as you set out for ithaka

chip, hockey sideblog

[winterclassics]

bought some nico cards on ebay last night and now i’m looking at custom holographic top loaders on etsy for them #supportyoursmallbusinesses

[cogcontrol]

nico: I'm gay. I'm gay and in the closet. I am chasing my dream of playing hockey in the nhl but chasing that dream necessitates a betrayal of who I am. I live away from my family, my friends and my culture, and I get only glimpses of the person I could be if I didn't. but it doesn't matter. I am where I always wanted to be.

alexa landestoy: and what kind of pepsi is your go to?

nico: pepsi zero sugar

[0huhu0]

Ovechkin

[ohmypuckingod]

NJ vs. FLA // 1-2 OT Loss

[sequestering]

Full Time: Fading Images of the World Cup by Brian Phillips (Grantland)

[robo271]

Canadian ice hockey player Brian Hayward, goalkeeper for the San Jose Sharks, on the ice during a game, early 1990s.

[ticklefightgeno]

jes, i need you to know your impact... i followed you early in the heated rivalry craze and then became increasingly fascinated by sidgeno bc of your blogging. fell into a deep dive of men's hockey rpf and now god help me... i care about the sport... after a childhood spent around evil hockey players, no less! i'd foresworn the whole thing! what's worse is that i have essays forming in my head about hockey, rpf, disability in professional sport, etc, and i fear i might need to start writing down my thoughts.

what have you done to me!! i cannot articulate how Not Into Sport i was prior to this! anyway if you have any books u can recommend about hockey so i can read them for my Essays, please do... i guess...

I’m so delighted for you!! and cannot wait to read any and all essays you might write!! most of my hockey book reading has been limited to books about how toxic juniors culture is (for research reasons) but I bet there is lots of interesting work out there. I think(?) @talahui made a rec list a while back and might have book recs to share, and others should feel free to chime in.

[talahui]

hi anon -- I also have a preoccupation with disability in sport -- particularly tied to TBIs and CTE -- so feel free to shoot me a message if you ever get stuck on something because I might have random articles tucked away depending on what you're looking for.

More broadly, here are some posts that have collected hockey books that might be of interest:

@starrynet 's rec list of fiction/non-fiction + more recs in the replies/reblogs my rec list for an earlier jes anon requesting hockey writing @sequestering 's rec list for the same anon

you can also dig around my cte tag and find links to articles that would likely tie into your interest on disability, but a few articles as a jumping off point:

Eric Lindros is worried about everyone's concussions but his own | Michael Rosenberg Enforcers: Soul on Ice | Kent Russell [this essay rewired my brain] ‘What hurts now?’ For retired NHL goalies, the answer is often: everything | Scott Cruickshank [non-paywalled link] John Branch wrote a brilliant book called Boy on Ice, but this interview on NPR talks about some of the disabling aspects of hockey, specifically for athletes in an enforcer role

& while this is not hockey, I pulled a few sections (+1) from Michael Bennett's memoir that align a lot with your interest around disability and sport.

[vietnamgp]

Jack and Jesper at practice today — 05.11.2025

[solip1386]

jack x toff | 03.21.24 jets @ devils

[heartbeatline]

bloody noses: a collection (sid)

[4axel4loop]

"the task of being alive is a sacred one" / Book of Ancestors, Margaret Atwood

[formulanni]

For just a second, I saw Persephone, pomegranate in hand. Dooming herself to the underworld.

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[teex]

Nico Hischier | INJURY UPDATE

[savethelifeofmychild]

its not rpf mannnnn its just how i perceive the world im just thinkin its just my curious mind okay.......................well now my stories however.......

[jonasiegenthaler]

ott@njd | 12.04.26

[winterclassics]

whole lotta drafts

[winterclassics]

the devils stadium series beanie i have been watching forever on ebay was finally bought by someone else…goodbye sweet prince