Tag: Hockey

03 DEC

Hockey Canada announces World Junior selection camp roster

Canada will have just two players returning to defend its gold medal from the 2018 world junior hockey championship. Forwards Alex Formenton and Maxime Comtois, both 19, are among the 34 players chosen by Hockey Canada that will attend selection camp ahead of the 2019 world junior championship that begins on Boxing Day. The majority […]

29 NOV

Hockey Night in Canada podcast: Daniel Carcillo speaks out about 'disgusting' hockey culture

The Hockey Night In Canada podcast is a weekly CBC Sports production. In each episode, host Rob Pizzo is joined by colourful characters within hockey to discuss great moments and great players and talk about today's stars. The Hockey Night podcast brings you beyond the boxscore with insight you won't find anywhere else. On this week's episode, we discuss the hazing culture in hockey. Hazing has […]

29 NOV

US college arms students with hockey pucks against school shooters

A Michigan university has repurposed the humble hockey puck as an unlikely self-defense device, as faculty attempts to prepare students for the possibility that they may encounter an active shooter on campus. Faculty and students at Oakland University are arming themselves with hockey pucks to protect against school shooters, thanks to a “spur-of-the-moment” idea the […]

22 NOV

Ice hockey fan gets life-saving kidney transplant after help sign at game goes viral

Some people thank their lucky stars when fortune smiles on them but Pittsburgh Penguins fan Kelly Sowatsky knows exactly who was behind her life-saving kidney transplant, after her plea for help was answered by a fellow supporter. School teacher Sowatsky, 31, was in desperate need of the transplant after her kidney function dropped to just […]

13 NOV

Hockey Hall of Fame welcomes class of 2018

The Hockey Hall of Fame has welcomed its class of 2018. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, all-time goalie wins and shutout leader Martin Brodeur, diminutive underdog Martin St. Louis, Canadian women's star Jayna Hefford, league trailblazer Willie O'Ree and Russian great Alexander Yakushev were inducted at Monday's ceremony. Bettman and O’Ree — the NHL’s first black […]