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Stanley Cup Issue 2017
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.
IT’S NEVER TOO EARLY
REGINA PATS (HOST) No doubt the WHL’s Pats will add talent, but with Anaheim picks Sam Steel and Josh Mahura already in town, they’ve got a great head start. Jake Leschyshyn and Nick Henry will also take on meatier roles up front. MISSISSAUGA STEELHEADS Led by brothers Mikey and Ryan McLeod, the OHL’s Steelheads will feature a potent offense that also includes Owen Tippett. Goalie Jacob Ingham and D-man Nic Hague will also star for the squad. BLAINVILLE-BOISBRIAND ARMADA Should Pierre-Luc Dubois make the Columbus roster, the Armada might get passed in the QMJHL, but the team nevertheless will have a great veteran crew augmented by kids such as Joel Teasdale and Antoine Crete-Belzile. KELOWNA ROCKETS Calgary pick Dillon Dube is bound to have a big year in the WHL, and he will be ably supported by Foote brothers Cal and…
REACHING FOR THE TOP
WHEN IT WAS suggested to Jim Rutherford that perhaps we should start considering Sidney Crosby among the best players in the history of the game, he could not have been more adamant in his response. “Not start. He is,” said the Pittsburgh Penguins GM as his team celebrated the Stanley Cup around him. “He’s in that group. He’s in that top group of three or four. He is now and always will be.” Wow. Think about that. A declaration like that one puts him ahead of at least one of the following players: Wayne Gretzky, Bobby Orr, Gordie Howe, and the guy who signs Crosby’s paycheques, Mario Lemieux. That’s the topfour order in THN’s 1997 book, The Top 100 NHL Players of All-Time, which is recognized as the authoritative list in…
GAME 5
LOVE HIM OR hate him – and those two camps seem to be fairly equal in size – there is no disputing Sidney Crosby was put on Earth to play hockey. He lives for big moments and, more often than not, he delivers. That was without a doubt the case in Game 5 when Crosby, from his first spectacular shift of the game, took his teammates on his back and willed them to a 6-0 win. He had three assists in the game, and we were once again left marveling at his capabilities. “I don’t know that I’ve been around an athlete, not just a hockey player but an athlete, that is as driven as Sid is,” said Penguins coach Mike Sullivan. “I think Sid really understands the opportunity that…
THE CHAMP IONS ISSUE
Why do hockey teams chase championships? To hoist their leagues’ shiny hardware, of course, but there’s more to it than that. Winning means etching their places in history. They want to be remembered for every clutch goal, heart-stopping save, crushing hit, gritty shot block and even the lucky bounces that helped them on their march to a title. Whether they cruised to victory as wire-to-wire favorites or shocked the world as plucky underdogs, people will tell their stories for years to come, and it starts on these pages. We present the 2017-18 season’s tales of hockey triumph in our special champions section…
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