[Photo via Mansoor Ahmad/The Reporter] Record-setting Minnesota State goaltender Dryden McKay has accepted a six-month ban from competition for violating an anti-doping rule, according to the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA). McKay was recently named the winner of this season’s Hobey Baker Trophy – the Division I men’s hockey equivalent of the Heisman Trophy –... Continue Reading →
(Photo via Darryl Dyck/CP) For all of the posturing that male hockey players, coaches, and their teams do to maintain the purported squeaky-clean, gentlemanly image, there is an undeniable trend in sexual assaults being committed by members of the hockey community. Of course, this trend does not apply to the overwhelming majority. Nevertheless, a string... Continue Reading →
In the past two weeks, two of the country’s most prominent amateur hockey programs, USA Hockey and the University of Michigan’s men’s ice hockey team have come into the limelight for their involvement in outside investigations. USA Hockey The U.S. Center for SafeSport, an independent organization designed to investigate allegations of abuse and misconduct for... Continue Reading →
At 3:00 am, the chant reverberated through my home. As a family with seven hockey playing kids, five of whom are girls, we have been closely following the USA women's ice hockey team. As the game progressed and Canada took the lead into the third period, we were riveted to the screen. When Monique Lamoureux... Continue Reading →