Category : The Death Pool
The Death Pool – Maine Nordiques NAHL & NA3HL Teams Dead In Lewiston
The Maine Nordiques NAHL and NA3HL teams are for all intents and purposes, dead on the scene in Lewiston. While the leagues have said nothing...
The Death Pool – Tenessee State Not Playing D-1 In 2025-2026
The hockey world was extremely excited when Tennessee State announced they were adding an NCAA Division One hockey program. The traditionally all black college was...
The Death Pool – EOJHL Kicks Out Brockville Bulldogs Formerly Brockville Tikis
Money talks. The Brockville Bulldogs, formerly the Brockville Tikis, were announced as being sold a short time ago after undergoing the rebranding. Having the team...
The Death Pool – NAHL’s Colorado Grit Kicked Out Of Arena And Sale Potentially Forced
A few months ago I was speaking to an old friend of mine who happened to be an assistant coach with the NAHL’s Colorado Grit....
The Death Pool – Dan Garneau And Elite Hockey Prep Camps Strike Again
There are money grab camps, and then there are complete scams. Dan Garneau and Elite Hockey Prep Camps are not even honest enogh to be...
The Death Pool – BCHL Deceitful Recruiting Practices
There is nothing worse than teams and leagues that practice deceitful recruiting of unsuspecting players and parents. While some leagues may make claims to players...
The Death Pool – Player Culture Kills Almaguin Spartans
Culture. Its a word often used by coaches to describe a team mindset they are trying to create or have created that contributes to the...
The Death Pool – Tier 3 And Pay To Play Junior A Teams With Zero Standards
Its 2024, and junior hockey is being played all around the world. During the preceeding off season, the USPHL forced some teams that were not...
The Death Pool – Fox Creek Ice Kings First To Fold This Week
There are a lot of signs you can look for when it comes to the health of any franchise. One of them is easily identifiable...
The Death Pool – Pay To Play Shakeup On The Way
As we head toward the start of many pay to play leagues in the 2024 – 2025 season, a big shakeup is looming on the...
The Death Pool – NJHL On Life Support?
The National Junior Hockey League, the league so “national” that all of its teams are in the Prvince of Alberta, looks like it may be...
The Death Pool – NJHL Gibbons Pioneers Vanish In Middle Of The Night
Another day, another NJHL failed franchise. The Gibbons Pioneers have pulled a vanishing act in Gibbons Alberta. David Copperfield was not reported in the Gibbons...
The Death Pool – NJHL Trying To Weasel Back Into Hinton Alberta
The NJHL, was up to its old tricks once again in Alberta. For those that dont remember, Hinton once had a team in the old...
The Death Pool – Tier 3 Over Recruiting To Cause Multiple Teams To Fold
As we approach the start of the 2023-2024 season, Tier II and Junior A teams are preparing to make their final cuts, and Tier 3...
The Death Pool – Annual Pay To Play Death Spiral Begins
Its mid August, and players are preparing to head around the world to there respective teams for the upcoming 2024-2025 season. The sun is shining...
The Death Pool – CAJHL Goes Dark
As we walk through the shadow of death we shall fear no recruiting. Yes, its that time of year boys and girls, its dying time....
The Death Pool – Billet Family Nightmares
We love the tradition of billet families in junior hockey. They can do so much for a player adjusting to a new comminuty and making...
The Death Pool – Worst Team In Junior Hockey – The Results Are In
The annual Worst Team In Junior Hockey contest has concluded. The votes have been tabulated, all hanging chads have been counted. We now annouce the...
The Death Pool – VIJHL Leaving Hockey Canada
And now things will get interesting. The Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League is leaving the confines of Hockey Canada and BC Hockey to strike out...
The Death Pool – Worst Team In Junior Hockey – Eight Days Left To Vote
With only eight days of voting left in the 2023-2024 Worst Team In Junior Hockey contest, we want to make sure the peoples opinion is...