The Hockey News
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Editor | Jason Kay |
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Former editors |
Bob McKenzie Steve Dryden |
Staff writers |
Ken Campbell Ryan Kennedy Matt Larkin |
Categories | Sports |
Frequency | 18/year |
Total circulation (December 2012) | 100,058[1] |
Year founded | 1947 |
Company | Roustan Media |
Country | Canada |
Based in | Toronto, Ontario |
Language | English |
Website |
www |
ISSN | 0018-3016 |
The Hockey News, commonly abbreviated to THN, is a Canadian ice hockey magazine. The Hockey News was founded in 1947 by Ken McKenzie and Will Côté, and has since been the most recognized hockey publication in North America. The magazine has a readership of 225,000 people per issue, while the magazine's website counts two million total readers.[2]
Previously owned by Transcontinental Media, it was acquired by TVA Group in 2014 as part of the sale of its consumer magazines. The sale created a synergy, as TVA Group is the official French-language rightsholder of the National Hockey League in Canada, as per a license agreement with Rogers Media.[3][4] Roustan Media bought the Hockey News from Quebecor on January 26, 2018.[5]
Publications
The Hockey News ( ISSN 0018-3016) publishes 18 subscriber issues per year, including four specialty magazines – Future Watch (March), Draft Preview (May), Yearbook (August) and the Collector's Edition (October). It also publishes an annual Poolbook, which is newsstand-only. It is the top-selling hockey magazine in North America[2] and is available through subscription in North America and digitally to the rest of the world. THN is also available at many newsstands in North America. The magazine principally covers the National Hockey League (NHL), relying on local beat writers to cover each team. Smaller sections in the regular issues cover minor league, junior, college, and international hockey.
All-time NHL player rankings
In 1997, The Hockey News commemorated their 50th anniversary with a list of the 50 top NHL players of all time. The rankings, which heralded Wayne Gretzky as the best player in the history of the NHL, were determined by a panel of judges that included past and present NHL general managers, coaches and players, as well some of the most eminent members of hockey media. The following year, THN expanded the list and published it as a book: The Top 100 NHL Players of All Time. Their list again featured Gretzky as the top player. The top 10 players, in order, were: Wayne Gretzky[6], Bobby Orr, Gordie Howe, Mario Lemieux, Maurice Richard, Doug Harvey, Jean Beliveau, Bobby Hull, Terry Sawchuk and Eddie Shore.[7]
Ten years later, in 2007, THN came out with a list of revised list in The Top 60 Since 1967, which limited the rankings to players solely of the NHL's post-expansion era. In addition to accounting for the 10 years that had passed since previous rankings, editor-in-chief Jason Kay explained that the list was revised to exclude the pre-expansion era because most analysts are not able to put the early NHL into sufficient context, adding that the original Top 50 publication "relied heavily on historical and statistical information to bring players of bygone eras into perspective."[8]
In 2008, the THN staff participated in the selection of the IIHF Centennial All-Star Team.
In 2010, THN released a revised list of the top 100 players of all time, except this time it was top 20 players per position.
Full list of 100 best players
Players in boldface were active when the list was published in early 1998. Flags of players born outside of Canada (regardless of nationality) are included next to their names.
- Wayne Gretzky
- Bobby Orr
- Gordie Howe
- Mario Lemieux[9]
- Maurice Richard
- Doug Harvey
- Jean Beliveau
- Bobby Hull
- Terry Sawchuk[10]
- Eddie Shore
- Guy Lafleur
- Mark Messier
- Jacques Plante
- Ray Bourque
- Howie Morenz
- Glenn Hall
- Stan Mikita[11]
- Phil Esposito
- Denis Potvin
- Mike Bossy
- Ted Lindsay
- Patrick Roy
- Red Kelly
- Bobby Clarke
- Larry Robinson
- Ken Dryden
- Frank Mahovlich
- Milt Schmidt
- Paul Coffey
- Henri Richard
- Bryan Trottier
- Dickie Moore
- Newsy Lalonde
- Syl Apps
- Bill Durnan
- Charlie Conacher
- Jaromir Jagr[12]
- Marcel Dionne
- Joe Malone
- Chris Chelios[13]
- Dit Clapper
- Bernie Geoffrion
- Tim Horton
- Bill Cook
- Johnny Bucyk
- George Hainsworth
- Gilbert Perreault
- Max Bentley
- Brad Park
- Jari Kurri
- Nels Stewart
- King Clancy
- Bill Cowley
- Eric Lindros
- Busher Jackson
- Peter Stastny
- Ted Kennedy
- Andy Bathgate
- Pierre Pilote
- Turk Broda
- Frank Boucher
- Cy Denneny
- Bernie Parent
- Brett Hull
- Aurel Joliat
- Toe Blake
- Frank Brimsek
- Elmer Lach
- Dave Keon
- Grant Fuhr
- Brian Leetch
- Earl Seibert
- Doug Bentley
- Borje Salming
- Georges Vezina
- Charlie Gardiner
- Clint Benedict
- Steve Yzerman
- Tony Esposito
- Billy Smith
- Serge Savard
- Alex Delvecchio
- Babe Dye
- Lorne Chabot
- Sid Abel
- Bob Gainey
- Johnny Bower
- Sprague Cleghorn
- Mike Gartner
- Norm Ullman
- Sweeney Schriner
- Joe Primeau
- Darryl Sittler
- Joe Sakic
- Dominik Hasek
- Babe Pratt
- Jack Stewart
- Yvan Cournoyer
- Bill Gadsby
- Frank Nighbor
Staff
Editor in Chief - Jason Kay; Senior Editor - Brian Costello; Senior Writer - Ken Campbell; Associate Senior Writer - Ryan Kennedy; Managing Editor - Edward Fraser; Writer/Editor - Matt Larkin; Web Editor - Ian Denomme; Web Contributor - Jared Clinton; Senior Designer - Shea Berencsi.
People who have held the editor in chief position in the past include TSN broadcaster Bob McKenzie (no relation to the founder) and TSN producer Steve Dryden.
References
- ↑ "eCirc for Consumer Magazines". Audit Bureau of Circulations. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- 1 2 "About Us". The Hockey News. Archived from the original on 30 December 2009. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ↑ "Quebecor's TVA Group buys 15 magazines from Transcontinental". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 13 April 2017.
- ↑ "Quebecor's TVA Group buys Hockey News, Canadian Living". CBC News. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ↑ http://www.roustan.com/media/pressreleases/015_Roustan-Media-Press-Release_01-26-2018.pdf
- ↑ https://www.nhl.com/news/wayne-gretzky-100-greatest-nhl-hockey-players/c-285574558?tid=283865022
- ↑ Ulmer, Michael; Dryden, Steve (1999). The Top 100 NHL Players of All Time. The Hockey News. McClelland and Stewart. ISBN 978-0-7710-4175-4.
- ↑ Kay, Jason; Ken Campbell; Adam Proteau (2007). The Hockey News - The Top 60 Since 1967. Montreal: Transcontinental Books. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-9738355-4-0.
- ↑ Lemieux was retired at the time the list was published, but returned later for parts of five more seasons.
- ↑ Sawchuk is the highest-ranked goaltender.
- ↑ Mikita is the highest-ranked European-born player, though he was raised in Canada from a young age.
- ↑ Jagr is the highest-ranked European-born-and-trained player.
- ↑ Chelios is the highest-ranked player born in the U.S.A.