Category : The Death Pool
The Death Pool – It’s Not Junior Hockey When….
Good morning and happy Tuesday to everyone reading. I hope your week is starting out as well as mine has. Nothing quite like opening a...
The Death Pool – GMHL Mackenzie Mountaineers Dead Or Alive?
The GMHL West Mackenzie Mountaineers a silent. Are they alive? Can someone hold a mirror over the nose and mouth of this team for a...
The Death Pool – Two QMJHL Players Charged With Sexual Assault
Two players for the Victoriaville Tigres of the QMJHL have been suspended indefinitely after they were both formally charged of sexual assault by police earlier this week....
The Death Pool – Here Come The Cancelations In Canada
Don’t shoot the messenger. The message has been getting delivered for the last 18 months and its been consistent. COVID is not done with hockey...
The Death Pool – EHL’s Maine Eclipse Dead
The Maine Eclipse. Not only was it a terrible hockey team name from the start, but this was simply a bad organization from the beginning....
The Death Pool – The Shut Downs Are Coming – Are You Ready?
COVID is not done with the United States or Canada junior hockey. If you think this season will not see more shut downs for teams...
The Death Pool – Buffalo Regals Officially Dead
Yeah, if a tree falls in the woods and no one is there, does it make a sound and does anyone really give a shit...
The Death Pool – The BCHL Is Lying By Deceptive Press Releases
Lets get this straight once and for all, the BCHL is Tier II, it is not even close to the level of the USHL or...
The Death Pool – Province Of Ontario Killing Junior Hockey With Insane Restrictions
For the last fifteen months, I have largely been supportive or complimentary on how Canada has dealt with the COVID pandemic. Now enough is enough....
The Death Pool – USA Hockey Lost NHL Funding?
With all the turmoil concerning the firings, and resignations at USA Hockey recently, one very important item has gone unnoticed or simply has not been...
The Death Pool – Robert Morris Kills Division I Ice Hockey For Men And Women
Shockingly yesterday Robert Morris University announced that it will no longer field their NCAA Division I men’s and women’s ice hockey teams. The decision was...
The Death Pool – Bodies Start Falling At USA Hockey
When people clean house you can find all kinds of things. USA Hockey is definitely cleaning house this spring and the bodies are starting to...
The Death Pool – Bernie Lynch Charged In 30 Year Old Sex Assault Case
Yes. I know everyone misses the Death Pool. On special occasions it will be re-appearing. I felt that during the COVID Pandemic it probably wasn’t...
NA3HL New England Knights Killed Off
As we get closer to the start or attempted start of the season for many teams and many leagues, more and more reports of teams...
The Death Pool – BCHL Goes Pay To Play
The end of free to play hockey in the BCHL has finally arrived. Yes, you read that correctly. While the BCHL announced they “intend” to...
The Death Pool – First Official Tier II Team Goes Dark
Many have said I have painted a bleak picture for Tier II hockey in the United States and Canada. I don’t think I have. My...
The Death Pool – NA3HL Four Teams Vanish
Usually this time of year, there isn’t much to talk about. But 2020 will shape up to be a year like no other for Tier...
The Death Pool – Referee Assaulted By Coach
Its crazy how society changes. How actions that are so far beyond normal become less shocking as the years go by. Growing up, most of...
The Death Pool – Reports From The Court House
Sometimes, the tip line on Twitter and Facebook just gets over loaded, and you cant believe all the things you are reading. You would think...
The Death Pool – CPJHL Kills Two Teams Owned By The Fish
Oh yes. Reports for months of misappropriated funds, and broken promises have been coming in to TJHN from parents of players on the Muskoka Anglers...