Category: The Greatest

In this century alone, the NCAA men’s hockey tournament has twice seen a top seed in a given regional go down in the first minute of overtime in the first game. In both cases, the upset victim was a familiar maroon-and-gold machine, while the winning program had little or no precedent for success going in.…

Let’s play a quick imagination game. Imagine you’re given ownership of an expansion franchise and you’re told that money and geography are no object. How exciting! You can put your new team anywhere you like and call them anything you want. You’re also responsible for signing off on the team’s colors, uniforms … and logos.…

We’re in the home stretch of the 2017 regular season, hockey fans. While the late-season drama is gone for most teams — Washington’s dreaming of a Cup, Colorado’s dreaming of a No. 1 pick — the rest of the league’s fortunes are changing by the day. This is the time where fans start obsessively refreshing…

Though a healthy NHL rivalry is an indispensable marketing tool, the times that call for solidarity over spirited opposition have their own pivotal place. As much as hockey fans sustain their enthusiasm through animated drama, the pure human element creates a balance by preserving a necessary sense of community. Adding to the latter’s importance, those…

Four minor league hockey franchises in time-honored markets are in the midst of a milestone season. The sport’s current brands in Cleveland, Fort Wayne, Milwaukee and Providence are each rounding out a year of operation divisible by five. Per the virtually unbreakable laws of the business, none of those cities have had impeccable track records.…

If you asked 100 people who they think is the best player in NHL history, the players with the most mentions would probably include Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr and Gordie Howe. You won’t see any of those players on this list. Instead of just naming the best players of all-time, Pucks and Rec’s Wes Herrmann…

It’s one thing to enter an NHL season with the belief that your fortunes can will turn around. It’s another thing for that to actually happen, though, so it’s worth celebrating when it does. Together, Bob Herpen and Joe St. Germain scoured the record books to come up with a list of the 10 greatest…

Our countdown of the 100 greatest college hockey players of all time concludes, with Al Daniel profiling the top 25. Catch up on Parts 1, 2 and 3 here. 25. Chris Drury, F, Boston University (1994-98) The multi-sport sensation out of Trumbull, Conn., emerged as a complete college hockey player with his sophomore surge en…