Ken Campbell
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NHL Draft: Comparing Top Defensemen Jiricek and Nemec
Simon Nemec and David Jiricek enter the 2022 NHL draft as the top defensemen available. How do they stack up in key areas? Let's take a look. → Read More
Bruins had no choice but to allow Rask to leave the NHL's playoff bubble
The Boston Bruins could have prevented Tuukka Rask from leaving the NHL's bubble since he did not opt out before the playoffs began, but what would be the point? Rask's mind and heart were clearly somewhere else and the Bruins understood that. → Read More
Owen Brady: Cancer survivor and, finally, a hockey player again
In November of 2018, promising prospect Owen Brady was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his left shin. After months of chemotherapy and rehab, he played his first game Friday and plans to continue chasing his hockey dream. → Read More
Mature and poised Lightning make a statement in Game 1 marathon
The Tampa Bay Lightning probably don't win a game like this a year ago. But after suffering one of the most ignominious defeats in NHL history in 2019, they showed the kind of maturity that winning teams do in the most important games. → Read More
After another playoff disappointment, is it time for the Predators to kick David Poile upstairs?
Since making the Stanley Cup final in 2017, the Nashville Predators have been trending downward and their perennial search for a game-breaking player continues. It's not enough to stockpile a conga line of great defensemen if you don't have players who can score. → Read More
What's up, Dach? The Blackhawks are on the Oilers with Kirby and Captain Serious
How about those No. 12 seeds? But in the wake of the Chicago Blackhawks’ stunning victory and subsequent 2-1 lead in their qualifying series over the Edmonton Oilers, the number that really stands out is three. → Read More
In light of Jake Muzzin injury, why do NHL refs refuse to call crosschecking?
If the league's return-to-play protocols are followed, Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Jake Muzzin will miss at least Games 3 and 4 of his team's qualification series against the Columbus Blue Jackets because of a casual crosscheck that has become commonplace in today's NHL. → Read More
How many NHLers will opt out of the playoffs? Try zero
The NHL and the players settled on rules to return to play, one of which gives any player the right to opt out of playing in this year's playoffs for any reason. It's hard to imagine one of them would exercise that option. → Read More
Making the case for Philadelphia Flyers: 2020 Stanley Cup champion
Thanks to an overhauled defensive system under a new coach, the Flyers were the hottest team in the NHL going into the pause and enter the playoffs as a top-four team in the Eastern Conference. Can they bring a championship home for the first time in 45 years? → Read More
Players will hate the new CBA, but it's probably the best they can get
According to a source, the NHL and NHL Players' Association are putting the finishing touches on a memorandum of understanding that will lead to a new collective bargaining agreement that will guarantee labor peace until at least 2024-25. → Read More
Players being asked to pay a hefty price for coming back to work
There are health risks for the players who will be quarantined in hub cities for the Stanley Cup playoffs, but their concerns don't end there. It's possible the players will be paying for the lost revenues caused by COVID-19 for years. → Read More
Meet the other face of the CHL class action abuse lawsuit, Garrett Taylor
“We love hockey. We just want to ensure this doesn’t happen to other families," says Kim Taylor, the mother of co-plaintiff in the CHL abuse class action lawsuit, Garrett Taylor. The lawsuit claims his treatment in Lethbridge has triggered the OCD he suffers from years later. → Read More
Making the case for Vegas Golden Knights: 2020 Stanley Cup champion
The Golden Knights took a page from the 2016 Pittsburgh Penguins playbook and the 2019 St. Louis Blues manual and fired their coach mid-season. The early results under their new coach were promising, but they see it through the way Pittsburgh and St. Louis did? → Read More
Oilers prospect Marody pays tribute to fallen teammate Colby Cave and his wife in song
Cooper Marody is an aspiring NHL player and an up-and-coming musician. So when Emily Cave asked him to write a song about her late husband and Marody's teammate, Colby Cave, he immediately sprang into action and wrote a touching love song that will be released Friday → Read More
Hockey Diversity Alliance wants to be more than 'a box that's ticked off'
"There’s clearly a racism problem in our sport. It’s been pushed aside and covered up ever since I started playing hockey and that is a major issue we need to suppress in a major way," says Hockey Diversity Alliance co-chair Evander Kane → Read More
Looking for fairness in the playoffs? Give out Participation badges
The NHL's Return-to-Play Committee has been discussing potential playoff scenarios and a 24-team playoff seems to be the most popular choice. If you're looking for equity in that, or the league's existing playoff format, you're not going to find it. → Read More
What's up, Doc? NWHL first overall pick Sammy Davis driven to succeed
Sammy Davis comes to the Boston Pride after four standout seasons at Boston University. Just as she would not allow double hip surgery to derail her career, she's not fazed by pursuing both a professional hockey career and a doctorate degree. → Read More
After being left high and dry, players to get help from ECHL Relief Fund
The ECHL and Professional Hockey Players’ Association announced Wednesday the creation of a relief fund that will assist players and their families after the cancellation of the remainder of the 2019-20 season resulted in lost salary for many players. → Read More
The end of an era: What a small paper in Sudbury taught me about hockey
Working as the sports editor of a twice-weekly paper opened doors and offered the opportunity to cover an awful major junior team that supplied plenty of material. → Read More
2023 NHL prospects Bedard, Fantilli et al. making noise three years early
Intrigue surrounding the 2023 NHL draft is already picking up as one player has been granted exceptional status in the WHL, two are awaiting the results of their applications and the projected top OHL draft selection has decided to head to the USHL. → Read More