During a practice session seven years ago, the Chicago Black Hawks’ Stan Mi-kita split the flat, straight blade of his hockey stick into a haphazard V-shape. Without pausing to change sticks ...

Quite frankly, I couldn’t care less about hockey. I know it’s played on ice with a puck, a stick and a lot of fisticuffs, but beyond that, it’s just a bunch of big guys on skates.