Longtime NHL broadcaster Dave Strader passed away this morning following a battle with cancer. He was 62.
PHWA mourns Dave Strader
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Writing Hockey with Erik Erlendsson
A podcast with Erik Erlendsson of Lightning Insider on covering hockey in Florida, starting his own Web site and dealing with John Tortorella.
Writing Hockey with Chris Johnston
The PHWA’s Writing Hockey podcast
A podcast with Chris Johnston of Sportsnet on working for a NHL rights holder, covering the Maple Leafs and a shared heritage with Justin Williams:
Sylvanna Gross wins PHWA’s Jim Kelley Memorial Scholarship
The Professional Hockey Writers Association is proud to announce Sylvanna Gross as 2017 winner of the Jim Kelley Memorial Scholarship.
Gross is the daughter of PHWA member and Bergen (N.J.) Record reporter Andrew Gross, who has covered the Devils and Rangers since 2001. Despite falling short in the inaugural contest one year ago, Gross entered again this summer determined to win.
“The children of writers tend to have a knack with words, so I wasn’t disappointed participating last year and not winning because I knew I was up against strong writers,” Gross said. “It made me work harder this year and spend more time tightening up the narrative. It is a surprise to me that I won, and I’m very thankful I did.”
Writing Hockey with Bill Hoppe
A podcast with Buffalo Hockey Beat’s Bill Hoppe of the Olean Times Herald on covering a chaotic team like the Sabres, the “tank” season of 2014-15 and Ryan O’Reilly’s Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy:
Wild, Maple Leafs win 2016-17 Dillman Award
The Professional Hockey Writers Association (PHWA) has named the Minnesota Wild and Toronto Maple Leafs as recipients for the 2016-17 Dick Dillman Award for their respective conferences.
The award recognizes public relation staffs which go to extra lengths to help promote and cover their teams as well as the NHL.
Anderson, Cogliano, Ryan named Masterton finalists
Ottawa Senators goaltender Craig Anderson, Anaheim Ducks left winger Andrew Cogliano and Carolina Hurricanes center Derek Ryan have been named finalists for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy.
Members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association (PHWA) vote on the trophy which is awarded “to the player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey,”
Tributes for a writing legend
Like he has so many times before in his copy, one line from Cam Cole left our jaws dropped.
“Since someone spilled the beans: My last day at Postmedia is Dec. 16. Man, 41 years went fast,” Cam announced on Twitter.
With that, the tributes poured in.
Paula Duhatschek wins inaugural Jim Kelley Memorial Scholarship
The Professional Hockey Writers Association is proud to announce Paula Duhatschek as inaugural recipient of the Jim Kelley Memorial Scholarship.
Duhatschek is the daughter of PHWA member and Globe and Mail columnist Eric Duhatschek. This particular award means a great deal to the Duhatschek family since Kelley was chosen to introduce Eric Duhatschek as the 2001 winner of the Elmer Ferguson Award at the Hockey Hall of Fame.
Paula Duhatschek met Kelley that day when she attended the luncheon in Toronto as an 8-year-old – but she was awarded this scholarship on blind merit. Duhatschek’s scholarship essay was voted the winner by a panel of six PHWA members; all names and identifiable references were redacted from submissions.
Member profiles: Guillaume Lefrançois
Working in the NHL’s only two-language market, La Presse hockey writer Guillaume Lefrançois wanted to find out if that was why he found it difficult to extract information from Canadiens management.
It turns out, he wasn’t the only one.
“I spoke to Pierre LeBrun, Bob McKenzie and Elliotte Friedman,” Lefrançois said this week. “What I learned and what they told me was it wasn’t just us from Montreal, it was everybody across the league finding it hard to get information out of the Montreal market.”