Bobby Hull is perhaps the best Blackhawk ever to put on the team’s sweater and is largely thought to be one of the best shooters in the history of the game. So why is so distant from the game today as his star dims. Gare Joyce shows how Hull’s destructive behavior off the ice have kept him from the reverence many of the games other greats enjoy.

On New Years Eve 1975 the Canadiens and Central Red Army skated to a 3-3 tie in a game that has been called the greatest hockey game ever played. The skilled slugfest between the two teams showed the world that pure hockey wasn’t dead and that the game was not doomed to become a violent sideshow.

Val James was the first Black American to play in the NHL when he debuted with the Sabers in 1982. It was an accomplishment that was largely ignored then but shouldn’t be now. His story of determination and grit is one that will inspire anyone inside or out of hockey.

Doug Gilmour was a force in the NHL for 20 years from 1983 to 2003. His gritty style of play was truly some of the best two-way play in the history of the game. Killer: My Life in Hockey is an examination of the grit and determination that made Gilmour a Hall of Famer.

In the first episode of From The Point, we’re taking a look at the life of a hockey legend Gordie Howe. His book Mr. Hockey is a great journey that every hockey fan needs to take. In this episode we take a look at the book and Howe’s career that spanned from the 1940s to the 1980s.