Shawn Burt, a respected leader in sport in Canada, is McMaster’s next Director of Athletics and Recreation. Burt joins McMaster…
HOCKEY
NHL’s ‘Towel Power’ a McMaster grad’s unintentional invention
Hockey fans are filling NHL arenas this week for the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Many will be…
Montreal is jumping, Prairies are slumping as hockey-less cities feel the pinch
In six of Canada’s seven NHL hockey markets, the arenas have gone dark for another season. The lone team standing…
A high-tech hockey helmet, robots and a brain-controlled wheelchair
[img_inline align=”right” src=”http://padnws01.mcmaster.ca/images/hockeyhelmetdn.jpg” caption=”Jeff Thompson shows off his group’s hockey helmet prototype. The installation on the top of the helmet…
Mac grad Lawrence Martin to give Soviet-themed hockey talk in Hamilton
Lawrence Martin doesn’t just understand Soviet hockey. For three years during the mid-late-1980s, he lived and breathed it. Martin, a…
Has a McMaster psychologist written Canada’s next great hockey song?
It’s the dream of more than a few Canadian youth: burying a slapshot in the top corner of the net…
If football is so deadly, why did 103 million people watch the Super Bowl
During the second quarter of Super Bowl LII, the party stopped, if just for a second. Tom Brady found Patriots…
The NHL’s culture problems have policy solutions
Allegations about harassment, abuse and discrimination in hockey have rocked the sport over the past few weeks. Yet there is…
A union of women’s hockey players looking for a league of its own
The Dream Gap Tour of elite hockey players put the women’s game back in the news this fall. Some of…
The death of the CWHL presents a new opportunity for women’s professional hockey
The sudden announcement by the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) that it was ceasing operations has generated controversy and confusion.…