Some Reads
Jared Boll’s Job Is Evolving
CBJ line evolving, still searching for an identity The longest tenured Blue Jacket is Jared Boll. He has seen his role as a bottom six forward evolve and knew he had to adapt to stay… Read more
Wendel Clark: Team Toughness is Essential
Maple Leafs’ ex-captain Wendel Clark feels team toughness is critical in today’s NHL “Listen, no one tough guy is going to stop somebody from bothering Phil,” said Clark, the drawmaster for Sunday’s Pattison Canadian International… Read more
Kerry Fraser Explains Phaneuf-Iginla Incident
Ex-ref Fraser explains why Phaneuf-Iginla fight was stopped Hockey fight fans were furious on Tuesday when linesmen stepped in to stop Dion Phaneuf and Jarome Iginla from trading punches in Toronto. It would’ve been a… Read more
Jordin Tootoo Didn’t Want to Give Panthers a Boost
Devils’ Jordin Tootoo declined to fight Shawn Thornton to avoid momentum shift “He asked,” Tootoo confirmed to NJ Advance Media. “I knew it was coming. They brought him there for that. He’s an honest guy.… Read more
Brian McGrattan on Nashville and Life
Music Row with McGrattan A walk and talk with Brian McGrattan along Music Row in Nashville – his old stomping grounds.
Blackhawks Welcome Carcillo’s Toughness, Abilities
Daniel Carcillo says there’s still place for enforcers in hockey In Carcillo’s world, skill players need a ruffian in their corner to keep from being roughed up. That said, Carcillo, who was re-signed as a… Read more
Flames’ Prez Brian Burke: Big and Ugly Still Wins
Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers may have (temporarily) ditched their enforcers, but fighting isn’t going anywhere Burke, who’s been mostly silent since pledging to remain in the background as the chief hockey executive of the… Read more
Deryk Engelland at Home in Calgary
Flames blueliner took long hard road to big league EDMONTON — The teenager knew he couldn’t move mountains. But he figured he could at least approach one. Deryk Engelland, mere months after the New Jersey… Read more
Rick Tocchet Brought to Pittsburgh to Change Culture
Tocchet still adds toughness, only now it’s to the coaching staff Tocchet, who spent 150 of his 1,144 NHL games with the Penguins and won a Stanley Cup with the team in 1992, was known… Read more
Ex-Oiler Pat Hughes Reminisces About ’84 Championship
Oilers ’84: Former Oilers forward Pat Hughes says Cup had some adventures after first championship So many stories and so many years later, Hughes is visiting Edmonton to join his former teammates in this week’s… Read more