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Some coaches mess with sunflower seeds, others chew gum. But as he stalks the bench, Mike Keenan gnaws on shards of ice, as if to toughen up while cooling down. It’s a tic he cribbed early in his career from Scotty Bowman, the legendary NHL coach...

Click to Enlarge By Phil Hecken As many of you readers are aware, Leo Strawn, Jr. often sends in ticker contributions for some obscure sports (usually, but not always, rugby), but he’s a renaissance man when it comes to his sports tastes. He...

“No one can know when the anger of men, whipped indefinitely, becomes sculpted into political revenge. And more, it is not just a matter of hockey.” —Quebec journalist André Laurendeau Maurice Richard­-le Rocket, Montreal’s homegrown French-Canadian...

How Vladimir Putin’s desperate hold on power is fuelling the next revolution by Michael Petrou Illustration by Adrian Lee I. In late April, the forests surrounding Pikalyovo, an industrial city 250 km east of St. Petersburg, are still blanketed...

During his Hall of Fame career, Terry Sawchuk was the most heralded goalie in the National Hockey League. For storied performers like Terry Sawchuk, careers are not defined by numbers or awards as much as by moments. One in particular stands out in...