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HockeyAdventure.com brings you the best of Lucas Aykroyd's current blog entries and archived articles. Based in Vancouver, Aykroyd has written about NHL, international, and junior hockey for The Hockey News, The Sporting News, the NHL Yearbook, Rinkside, NHL.com, Eishockey News, and Prospects Hockey. As an editor and journalist, he has covered eight World Championships and two Olympics for IIHF.com, and the World Juniors and World Women's Championship for HockeyCanada.ca.

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My Blog

Fletcher: wrong man at the wrong time

I have to disagree with TSN analyst Bob McKenzie's assertion that hiring Cliff Fletcher as interim GM is a smart move for the Toronto Maple Leafs.Continue reading...
Posted by on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 23:34:00 GMT

Rozsival rolling for Rangers

When Michal Rozsival broke into the NHL with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1999-00, he wasn't anyone's idea of a bona fide number one blueliner. But at age 29, the 6-2, 210-pound Czech has come into his ...
Posted by on Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:10:00 GMT

Ten things Gretzky might have said to Crosby

What might Wayne Gretzky have said to Sidney Crosby in conversation outside the dressing rooms after the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Phoenix Coyotes 3-1 at Mellon Arena on Monday? Here are ten intrig...
Posted by on Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:27:00 GMT

The kind of Brett Hull interview we all want to read

When Brett Hull played in the NHL, he was a great right winger and an even better quote. But ever since the former 741-goal scorer was named the interim co-general manager of the Dallas Stars (along w...
Posted by on Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:44:00 GMT

Fire Ferguson, hire Steve Simmons as next Leafs GM

In Toronto, as we all know, the dream of winning a Stanley Cup for the first time in more than 40 years takes priority over combating international terrorism, finding a cure for AIDS, and putting the ...
Posted by on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 01:28:00 GMT

Burrows bringing energy and smarts to Canucks

Is Alexandre Burrows a smarter hockey player than Jaromir Jagr in any way? The idea sounds outrageous. How could a third-year Vancouver Canuck who agitates and brings energy in a third- or fourth-line...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:29:00 GMT

Hockey jobs: where to find work in the NHL and beyond

Check out this new list of the Internet's best resources for hockey job seekers. Includes jobs with leagues and hockey associations, jobs for coaches and at hockey camps, miscellaneous hockey jobs, an...
Posted by on Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:05:00 GMT

Naslund could learn from Alfredsson

The Russians used to dominate the hockey world, in part, because they were physically fitter than their opponents. Today, almost everyone's in shape. The great dividing line, then, is often mental con...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:25:00 GMT

Forgotten mustachioed NHL aces of the 1980s

When Joe Pelletier of GreatestHockeyLegends.com challenged me and other bloggers to pay tribute to a favorite retired hockey player to mark the upcoming Hockey Hall of Fame inductions, I thought it wa...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Nov 2007 04:19:00 GMT

Gretzky to Lemieux: Behind the Book with Ed Willes of The Province

Considering how many books have commemorated the 1972 Summit Series between Canada and the Soviet Union, it's almost unbelievable that until this year, no one had given the same full-length treatment ...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:01:00 GMT