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August 2014
The Hockey News has been providing the most comprehensive coverage of the world of hockey since 1947. In each issue, you'll find news, features and opinions about the NHL and leagues across North America and the world.
TIME FOR HOCKEY TO SPIT IT OUT
THE CANCER THAT TOOK THE life of baseball legend Tony Gwynn in June was attributed, by the Hall of Famer himself, to years of chewing tobacco use. The habit is still pervasive in that sport, but also in hockey. And not just in the NHL. From a troublingly early age, hockey players are using chewing tobacco (or “dip”) because of the instant jolt of energy it provides to users. But clearly, there’s a huge price to be paid for indulging in it. And it’s high time hockey, at all levels, made a concerted effort to educate and legislate it out of the sport. Part of the problem is the optics of chewing tobacco use. If players sat on the bench with cigarettes dangling from the corner of their mouths, they’d be rightfully…
SWEET SIXTEEN FOR WORLD CUP
RUMBLINGS OVER THE RETURN of an NHL-controlled World Cup of Hockey (WCH) have reverberated through the hockey world for a couple years now. Those rumblings grew louder after numerous comments this year from league commissioner Gary Bettman, including his admission in June that owners and players had held “very substantive discussions” about staging the third such event after previous tournaments in 1996 and 2004. Now the only question is whether it will happen in 2015 (less likely) or the following year. But what would a new, regular World Cup look like? And could it be expanded to eventually mirror soccer’s massive, quadrennial international tournament of the same name? The possibilities are fascinating. League insiders believe Toronto would serve as host in 2015 or ’16, but at the 1996 and 2004 World Cups,…
THN INBOX
SUNNY SIDE UP Being a Kings fan since I was six, I’ve been through many years of disappointment, so it’s truly amazing to see what they’ve done recently. There were so many miserable seasons, but as bad as they were, I loved going to games with my dad and brother, sitting behind the great Rogie Vachon and watching my idol, Butch Goring. The Kings are the reason I’ve played all my life and Goring is the reason I’ve always worn No. 19. So a big thanks to the Kings for many, many memories. Sam Minster, Los Angeles LOVE OR HATE ONE OF OUR FEATURES/STORIES? LET US KNOW BY EMAILING US AT LETTERS@THEHOCKEYNEWS.COM NO NEED TO GUESS The “Guess Who!” in the June 23 edition? That is easy for me: the player is my father, Joe Malone.…
A WHIRLWIND AND A DRAFT
LOS ANGELES KINGS GM DEAN LOMBARDI stands at the rail at the 2014 draft, talking about how the NHL should just give the 2014-15 GM of the Year Award to Bob Murray of the Anaheim Ducks for his deal to get Ryan Kesler on Day 1 of the proceedings. Well, Lombardi has only himself to blame for that. After all, it was his team that provided the template and touched off an arms race in the Western Conference that has everyone scrambling to keep up. “It’s like the Yankees and the Red Sox,” Lombardi says. Indeed it is. The Kings are about as close to a dynasty as you’re going to find in today’s NHL and the thing about dynasties is they not only dominate, but they inspire their opponents to get…