Hockey podcasts
We all know that Willie O’Ree was the first black player in the National Hockey League. O’Ree was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick in 1935 and began playing with the Quebec Aces of the Quebec Hockey League in the 1956-57 season. The next year, when injuries hit the Boston Bruins, O’Ree was called up to … Read more
Of all the championship trophies in North American sport, none has the beauty and grandeur of the Stanley Cup. In the National Football League, the National Basketball Association, and Major League Baseball, their league trophies are made new each year and while they are surely wonderful to win, they all seem to suffer from a … Read more
Hockey has always been a game that is played with emotion. Within a moment in any game, you can see tension, excitement, joy, despair, relief, frustration, anger. And sadly, sometimes, the frustration and anger can lead to gruesome results. This is a story of the latter. Over the last sixty years, it’s difficult to think … Read more