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Earlier this week, we ran down some of the scenarios that were being played out across the hockey landscape and obviously struck a nerve with the good folks in Oklahoma City and Ft Wayne, Indiana. Today, the OKC Barons are playing in ...

Arch Ecker has been doing the junior hockey thing for a very long time. So long that today he will be broadcasting his 900th game when the Topeka Roadrunners take on the Springfield Blues in Illinois. He started broadcasting Junior A ...

I have been wrestling with whether or not to say anything about the Tim Thomas drama that is currently going on.  When he initially chose not to go to the White House recently, he was pretty well chopped up in the media for it. ...

I grew up watching the Ontario Hockey League. I watched it grow from a 10-team league to a 20-team league. I watched it as the average worth of a franchise skyrocketed from $500,000 to $10 million in less than 20 years. I watched it ...

How much do you know about junior hockey in Turkey, Iceland, or even Slovakia? Do you know that there are four divisions of play at both the U20 and U18 levels? That is a lot of junior hockey. That is also one of the reasons why we ...

They are currently ranked sixth among teams in the Canadian Jr. Hockey League. Considering that there are 123 teams in the 10 leagues that are a part of the CJHL, that's pretty damn good. Success, though, is not new for the Soo ...

Part III: Skill-Set: Imagery Rehearsal /Visualization / Mental Practice This is the third post in my series about the effects Sport Psychology and Mental Skills Training can have on Jr. "A" Level Hockey Players. In the original I ...

The North American Hockey League's commissioner, Mark Frankenfeld, has been playing games with Chicago's Fox Valley Ice Arena and may have just backed himself, and the Chicago Hitmen,  into a corner. On Friday, Frankenfeld put ...

The Empire South was in action this past weekend. Here's a recap of the action. Saturday, February 4th -- East Coast Eagles 6, Hampton Roads Whalers 3 A two-goal third period helped boost the Eagles to the win. Dakota Beaulieu led the ...