hockey | The Walrus - Part 3

Photograph by leoniewise

Sports / Web Exclusives

We Are Alive

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

Reflections on the first week of new NHL hockey

Illustration by Peter Ryan

Feature / November 2011

The Meaning of Hockey

November 12, 2011July 10, 2019 - by Stephen Marche

Our game is like no other. Nor is its history

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

Photograph by Finn O'Hara

Feature / June 2010

Welcome to Hockeyland

June 12, 2010August 17, 2017 - by David Macfarlane

Canadians think the game is ours. It isn’t

Photograph by Eamon Mac Mahon

June 2010 / Sports

Ice Houses of the Holy

June 12, 2010October 1, 2018 - by Ellen Etchingham

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

December 2006/January 2007 / Feature

5, 6, Pickup Sticks

December 12, 2006October 16, 2019 - by Daniel Sanger

Hockey at its best is a cool, clear night, an outdoor rink, and a gaggle of strangers.

Books / February 2005

Hockey: The Great Literary Shutout

February 12, 2005October 16, 2019 - by Don Gillmor

Hockey literature takes a bodycheck