Blittner’s Blue Line: Tom Renney Talks Evolution Of Coaching And USA Hockey Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - August 20, 2025August 20, 20250 In the world of Hockey, there are some people who, when they speak, you just listen. They just know what they are talking about and have the knowledge and experience that makes what they say invaluable. Former NHL Coach and Hockey Canada Executive Tom Renney is one such person who, whenever
Blittner’s Blue Line: Joey Raats’ Story Of Survival Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - August 11, 2025August 11, 20250 Webster’s Dictionary defines “Perseverance” as “continued effort to do or achieve something despite difficulties, failure, or opposition.” What the dictionary doesn’t do is include a photo of an actual instance of perseverance. For that, they need look no further than Joey Raats, a now 29-year-old defenseman who, on May 26, 2022,
Blittner’s Blue Line: The Evolution Of The Role Of NHL Player Agents Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - August 6, 2025August 6, 20250 Education! Education! Education! Today’s NHL players are younger, stronger, faster, more skilled and more complex than ever before. As such, their agents, who are their handlers, Guardian Angels, Fairy Godparents and more, all rolled into one, have to be more focused and on top of things than ever before. With how
Blittner’s Blue Line: Hockey Canada Trial Fallout Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - July 29, 2025July 29, 20250 It’s a slippery slope from here. For those of you confused by that statement, I’m referring to the not-guilty verdict handed down late last week in the Hockey Canada Trial. There are lots of opinions about what happened and rightly so, but we’re not going to get into those too much.
TOMáš TATAR AND NHLPA GOALS & DREAMS DONATE 25 SETS OF HOCKEY EQUIPMENT Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - July 23, 2025July 23, 20250 TORONTO, Canada/Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia (July 23, 2025) – The National Hockey League Players’ Association announced today that Tomáš Tatar and NHLPA Goals & Dreams have donated 25 complete sets of new hockey equipment through the players’ charitable program to the Pavol Demitra Primary and Kindergarten School. In a moment that brought full-circle a childhood memory of first meeting NHL
The Ken Daneyko Golf Classic Interviews Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - July 15, 2025July 15, 20250 Matthew Blittner and Russ Cohen interviewed a myriad of guests to talk about a great New Jersey charity, The Center for Great Expectations. First up is Peg Wright, The President and CEO. Next up is Trudy Stetter, the driving force behind the New Jersey Devils Fan club. Longtime radio voice of the Devils,
Matthew Blittner Interviews Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - July 14, 2025July 14, 20250 Matthew Blittner interviewed inductees of the New York State Hall of Fame. Check back as we update them today. First up is former Islanders announcer Jiggs McDonald. Editor's note: Jiggs is a prince of a guy. I used to watch him on Sportschannel growing up on Long Island. Bruce Bennett was
Piecing Together the Problem with Mark Vientos Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - July 9, 2025July 9, 20250 At this point in time, Mark Vientos looks overmatched at the major league level. I had a scout once tell me that his issue was his swing and miss rate. Last year, even with his 27 home runs, his number was high at 29.7% according to Statcast. This year, it's
Blittner’s Blue Line: There’s A New Don In Town Hockeyology by Matthew Blittner - July 8, 2025July 8, 20250 Welcome to NEW JERSEY DEVILS Hockey! Sorry, didn’t mean to rip off Larry Hirsch’s famous Devils’ radio introduction, but there’s a new broadcaster in Jersey and we needed an appropriate welcome. Don La Greca, who has been the New York Rangers’ backup radio play-by-play broadcaster for years and was a longtime
Flyers Development Camp Final Thoughts Hockeyology by Russ_Cohen - July 6, 2025July 6, 20250 For the teams that didn’t do anything on the ice? I think you’re doing it wrong. Porter Martone literally said he would take things from this camp and carry them with him this summer. It’s hard to do that in theory without on-ice instruction at the very least. Porter Martone
