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Van Halen is one of the greatest rock and roll bands of all-time. In October of 2020, we lost the great guitarist and founder of Van Halen, Mr. Ed Van Halen. Music has not been the same since, but go into any hockey rink on any given night and you are bound to hear a…
In 2023, The Hockey Fanatic celebrates twelve years of hockey fan posts. The Hockey Fanatic has been a one man show. I started The Hockey Fanatic because of my passion for the game of hockey, and the fact that I liked to blog. Yeah I know bloggers get an unfair rap sometimes, but as a…
When I was a kid and collected hockey cards, it seemed liked everyone always wanted to get the goalie cards. They were always a hot commodity, especially cards that featured the goalie mask that the particular goalie was wearing. Back in the seventies and eighties, prior to the new modern masks that goaltenders wear today,…
It has been a few years since we’ve updated our list of top hockey playlist songs. As a hockey parent or volunteer who helps out with the clock or scorekeeping, you know just how important a good hockey playlist is. Reminder that we regularly update our Hockey Fanatic’s Hockey Mix – Definitive playlist over at…
Offense is way up in the NHL this season. There are players scoring and putting up points in a manner that we haven’t seen in the past two or three decades. Many thought the 150-point season was a thing of the past… well don’t tell Connor McDavid that. Mitch Marner of the Toronto Maple Leafs…
As a hockey fan, if you are like me, you love watching the World Junior Hockey Championships. Historically this has been one of my favourite hockey tournaments. This should be another fun tournament as the likes of Finland, Sweden, Canada and the United States vow for World Junior hockey supremacy. Here’s a few pointers that…
As a hockey Fan, do you ever wonder what team namess could have been for each of the 32 NHL franchises? For example, until the league’s newest franchise in Seattle unveiled their team name of ‘Kraken’, rumours were abound that the team would be called the Seattle Sockeye or the Seattle Raniers. (The team actually…
Goalies have always been a fascination of many hockey fans. Some love the goalies simply because they wear cool goalie masks, other fans love them because they also played the position of goaltender. No doubt about it, the goalie has always been one of the most important positions in the game of hockey. There have…
You know what’s great about the NHL these days? The youth factor and the fact that there is so much young talent in the game today. The NHL seems like a young persons spot these days does it not? If you look at the top 50 leading point producers in the NHL as of today,…
Connor Bedard has been a sensation out in Western Canada for the past couple of seasons. Hailing out of West Vancouver, BC, Bedard was the first selection in the 2020 WHL Draft and was the first player in WHL history that was granted exceptional status (the seventh player overall behind Taveras, Ekblad, McDavid, Day, Veleno,…
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