Category Archives: Ice Hockey

David Macfarlane takes a Wildean tour of the NHL in the American South:

I live in Toronto. Being a Leafs fan feels like being held in suspended animation for a trip to Jupiter…

Brooks Laich, already my favorite Capital, proves himself to be a mensch off the ice, too: after Tuesday’s unsuccessful playoff game 7, he changed a flat tire for a fan stranded on the Roosevelt Bridge.

(Link via DCist.)

Congratulations to the Columbus Blue Jackets–the expansion team with the the peculiar logo that incorporates the Ohio state flag and the demure name that is a nod to the state’s Civil War history–for making their first Stanley Cup Playoffs.

Gemma Hooley and Chris Nelson profile my favorite Washington Capital, #21, Brooks Laich. Laich, in his productivity, ruggedness, and general no-glamour attitude, reminds me a little of Cal Ripken.

“If I’m tired or sore or whatever, I just think of what my buddies do back home in Saskatchewan,” Laich said. “They are out on the oil rig in minus-40 degrees Celsius, working outside for eight hours for a lot less money than what we make. And it just kind of brings you back to earth and humbles you, that life is pretty good.”