Category : The Death Pool
The Death Pool – Fox Creek Ice Kings On Deaths Door
A new year, and a new time to spread the joy of the holiday season. And by spreading joy we mean delivering the news that...
The Death Pool – When The NJHL Plays Nearly 30 Players Over 21 Is It Junior Hockey?
Happy New Year everyone! From everyone here at TJHN, we hope you and yours have had a happy and safe holiday season. For months now,...
The Death Pool – NJHL Has Big Trouble In Gibbons And Fox Creek
Happy holidays all you vultures reading the Death Pool! lol You know when the holiday season comes around lots of strange things can happen. People...
The Death Pool – Richmond Generals Fold Mid Season
In what can only be seen as an absolutely shocking development the USPHL’s Richmond Generals have decided to not continue playing the 2023-2024 season. Having...
The Death Pool – NJHL’s Vulcan Rampage In Trouble Financially
The NJHL, and the hockey business genius have been rewriting the definitions of junior hockey acceptable behavior for the last few years. Well, thats if...
The Death Pool – The NJHL Losing A Team Already?
With tomorrow being Halloween, we may be able to lay a fresh headstone on a team. The league laughingly calling itself the National Junior Hockey...
The Death Pool – Its Not Junior Hockey When…..
October is a great month to really settle in for the hockey season. The change of weather is setting in all over, and people are...
The Death Pool – Battle Of The Bastards – Part Four – Another Team Switches Leagues
Just when you thought that the NJHL and CAJHL battle roayal for turf in Western Canada couldn’t any more stupid, they go ahead and do...
The Death Pool – Top Ten Signs Your Tier 3 Team May Be Folding
It is that time of year ladies and gentlemen. Facebook messages and emails start rolling in about all the great Tier 3 or “pay to...
The Death Pool – Battle Of The Bastards Part Three
Some people were laughing when we started talking about the “turf war” that was going to take place in Alberta between the CAJHL and the...
The Death Pool – Battle Of The Bastards Update
With the temperatures starting to dip in Western Canada, people are starting to talk about the exciting turf war between the CAJHL and NJHL. Hockey...
The Death Pool – Steady Decline In Canadian Development Dominance Is A Touchy Subject Up North
Turns out a lot of Canadian readers had their little feelings hurt by the TJHN Top Twenty Rankings. They wanted to argue on Facebook how...
The Death Pool – The End Of Junior Hockey Fighting
Yes. You read that correctly. Fighting in junior hockey will soon be coming to an abrupt and permanent end. At least the end of the...
The Death Pool – USA Hockey And NA3HL Give The Middle Finger To Families With New Tier III Refund Policy
USA Hockey makes the rules for all USA Hockey sanctioned leagues. The only USA Hockey Tier III sanctioned league, is the NA3HL. And now, through...
The Death Pool – BCHL Player Talent Problems Showing Up Already
The BCHL thought leaving the CJHL was a good idea in 2022, and they thought leaving Hockey Canada was an even better idea in 2023....
The Death Pool – BCHL Has Officials Problem Already
The BCHL in July of 2023 is already facing an officiating problem. The league announced a total of fifty officials that have committed to work...
The Death Pool – BC Hockey Puts Lipstick On A Pig With Junior A Ruling
Sorry, if anyone is offended by blunt speach. But it is long past due time for people to look at BC Hockey and call them...
The Death Pool – Another New Unsanctioned League
Another newly formed league is being launched in Canada that will not be under the Hockey Canada umbrella. Yes, another league, and this time it’s...
The Death Pool – BCHL Update Concerning Affiliate Player Plan
The BCHL is making moves to attempt to solve their problem of not being able to use affiliate players from Hockey Canada sanctioned programs. How...
The Death Pool – A New Hockey Canada League in British Columbia?
The BCHL has decided to leave the stucture and protections within Hockey Canada. Citing their inability to recruit and develop players as the primary reason....