “Hockey is for everyone” campaign around and diversity was [...]