Hockey players often use smelling salts before games. These are small capsules filled with substance called ammonium carbonate. When they are crushed, they release a strong smell of ammonia. The sharp ...

Playoff hockey is exciting. It's intense. It's exhausting. And it's riddled with superstition and ritual. Hockey players are notorious for being a superstitious lot, never more so than during the post ...

Note: This story was originally published at FlamesNation.ca after the Phil Kessel-John Scott incident. It's worth a read, particularly in the wake of George Parros' fall. I'm unabashedly one of those ...

This Admirals fan has a special connection, and ritual, with a couple players Admirals fan Cooper Schulz has a special connection, and pre-game ritual, with a couple Admirals players. Here's what it ...