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Different drawings of hockey masks
Feature / June 2014

Behind the Mask

June 19, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Dave Cameron

The oddly familiar psychology of goalies

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A campsite with tents by the water and trees
June 2014 / Sports

Bad Call

May 19, 2014April 14, 2020 - by The Walrus

The NHL confronts the dawn of television

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Hockey player in a locker room
Feature / March 2014

Sledgehammer

March 17, 2014April 14, 2020 - by Drew Nelles

Will the Sochi Paralympics propel disabled sport into the mainstream?

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Illustration of Rob Ford on the front page of the Toronto Star
March 2014 / Sports

Editor’s Note

February 17, 2014April 14, 2020 - by John Macfarlane

“It’s more than a game,” croons the announcer promoting an upcoming instalment of CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada. “It’s our game.” What, exactly, does it mean to say that hockey …

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Artwork by the Walrus Art Department
October 2013 / Sports

Sports Concussions

October 1, 2013August 22, 2017 - by Ken Dryden

In the next ten years, the focus will be on research to discover a reliable marker for determining whether a concussion has been suffered

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Photograph by leoniewise
Sports

We Are Alive

January 25, 2013July 9, 2019 - by Julien Russell Brunet

Reflections on the first week of new NHL hockey

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Illustration by Peter Ryan
Feature / November 2011

The Meaning of Hockey

November 12, 2011April 14, 2020 - by Stephen Marche

Our game is like no other. Nor is its history

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Photograph from the Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck
June 2011 / Sports

Nerds on Ice

June 12, 2011October 16, 2019 - by Jeremy Keehn

How advanced stats have brought hockey’s underdogs into the limelight

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Photograph by Eamon Mac Mahon
June 2010 / Sports

Ice Houses of the Holy

June 12, 2010February 19, 2022 - by Ellen Etchingham

An American expatriate relives the barnstorming tour of Canadian rinks that made her a believer

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Photograph by Finn O'Hara
Feature / June 2010

Welcome to Hockeyland

June 12, 2010April 17, 2020 - by David Macfarlane

Canadians think the game is ours. It isn’t

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