Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar is playing at a level that no modern defenseman can compete with. The 26-year-old blue liner is simply in a class of his own. To find an accurate comparison, ...

Columnist Jim Shaw marks legendary hockey player Bobby Orr's birthday by recalling the time he interviewed the star defenseman. As a 22-year-old broadcast journalism student, columnist Jim Shaw had ...

Perhaps it has something to do with the fact people weren’t fawning all over him and telling him how special he was from the time he was four. Then there was the time when he was 13, and he not only ...

Bobby Orr wore these skates during his brief stint with the Chicago Blackhawks from 1976 to 1979 when he retired due to an on-going knee injury. Signed at age 14, Orr played in the metro Junior A ...

Welcome to NHL99, The Athletic’s countdown of the best 100 players in modern NHL history. We’re ranking 100 players but calling it 99 because we all know who’s No. 1 — it’s the 99 spots behind No. 99 ...

Like any other society, the National Hockey League is awash in ritual, offering the pleasure of small things and a bond that stretches over teams and time. Consider the Stanley Cup handoff, which ...

Wayne Gretzky didn’t pound his hand on the table when he spoke the words. Nor did he speak those words as some kind of bold, stop-the-presses pronouncement. From his perch on the “NHL on TNT” set ...