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The NHL Race to Sixteen Wins for April 23, 2024.

#nhl #hockey #stanley cup playoffs #new york rangers #colorado avalanche #florida panthers #nashville predators #dallas stars

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Tracking the Top 10 Men's Hockey RPF AO3 Ships from 2011 to 2024

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top 2024 nhl all-star portraits

part two: NO PANTS

one • two • three

#northern renaissance lighting and shorts #cole burston your mind #william nylander #quinn hughes #boone jenner #tom wilson #alex debrincat #clayton keller #brady tkachuk #david pastrnak #sebastian aho #mathew barzal #nhl all star 2024 #long post #photos

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top 2024 nhl all-star portraits

part one: HAND

#tiny head big hands #nhl all star 2024 #sergei bobrovsky #frank vatrano #connor hellebuyck #filip forsberg #igor shesterkin #nathan mackinnon #nikita kucherov #rasmus dahlin #jake oettinger

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#nhl all star 2024 #skills competition #connor mcdavid #cale makar #auston matthews #william nylander #mathew barzal #jt miller #j.t. miller #elias pettersson #nathan mackinnon #david pastrnak #leon draisaitl #quinn hughes #nikita kucherov #nhl asg 2024

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Nah but who voted to punch Rasmus Dahlin, Roman Josi, Tim Stutzle, Jeff Skinner??!! Show yourselves, cowards.

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↳ THE CAPTAINS OF THE NHL: BY THE NUMBERS

#captains #hockey graphics #nhl #hockey #nhl captains #quinn hughes #alex ovechkin #roman josi #jacob trouba #jared spurgeon #jamie benn #anders lee #mark stone #mikael backlund #jared staal #anze kopitar #connor mcdavid #kyle okposo #by the numbers

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Hey, what teams do you actually follow?

Who's popular on this goshdang website? Well, have I got the form for you to contribute your data to.

Find it here. If you take it, I would appreciate an RB -- my reach is limited! Thank you :D

#very interested to see the results #team popularity #hockeyblr

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Indigenous in the NHL: 2022-23 players

Please note: I am a white immigrant settler living on unceded Indigenous lands. I am learning and very likely don’t have all of the details correct. If you spot any errors, please don’t hesitate to let me know and I’ll make corrections!

No matter what, an Indigenous player will win the 2023 Stanley Cup – and take it home to their First Nation community. Brandon Montour, a defenseman for the Florida Panthers, is a Mohawk from Six Nations of the Grand River. Zach Whitecloud, a defensemen for the Vegas Golden Knights, is a member of Sioux Valley Dakota Nation. There’s a really great article from Indian Country Today that talks about the play styles of Montour and Whitecloud, as well as those of Minnesota Wild players Dewar and Addison, and some of the larger challenges and hopes ahead for Indigenous players in the NHL. Another article here talks about the history of Indigenous players vying for the Stanley Cup.

There are nine* active Indigenous players in the NHL right now and nine more prospects (list here). I’ll update this primer in the fall since so many of these players are RFA and UFA right now and may move around - and some of the prospects may move up! Some of the sections are longer than others depending on how much information I found outside of the basics of their careers and stats (if you have more sources for your faves, hit me up!).

You will see that some players are Métis and that this is different from being a member of a First Nation. Members of the Métis Nation are of mixed ancestry and one of three distinct Indigenous groups in Canada, the others being First Nations and Inuit. For more, visit the Métis Nation of Ontario here.

*The 10th, Vancouver Canuck Micheal Ferland, is still listed as active but has indicated his plans to retire following injury.

Extended information below the fold:

Calen Addison is a Defenseman for the Minnesota Wild. He is Métis and grew up in Brandon, Manitoba. He was drafted in 2018 by the Pittsburgh Penguins but never played an NHL game with them before he was traded to the Minnesota Wild mid-season in 2020. Current status: RFA

Ethan Bear is a Defenseman for the Vancouver Canucks. He is a member of the Ochapowace Cree Nation and grew up on a reserve within the Cree First Nation in southern Saskatchewan. Ochapowace chief Margaret Bear is his direct relative. He was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in 2017. In 2021, he faced racist backlash from some Oilers fans after the Oilers went out in round 1 of the 2021 playoffs. His girlfriend (now fiance, who is also Indigenous) spoke out while his nation rallied behind him. If you have a subscription to The Athletic, this is a really great feature on him after that time in his own words; this one from Bleacher Report isn’t paywalled. He was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes, and they wrote a great feature on him too with a focus on his heritage. After a strong start with the Canes, he had a slow bounceback from COVID and didn’t see any NHL minutes at the start of 2022. This led into a trade to the Vancouver Canucks early in 2022 where he just finished a one year contract for the 2022-23 season. He runs a summer hockey skills camp for Indigenous youth in Saskatchewan, which was featured in the 2022 “Camp of Dreams” documentary. Current status: RFA.

