Officials Are an Endangered Species
Follow Paul on Twitter: @paulstewart22 We have a crisis on our hands: We need serious people to keep working at the job of officiating but we just don't have enough people who want to take up the job....
Congrats on a Stellar Career, Martin Brodeur
Follow Paul on Twitter: @paulstewart22 So many things have changed about hockey over the years that is sometimes easier to talk about the things that never will change. First and foremost on that list is that there is...
I’ll Take Dangerous Infractions for $400, Alex
Follow Paul on Twitter: @paulstewart22 Let's play a little "Jeopardy" here: You've selected a video Daily Double under the category "Dangerous Hockey Infractions." Are you ready? Remember to present your answer in the form of a question. ...
Age is But a Number: Swimming Against the Tide
Follow Paul on Twitter: @paulstewart22 Yesterday, I received a question from a reader named Dan asking for advice on how to break into higher-level officiating after the age of 30. This is a question I get frequently: ...
Lighten Up, Lavy
Follow Paul on Twitter: @paulstewart22 The hockey world is a small one. It's the rare person whose had longevity in the sport with whom my path has not crossed somewhere along the way even if we were in...
Move It On Over (or That Side Yours, This Side Mine)
Follow Paul on Twitter: @paulstewart22 Way back in 1947, six years before I was born, country music legend Hank Williams Sr. recorded a hit song called "Move It On Over." More than 30 years and a host of...
Gretzky Greatness Found in Acts of Kindness
Follow Paul on Twitter: @paulstewart22 The best offensive player ever to grace the sport of hockey turns 54 years old today. I'm talking, of course, about Wayne Gretzky. As I wrote in a blog last year,...
Thanksgiving in Bratislava
I have always loved the holiday season from U.S. Thanksgiving to New Years. As a hockey lifer, I especially miss my family when I'm traveling far from home. No matter where I am, I am especially thankful for my...
You Make the Call: Four Things You “Kneed” to Know (Pt. 1)
Follow Paul on Twitter: @paulstewart22 In recent years, there has been an uptick in kneeing penalties and "violent interference" related supplemental discipline cases around hockey. As with many things in our sport nowadays, much of it traces to...
Goalies Are a Different Breed
Follow Paul on Twitter: @paulstewart22 You know the stereotype about goaltenders being oddballs? I'm not going to confirm or deny that one. All that I will say is that I've been told a few times over the years...
You Make the Call (Pt. 2): Four Things You “Kneed” to Know
Follow Paul on Twitter: @paulstewart22 Thank you to everyone who chimed in on the message board and via PM to give opinions on the four recent KHL play I reviewed for reported kneeing incidents or for "violent interference"....
