Author Archives: Derek

The mantle has officially been passed. In a move that was expected, the Rangers named Ryan Callahan the new captain. At age 26, Callahan is the fifth youngest captain in club history. Ironically, the 26-year old is the franchise’s 26th … Continue reading →

Death is never easy. Especially when it comes suddenly during a tumultuous summer that saw the hockey world lose three high character guys who lost their battles off the ice. That Derek Boogaard, Rick Rypien and recently retired Wade Belak … Continue reading →

In what’s already been a melancholy time for hockey with three players passing away, the news became even worse today when a Russian jet carrying the Lokomotiv team in the KHL (Continental Hockey League) crashed into a river, near the … Continue reading →

In what can only be described as a classic fight, Wade Belak and Cam Janssen go toe to toe at Air Canada Centre. Who else but legendary Doc Emrick and the always entertaining Chico Resch call the action. Of course, … Continue reading →

It’s hard to fathom that we’ve lost three enforcers over the summer. Here, we see two big heavies do battle in a rematch between Derek Boogaard and Wade Belak. Not the prettiest scrap but a lot of defense and grit … Continue reading →

Three tragedies in three months. All equally mystifying and horrible for hockey. Yesterday, popular tough guy Wade Belak was found dead at his Toronto condo. The recently retired big man, who made a living with his fists for 15 years … Continue reading →

In the last few years, ticket buying and ticket selling has changed dramatically with the boom of the secondary market and more and more teams responding to that by going to tiered pricing. What tiered pricing is, in a nutshell, … Continue reading →

With less than 10 days left in August, hockey’s around the corner with Traverse City getting underway in the second week of September, just as the U.S. Open finishes. Yes, I’m a huge tennis fan who follows the grand slams … Continue reading →

This is what technology has done for us…during a boring day at work, I was surfing the internet on my phone and came across a Devils tweet that said ‘Zajac had successful surgery to repair a torn achilles’. WHAT?!?!?! I … Continue reading →

Believe it or not, there are 16 days left in August. That means hockey’s around the corner. It still is offseason with some names still lingering around like former Ranger captain Chris Drury, who hopes to get a tryout somewhere. … Continue reading →