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July 1, 2020
In the July edition of The Hockey News, we have features on Tuukka Rask, Elvis Merzlikins, projected rosters for the 2022 Olympics, and what the NHL will look like in 2020-21. Plus: some of the games biggest names tell us the best advice they ever received, who are the NHL's best bang-for-buck players, and much more.
MEET THE OLDEST LIVING NHLER
TO GIVE YOU AN idea of just how old Steve Wochy is, consider that he was born in a town that doesn’t technically exist anymore and he was once a prospect for the New York Americans, a franchise that hasn’t played a game in the NHL in almost 80 years. At 97, Wochy still lives on his own in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. He has a hard time hearing and his hip hurts constantly, but aside from that, he’s going strong. And with the death of Jim Conacher at 98 in April, Wochy is now the oldest living person who has played in the NHL. Born Steve Wojciechowski in Fort William, Ont., (now Thunder Bay) on Christmas Day in 1922, Wochy played 54 games in the NHL, all with the Detroit Red…
The Best Advice From Hockey’s Best
HOW DO THE BEST get to the top? Hard work and natural-born talent, sure. But no one makes it alone. Reaching the upper echelons of hockey is incredibly difficult, and staying at that level is just as tough – perhaps even more so. Everyone who has made it has at least one story about someone who helped them along the way. With that in mind, we asked nine different hockey pros for the best career advice they ever received. From legendary coaches and GMs to Olympians, Stanley Cup champs and even an owner, the responses reflect the wisdom that gets passed on from one generation to the next. Here are the stories behind the advice that changed the lives of some of hockey’s best. > SCOTTY BOWMAN Senior advisor of hockey operations for…
DREAM TODAY FOR TOMORROW
THE NEWEST iteration of women’s hockey has arrived, courtesy of the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association. This is the group responsible for this season’s Dream Gap tour, which brought together most of the best players in the world in a barnstorming gambit that found support in a variety of NHL cities. For 2020-21, the PWHPA will have a new “regional structure” based on hubs in five North American locations: Toronto, Calgary, Montreal, Minneapolis, and Hudson, N.H. Each hub will carry a roster of 25 players, who will then be eligible for showcase games. There will also be more regional games and an emphasis on training. Given that infrastructure has long been a weak point in the women’s game, this new PWHPA initiative sounds like a step in the right direction. The union…
BREAKING INTO THE BOYS’ CLUB
FLORENCE SCHELLING already had quite the resume. She’s one of the top goaltenders in women’s hockey history, having won the Olympic tournament MVP representing Switzerland in 2014. She was a Patty Kazmaier finalist when she played Div. I college hockey at Northeastern. In the last three seasons of her career, playing for Linkoping in the SDHL, her worst goals-against average and save percentage were 1.65 and .938. She’s the only woman to compete in the Swiss Men’s National B League, too. She retired in 2018 with a list of accolades that could earn her Hall of Fame juice someday. And yet, with all due respect to her accomplishments to this point, what she accomplished in early April may eventually define her hockey career more than anything else. SC Bern of the Swiss…
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