Waterloo Record, Canada - Sept 16, 2006 - Mark Starowicz never played organized hockey, but the executive producer of an epic series about the sport that begins on CBC tomorrow has first-hand experience on how it is woven into the fabric of Canada.

Jam! Showbiz, Canada - Sept 16, 2006 - You know, the crack of the bat, the smell of freshly cut grass, all that crap. But in recent years, Canada certainly has ceded its cynical high ground with our relentless romanticizing of hockey.

SLAM! Sports, Canada - Sept 17, 2006 - There are times when Shane Doan still feels like the 18-year-old rookie who made his pro debut with the Winnipeg Jets more than a decade ago.

Winnipeg Sun, Canada - Sept 17, 2006 - In the immortal words of Stompin' Tom Connors, the good ol' hockey game is the best game you can name. And right now the game has two names: EA Sports' NHL 07 and Take 2's NHL 2K7, both of which skated into stores this week.

ic Wales, United Kingdom - Sept 17, 2006 - It's certainly been an unusual start to the new ice hockey season for an Echo Cardiff Devils team with no ice! But the guys are getting on with the job.

Maple Ridge News, Canada - Sept 16 2006 - The cost of ice time is too great for the Ridge Meadows High School Hockey League. Ridge Meadows Arenas, which has funded the ice times for the past four years, is now unable to do so because of increasing utility costs.

Edmonton Sun, Canada - Sept 17, 2006 - A bus carrying a youth hockey team collided with a car in a highway tunnel in eastern Switzerland yesterday, killing at least six people, officials said.