The playoff games have begun! Now we answer: why is everybody fighting for the Stanley Cup? We cover its origin and some of the nonsense it has gotten into! We also look into other awards and trophies the NHL has.

Works Cited:

https://www.hhof.com/thecollection/stanleycup_history.html

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/march-22/first-stanley-cup-championship-played

https://www.purehockey.com/c/stanley-cup-history

https://records.nhl.com/awards/trophies

Tessa digs deep into her statistical past. Jaz learns what an Enforcer is. Both of us think too much about baseball as we discuss the unofficial roles on hockey teams.

Works Cited:

https://www.hockeymonkey.com/learn/hockey-positions

https://www.newswise.com/articles/what-fighting-in-the-nhl-says-about-illicit-roles-in-organizations

Cope, Cassandra & Eys, Mark & Beauchamp, Mark & Schinke, Robert & Grégoire, Bosselut. (2011). Informal roles on sport teams. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 9. 19-30. 10.1080/1612197X.2011.563124.

Stuart, H. and Moore, C. (2017). Shady Characters: The Implications of Illicit Organizational Roles for Resilient Team Performance. Academy of Management Journal Vol 60. No 5. Pg 1963-1985. 10.5465/amj.2014.0512

Tessa greatly overestimated her notes, so this one is a little short! Tess and Jaz try to answer the age-old question: are goalies okay? We find out Tessa is a goalie enthusiast and There are more jokes about Princess Diana.

Works Cited:

https://hockeygrrls.blogspot.com/2014/01/goalie-personalities-what-makes-goalies.html

https://www.espn.com/nhl/columns/pang_darren/1271237.html

https://www.nhl.com/kraken/news/true-or-false-goalies-are-weird-316948634

https://thehockeywriters.com/the-strangest-superstitions-in-nhl-history/

https://hockeygrrls.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-strange-case-of-goalies.html