Mike Lampman, California, and Hockey Bros

There is no question that Mike Lampman is one of the best – and most underrated – hockey names of all time. In fact, it’s almost too much. It’s like a name they would’ve given a player in the Blades of Steel video game, or something the hockey bros would call each other on the […]

Cooperalls, CCM ProPacs, and (Finally!) the Cooperall Cup

For a brief time in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s, the long pants known as Cooperalls ruled the hockey world. Well, not really, but looking back through the rosy lenses of nostalgia (which I love, of course), they were pretty damn cool. They were even sported by a young Brett Hull when he played […]

Petr Klima’s Mullet Was All About the Party

They say “business in the front, party in the back.” Petr Klima’s hair met the criteria, but from the sounds of things, he was all about the party – the one in the front and the one in the back. I guess I was too young to realize it at the time, but Klima got […]