Connor Dewar is a Left Wing and Center for the Minnesota Wild. He is Métis, specifically a descendent of the Red River Métis, and grew up in The Pas, Manitoba. He recorded a feature called “Growing Up Metis” that you can watch here. He was drafted by the Minnesota Wild in 2018 and has never played for another team. Current status: will become RFA at the end of the 2023-24 season.

Travis Hamonic is a Defenseman for the Ottawa Senators. He is Métis and grew up in Manitoba on his family’s farm and later in Winnipeg. He lost his father at age 10 and later received the NHL Foundation Player Award for his program supporting children who’ve lost a parent. He was drafted in 2008 by the New York Islanders and also played for the Calgary Flames and the Vancouver Canucks before being traded to the Ottawa Senators late in the 2021-22 season. When he played in Calgary, he and his wife partnered with the Flames to run The Northern Project and host Indigenous kids from the Northern Territories, Yukon, and Nunavut in Calgary to get the chance to see hockey games. Current status: UFA

Brady Keeper is a Defenseman for the Vancouver Canucks, currently playing for the Abbotsford Canucks (#25). He is a member of the Pimicikamak Cree Nation in Manitoba, and the first from his nation to play in the NHL. Brady went undrafted and was signed by the Florida Panthers in 2019, with a strong debut. He became an UFA in 2021 and signed a two year contract with the Vancouver Canucks. He had to go on LTIR early in the 2021 season after breaking his leg in two places during drills; upon recovery a year later, he cleared waivers and started playing for their AHL affiliate at the start of the 2022-23 season. Current status: UFA

Brandon Montour is a Defenseman for the Florida Panthers. He is a Mohawk, and grew up near a reserve within the Six Nations of the Grand River, the most populous First Nation in Canada. It is in Southern Ontario and includes the Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, and Tuscarora Nations. You can learn some fun facts here. Brandon was drafted by the Anaheim Ducks in 2014, traded to the Buffalo Sabres mid-season in 2019, and to the Florida Panthers at the end of the 2021 season. He’s spoken about his pride in his heritage and works with the NHL Player’s Association’s Goals & Dreams fund to try to ensure kids have access to the same kinds of opportunities he did with two arenas within the reserve. In the off-season, he sometimes visits other reservations and works with kids. His family and community are watching and cheering - even though many were Leafs fans. Current status: will become UFA at the end of the 2023-24 season.

T.J. Oshie plays Right Wing for the Washington Capitals. He is a member of the Anishinaabe or Ojibwe Nation, and was born and raised in Washington State, north of Seattle. He later moved with his father back to his father’s hometown of Warroad, Minnesota, where he connected with his Indigenous roots including learning his name. He used the name Warroad for his own hockey apparel line, which includes textile innovations in skate cut resistance. T.J. was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in 2008 and played with them until 2017, when he signed with the Capitals, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 2018. Current status: signed an 8 year contract with the Capitals in 2017 and has a modified no trade clause; will become UFA in 2025.

Carey Price is a Goaltender for the Montreal Canadiens. He is a member of the Ulkatcho First Nation, of which his mother is the chief. Some sources list him as Dakelh, and the Ulkatcho First Nation is considered a government within the larger Dakelh or Southern Carrier tribal nation in British Columbia. He was drafted by the Canadiens in 2007 and has never played anywhere else. In 2015, he won both the Hart (most valuable player) and Vezina (best goaltender) trophies. By the end of 2021, he’d become the goaltender with the most wins in Habs history. This is a wonderful article about his relationship with his nation, as well as visits he’s made to survivors of residential schools, a brutal history about which he’s openly spoken out. He’s been open about his struggles with alcoholism and the support he’s sought from the NHPLA Player Assistance program and a rehabilitation center, with the explicit goal of being an example for Indigenous youth on how it’s okay to ask for help. Current status: Long term injured reserve. Five years in to an eight year contract with a no-move clause. In 2026, he will be UFA.

Zach Whitecloud is a defensemen for the Vegas Golden Knights, who signed him in 2018 after he went undrafted. He’s a member of and first NHL player from the Sioux Valley Dakota Nation, a self-governing nation on the banks of the Assiniboine River in Southwestern Manitoba. It was a short distance from where he grew up in Brandon, Manitoba and his father serves as a band councilor. Zach says he considers both Brandon and the reservation, where he has extended family, home, and has talked about the incredible support he gets from his community and inspiration from Indigenous players who came before him. Late in the 2022 season, Zach spoke about his pride in his heritage following an incident in which an ESPN anchor made fun of his name on air. His grandparents and uncle are survivors of Canada’s residential school system, which he talked about in 2022 in a post related to reconciliation. You can read his Nation’s media statement celebrating his run in the 2023 playoffs here, and there’s a nice recent interview with him about how he got here and what the playoffs mean to him. Current status: signed a 6-year contract in 2021. Will become UFA in 2028.

#indigenous hockey #nhl season 22/23 #first nations #métis #calen addison #ethan bear #connor dewar #travis hamonic #brady keeper #brandon montour #tj oshie #zach whitecloud #nhl players

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