As a nine-year-old kid, there’s nothing worse than having to go to bed instead of staying up late to watch your favourite hockey team in the NHL playoffs. That was the case for Levi Ford — a diehard Edmonton Oilers fan from Thompson, Man. That was until he combined forces with his fellow Oilers-loving school … Read more
Nothing brings people together quite like the love of hockey and that couldn’t be truer for Gabriel Candido, a Brazilian man who might just be the country’s biggest Edmonton Oilers fan. “It’s hard to find someone in Brazil who likes ice hockey,” Candido said in an interview with Global News via Zoom from his home … Read more
For Russ Jericho, seeing the Edmonton Oilers enter the Stanley Cup playoffs is the culmination of an unlikely passion. Born and raised in the United Kingdom, Jericho said he was first exposed to hockey at age 13 when he was searching for something to watch on TV one evening and came across a new channel that broadcast … Read more
Arenas are full, the NHL is a fixture on TV screens across North America, highlight-reel goals are talking points on a near-daily basis and The Pat McAfee Show even has a segment called “Hockey is Awesome.” Piece it all together, and more eyes are on the puck than ever before with the playoffs beginning this … Read more
Vaughan Rody has dropped a couple pucks in his day. About half a million — give or take — by his estimate. The former NHL linesman knows faceoffs. The fundamentals, the tricks, the tells, the cheats. He’s also lived the on-ice importance of consistency, communication and relationships. There’s a lot that goes into the seemingly … Read more
Arizona Coyotes players have been informed the NHL club is expected to relocate to Salt Lake City, a person with knowledge of the meeting said Friday night. General manager Bill Armstrong flew to Edmonton, to tell players about the team’s potential move to Utah before its game against the Oilers, according to the person who spoke … Read more
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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Stanley Cup-winning winger Chris Simon has died at the age of 52, the NHL Players’ Association has confirmed. Simon, a native of Wawa, Ont., played for a number of NHL franchises in his long hockey career, including the Quebec Nordiques, Washington Capitals, Chicago Blackhawks, New York Rangers, … Read more
One Saskatchewan family is a whole lot richer this week after a case of unopened, 1979 O-Pee-Chee hockey cards was auctioned off for more than $3.7 million American, or over $5 million Canadian. The reason the box is so valuable? It could contain more than 20 Wayne Gretzky rookie cards — one of the most … Read more
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