21 Cards, 21 Teams, and One NHL Golden Age

If Ken Reid is the godfather of sports card nerds, I want to be one of his followers… and, as it turns out, I guess I kind of am. (Read his hockey card books… just do it.) And there’s no better time to dig into at-home hobbies than in this brand new, uncharted era of […]

Jacques Plante, Homemade Toques, and Being Old in Edmonton

Jacques Plante played professional hockey until he was 58 years old. Actually, that’s a huge fucking lie. He didn’t. I like to tell little fibs sometimes. But to see him wearing an Oilers jersey as quite an elderly gentleman, I might have had you thinking there for a second. Plante was actually 46 years old […]

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 […]