Hockey 101

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If you’re interested in things like the end of western civilization or the Petroleum Club of Houston you should read this capsule history of the complete one-eighty college sports have taken in front of our very own eyes. It’s seen through the lens of SMU football, not OSU hockey, but it’s...

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When your family tells you that you have to chase the total eclipse of the sun since it falls on what happens to be the latest in a long line of your major birthdays, and you act your age and say “nah" and then your wife says “No, we’re going for it, like it or not,” and...

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Seven elementary questions for "the silly season”

1. Why do a handful of players excel in the face-off circle, or at least turn randomness into probability, winning puck possession more often than not? Something other than mere sheer quickness must be at play.

2. Why do...

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I guess you guys can have your drink now.

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I was going crazy yesterday in the beginning five minutes of the early game thinking there must be 44 D1 announcers who would actually call the game and are going crazy themselves.
My pet peeve. Then by the time the second period arrived I found myself mellowing and settling in to the...

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An idea whose time has come? Quite apart from the issue of access, I would gladly pay for any subscription that would allow the USCHO to rid this site of the wildly inappropriate stuff it peddles, or at least to trade in the BDSM bling for some CCM merch. Sure, there are other offerings occasionally,...