One subject being heavily debated within the hockey community is that of head shots and the increase in both frequency and severity. Nobody wants to see a player injured, especially when that injury is a concussion sustained after a brutal hit which left the player knocked out cold on the ice. To me, however, it’s […]
Last night was the Washington Capitals first game, out of an unknown string of games, without Alex Ovechkin. Without their highest scorer, and facing Marty Brodeur, putting the puck in the back of the net was bound to be a challenge. As many sports analysts were saying and writing before the game, defense would be […]
I live in Baltimore, Maryland, about an hour north of Washington, DC. Baltimore hasn’t had a hockey team since our AHL team, the Baltimore Skipjacks, left for Portland in 1993. I was 14 years old. I’ve always loved sports and was drawn to ice hockey in my early teens because of the speed and physical […]