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Aug 8
Five more great sites this week on SSSFS. After our journey to Great Britain last week, we’re back to North American hockey this week.
Cap Geek – Everything to do with the post 2004-05 strike business aspects of the NHL. This site is has it all when it comes to news, speculation, stats, etc. involving the NHL’s salary cap.
Hockey Buzz – Great NHL news site brought to you by a committee of bloggers.
The Junior Report – Blog by Scott Rosts and Stephen Leithwood, journalists who cover the Niagara IceDogs. The site is full of info on the whole junior hockey world and a great read by a couple of Ontario Hockey League nuts that have been covering the league for a long time.
Puck Prospectus – News blog mostly evolving around the NHL. Great source.
Japer’s Rink – It seems the Washington Capitals are one of the most blogged teams in the NHL. Japer’s Rink is one of the better, if not best.
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Aug 1
In this week’s installment of SSSFS, we’re going to focus solely on what I believe is one of the major emerging markets for professional hockey. All the Don Cherry lovers out there who long for the good old days when fighting and toughness were a part of the game might want to take a look at the Elite Ice Hockey League in Great Britain. Excitement is already mounting for a game in October when a couple of OHL Alumni, Sean McMorrow of the Dundee Stars and Alex Penner of the Nottingham Panthers, will surely drop the gloves when the ice is likely still quite fresh.
British Ice Hockey – This is a site covering not just the EIHL but all of pro and semi-pro hockey in Great Britain, including the national team. This is a great source for news and stats.
Ice Fans – British Ice Hockey News And Views – A blog on the Elite Ice Hockey League (and the rest of the Great Britain hockey scene as well) run by a fan of the Manchester Phoenix. And yes, you readers from North America, the ‘ice’ in ice hockey is a necessity because hockey outside of our confines is played on a grass field with a goofy looking stick!
Blaze and Borsch – A Brit’s Ramblings About All Things Hockey – This is a personal blog by a British hockey fan who covers all things in the European world of hockey. Updates are somewhat infrequent but very detailed.
F Block Blog – This is a blog dedicated to the Hull Stingrays of the Elite Ice Hockey League. If anyone in the know can tell us what the significance of the ‘F Block’ is, let us know! This blog is just proof of the commitment of hockey fans in Great Britain to their teams even in the off season. This blog is updated as often as any Toronto Maple Leafs rag but with much less criticism and negativity!
Five Minute Major – The sub title says it all: “Unofficial, uncensored, uneducated Manchester Phoenix blog”. Manchester is currently in the English Premier League (EPL), which is a second tier to the EIHL. This is a great, entertaining read. You WILL laugh your ass off and learn it a bit about the EPL!
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Jul 25
Welcome to our latest installment of SSSFS, featuring five more great sites for wide world of hockey.
Word On A Wing (Memoirs From Motown) – A great site for in-depth stats and news about the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings. In fact, they claim to have unique statistical analysis you simply won’t find anywhere else.
Broad Street Hockey (For Philadelphia Flyers Fans) – A very in-depth and interactive site about the NHL’s Philadelphia Flyers. This site is part of the SB Nation network.
The Ryan Coke Experience – This is the personal blog of Tom Collins, a Newfie born on St. Patrick’s day that doesn’t drink yet has the fortune of being named after an alcoholic drink. Follow me so far? According to his bio, he was once asked if he would consider changing his name to Ryan Coke (as in Rye and Coke) and it sort of stuck. Anyhow, the blog is not 100% hockey but there some’s great commentary and opinion that is heavily weighed in the Montreal/Ottawa direction.
The Power Play Post Show – If you’re a fan of the American Hockey League and you haven’t heard of this site, you’ve been missing out. The PPPS is ‘the only internet-based AHL talk show’ and is hosted by Bob Howard and Jason Wilcox. The show is a weekly and the site has a full archive in several audio formats. Featured guests each week are the who’s who of the AHL world.
Eishockey Blog – To broaden your view of the wide world of hockey, eventually you have to leave the comfort zone of the English language. Eishockey Blog is a German language blog based out of Basel, Switzerland. Cut and paste the articles into Google Translate for a fairly decent translation or just take a serious shot at reading it. You’ll find that with your obvious knowledge of hockey and the English language, German isn’t all that hard to decipher.
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Jul 18
It’s Sunday again and time for some more great links from the world of hockey.
Five For Smiting – A light-hearted, yet very knowledgeable, look at the Ottawa Senators. Like the Leafs, if you start to take the annual disappointment seriously, you’re bound to go crazy. The author’s bio: Unapologetic sports fanatic, blessed with an incredibly patient wife…and my own Man Room. If they keep a score, if there’s a winner and a loser, or if the participants stand a better than average chance of bleeding (especially that one), I’ll watch it, at least once. Well…except for cricket. I’ll never understand cricket.
The Goalies Archive – Everything to do with hockey’s goaltenders. The site has an extensive database of goaltenders throughout the history of pro hockey from the NHL, AHL, IHL and WHA. The site also keeps a current list of the lastest transactions involving goaltenders.
Puckdrawn.com – This is a great site evolving around the artistic side of hockey. The concept logos and jerseys are simply great.
The Blue Line Radio Show – The show has been halted but the archives will be posted ‘forever’ for hockey fans to listen to. The show is based in Rochester, New York but is about everything hockey and not just about the Amerks. The show may or may not return for the 2010-11 season.
On Frozen Blog – A blog focused on the Washington Capitals. A very informative and often updated site. Whether you’re a Capitals fan or not, this is a very good read.
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Jul 11
Time for the second instalment of OHL Alumni Central’s Sensational Sunday Search For Sites. If you didn’t catch last weeks inaugural post, click here to view all the awesome hockey related sites.
Once again, we have five more great sites from the vast world wide web that will hopefully give you an enlightened look at the game from a different perspective than the mainstream media (boo, mainstream media!).
- WHA Hockey.tv . For those of us who remember the great World Hockey Association, this site is simply awesome. Packed with photos, memorabilia and stories of the long lost yet beloved league from the 1970′s. The best part of the site is the great, original video coverage that has materialized on the site.
- Elite Hockey Prospects . Thoroughly covering the world of hockey and probably OHL Alumni Central’s greatest resource when tracking players. This site covers most professional players and most professional hockey leagues in North America and Europe. The transfers coverage is expansive, accurate, timely and comes in three parts, confirmed transfers, rumours and doubtful rumours. The doubtful rumours are always fun to read!
- Joe Pelletier’s Greatest Hockey Legends . The Hockey Blogger, Joe profiles endless numbers of retired NHL hockey players but also provides a bit of current hockey news and opinion as well.
- Let’s Go Amerks . Keith Wozniak’s great blog on everything Rochester Americans. This is a great read for Ontario Hockey League fans as many OHL grads find themselves on the Amerks roster at some point in their career.
- Russian Hockey Fans . Two guys and their love of Russian hockey and Russians playing hockey. Great blog for news on the KHL, Russians playing in the NHL and the Russian National program.
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