Brad Aldrich

The challenge of baseball, and the beauty of it, is the length and density of it. It’s pretty much every day for six months, and every team and every player has to do whatever is necessary to even remember what day it is at this time of…

Bobby Hull has died at 84.Image: Getty ImagesBobby Hull was a terrible person. Most athletes can outrun or outskate that with what they accomplish on the field or ice. But even though Hull was one of the best hockey players of all-time, the…

The NHLPA investigated itself and found it did nothing wrong.Image: Getty ImagesAren’t those supposedly independent self-investigations just so handy? The NHL Players’ Association released a report Friday (late on a Friday afternoon on a…

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Ugh.Illustration: Getty ImagesYou would think that after the year they’ve had — after the past couple of weeks they’ve had — USA Hockey would want to steer clear of anything remotely controversial. The organization could cynically circle…

Brad Aldrich no longer appears on the Stanley Cup. The Hockey Hall of Fame confirmed in an email to The Canadian Press on Wednesday the disgraced former Chicago Blackhawks video coach’s name is now covered by Xs on the…

When former Chicago Blackhawks player Kyle Beach went public with allegations that he had been sexually abused by an assistant coach in 2010, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said that he could tell the 31-year-old former NHLer was…

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman talked to Kyle Beach on Saturday about what the league can do to better protect its players after the former first-round pick said he was sexually assaulted by an assistant coach in 2010 and his…

Kevin Cheveldayoff is allowed to stay on as GM of the Jets, but plenty of others are facing the music right now.Image: Getty ImagesThe NHL is not in a good place, and that’s good. For too long have victims of high-ranking members in NHL…

Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz wants the Hockey Hall of Fame to cover the name of an assistant coach engraved on the Stanley Cup after the assistant was accused of sexually assaulting a player during the team’s run to the…