Category: Hockey

  • The End of an Era in Televised Hockey

    Reading Time: 2 minutesWhen the Stanley Cup was awarded to the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night, an era ended in Canada. The CBC drew the curtain on its last in-house production of a Hockey Night in Canada telecast. The program lasted for 62 years, from November 1, 1962 to June 14, 2014. Why do…

  • Time-Lapse Movie of Ice Making at an NHL Hockey Arena

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteAfter publishing the previous article about making ice for the 2014 NCAA Division III Men’s Hockey Tournament, I strated looking for a more complete time-lapse movie that shows the full ice painting process. Here’s the best video I’ve found so far. It was created by the San Jose Sharks when they…

  • Time-Lapse Movie of Creating Ice for NCAA D-III Hockey Tournament

    Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe 2014 NCAA Division III Men’s Hockey Tournament is taking place at the Androscoggin Bank Colisée in Lewiston, ME on March 21 and 22, 2014. The Lewiston-Auburn Sun Journal created a time-lapse movie of the process of setting up and painting the ice for the tournament. An staff engineer from the…

  • Expansion of NHL Outdoor Games Confirmed; Predicted Here in 2008

    Reading Time: 2 minutesYou may have seen that the NHL announced two outdoor hockey games at Yankee Stadium next season, including the game between the New Jersey Devils and the New York Rangers scheduled for Sunday, January 26, 2014, and a game between the New York Islanders and the Rangers on Wednesday, January 29. Way…