Ever wonder where your favorite NHL from days gone by ended up? THN.com's Backchecking looks back at the career of former greats and chronicles their life after hockey.
by The Hockey News - February 11, 2012 10:15 AM EST
Energized by the Summit Series, Dennis Hull filled Bobby’s shoes as Chicago defied the odds to reach the final in 1972-73.
By David Salter
The future looked bleak for the Chicago Black Hawks entering 1972-73. They had qualified for the Stanley Cup final two years earlier, but their superstar, Bobby ‘The Golden Jet’ Hull, had signed with the World Hockey Association’s Winnipeg Jets in the summer and left a seemingly irreplaceable void in Chicago’s lineup.
by The Hockey News - September 24, 2011 10:40 AM EDT
As the Senators mark their 20th anniversary, we catch up with the team's original captain from the modern era.
By Murray Pam
This season will mark the Ottawa Senators’ 20th anniversary since their return to the NHL. During the season, the Senators are taking the opportunity to honor their legendary early-20th-century clubs and players, including Frank Nighbor and Cyclone Taylor.
by The Hockey News - August 28, 2011 9:30 AM EDT
The first NHL player from the Eastern bloc wasn't afraid to break down barriers.
By Ryan Whirty
Right winger Jaroslav Jirik didn’t have much of a statistical impact when he played three games for the St. Louis Blues in 1969-70.
by The Hockey News - August 13, 2011 9:45 AM EDT
The former long-time King and Stanley Cup champion with the Rangers is now involved with the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
By Jeff Blay
After suffering a heart attack in 2008, former NHL defenseman Jay Wells is back on the ice with Hockey for the Heart, skating to raise awareness for the Heart and Stroke Foundation.
by The Hockey News - July 30, 2011 3:31 PM EDT
The veteran of more than 500 NHL games parlayed his career into a couple a good gigs in hockey.
By Michael Amato
Ron Tugnutt may be best remembered for a single game, but the tenacious goaltender parlayed an NHL career that spanned 16 season into broadcasting and a flourishing coaching career.
by The Hockey News - July 28, 2011 12:05 PM EDT
The former Flyer great had a career to remember, one that has him splashed in the record books.
BY MARC GIRARD
Most Philadelphia hockey fans can tell you who Tim Kerr is: former Flyers right winger, Masterton Trophy winner, four-time 50-goal scorer and the man who scored 14 goals in 19 playoff games in 1989.
by The Hockey News - July 23, 2011 3:25 PM EDT
Former NHLer Scott Thornton hasn't taken it easy in life after hockey. In fact, he completed an Ironman race in "record" time.
By Connie Jensen
Scott Thornton had an extensive NHL career that saw him play for six different teams over 17 seasons. The rugged left winger amassed 285 points and 1459 penalty minutes over that span, but upon retirement in 2008 Thornton wanted to accomplish something that had been on his mind since before his career had even begun: An Ironman triathlon.
by The Hockey News - July 16, 2011 7:40 AM EDT
Damian Rhodes' career was filled with significant firsts even though he wasn't sure he'd get beyond his first career start.
By Chris Lund
When Damian Rhodes put on his Maple Leafs jersey in 1991 he thought it might be his only chance to play in an NHL game. Neither Rhodes nor the Leafs knew that the 112th pick in the 1987 draft would go on to play more than 300 games in the NHL.
by The Hockey News - July 9, 2011 9:35 AM EDT
Picked 10th overall by the New york Rangers in 2001, goalie Dan Blackburn's career was over at age 22 because of a training accident.
By Patrick Cwiklinski
At 22, most goaltenders have yet to brush the surface of their NHL careers, but for Dan Blackburn, a career-ending injury forced the New York Rangers budding netminder to leave the game and never look back.
by The Hockey News - July 7, 2011 12:50 PM EDT
Dennis Maruk set scoring records for the Washington Capitals, but had been criticized as a selfish player by some.
By Dave Salter
Al MacAdam called him the most selfish player he ever played with. Others say he was another Marcel Dionne. His nickname was ‘Pee-Wee’ and he is the most unheralded of the 19 players in NHL history to have scored 60 goals in a single season.
by The Hockey News - June 16, 2011 1:15 PM EDT
The 1992 Canadian Olympian burst onto the NHL scene, but after leaving Boston his offensive output was never the same.
By Patrick Cwiklinski
In 1991, after the highly publicized negotiations between Joe Juneau and Boston Bruins GM Harry Sinden fell through, the young college star was criticized by many as being selfish and unrealistic in his demands for a one-way NHL contract.
by The Hockey News - June 11, 2011 10:55 AM EDT
The only man to face off against his goalie brother was also one heckuva keeper and an innovator who changed the game.
By Todd Denault
Punch Imlach was not the type of man to let a golden opportunity pass him by. Never was this more apparent than on the evening of March 20, 1971, when Imlach’s expansion Buffalo Sabres travelled to the Montreal Forum.
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"Pretty much before every game I have to remind him. But he doesn't shoot enough. He never has."
- Joe Thornton's father, Wayne, on how he always tells his son to shoot the puck more.
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