Re-Drafting the First Round of the 2003 NHL Draft: Picks 30-21
Analyzing the NHL Draft can always be a fun exercise and an incredible debate. The armchair GM’s at home – like us – love to claim that we know who should be taken where, each and every year, with little...
5 Best Things Everyone Should Do on St. Paddy's Day
The 4 Types of Tape Jobs
The Sock Description: A complete covering of the entire blade by white tape. If done correctly there will be no visible blade peeking out from the tape. Often a pair of scissors is needed to complete the look and trim...
The Top 5 Hockey Pranks
With any good prank the first step is to find your victim, It could be a grizzled old vet or a brand new fresh off the practice squad rookie. No matter what the key to picking the right victim is...
Top 5 Retro Hockey Games
The EA Sports NHL franchise of video games has almost become another holiday to mark on the calendar. Every September, kids and adults alike line up to get their hands on the newest addition and play it until their thumbs...
10 Tips to Keep Hockey Parents Sane
This week we bring you an article by Jamie McKinven, about how you can keep your sanity this year as a hockey parent! 1. Hockey is a Fun Game, Period The number one goal in all youth sports is to have...
The 5 Most Memorable Draft Day Salads
With the NHL Draft set to take place every year we decided to take a look back at some of the most memorable flow of the draft day festivities. First we bring you The Sultan of Salad, one Radek “Excuse...
An Open Letter to Hockey Dads
Dear Hockey Dads, What can you say about a life defined by hockey. A life dictated by hockey. A life dedicated to hockey and a life dedicated to each other. Looking back on it all, it becomes so much clearer...
The Three Things You Didn't Know About Hockey Moms
Hockey Moms are the most dedicated, caring and loving mothers around. At the same time they are the most fearsome and terrifying mothers around. Someone once told me “Never be afraid of another player on the ice, always be afraid...
An Open Letter To Hockey Moms, From Hockey Players Everywhere
Dear Hockey Moms, THANK YOU. Although these two words are merely that, two words, they mean so much more, there is so much that has gone into that “Thank You”. Not on our end but on your end. When you...
Gongshow: Growing the Game
The game of hockey is one of the greatest sports on earth and we here at GONGSHOW want to help let everyone experience it. We want to break down barriers, we want to give the ability to play and enjoy...
The Ducks, Where are They Now?
Recently the cast of the D2 The Mighty Ducks reunited for the 20th anniversiry of the film. It only felt appropriate to have a little fun and wonder, What ever happened to The Ducks? These are their stories… Coach Bombay-...
10 Types of Beer League Players Part 2
The Boyfriend- This guy never lets a league game or pickup game of shinny go by without dragging along his girlfriend to watch him re-live his glory days. He doesn’t care if she’s the only person watching the game other...
No Excuses, Just Results
Another summer gone by another off-season closer to your goal. “Making it” means making your dreams a reality. It means making others eat their words. It means making other players jealous. Making it means you did what others couldn’t. A...
10 Types of Beer League Players Part 1
With beer leagues and pick up games set to start all over the country this month we decided to poke a little fun at some of the characters you come across on the ice…These are their stories. The Kit-...
The 5 Types of Hockey Parents
Every team is different and no two parents are alike but over my 15+ years of playing hockey there are a few parents that seem to always make an appearance no matter what level you play, they are tried, tested...
Final OT: What Happens When You Finally Hang Em' Up
The final buzzer goes—it’s over, just like that. No special celebrations no farewell parties. The only thing left is you and the game you love. Looking around you take it all in—the crowd, the scoreboard and the old barn that’s...
Best Hockey Names of All Time
When you think hockey it’s inevitable that the names like Gretzky, Lemieux and Howe come to mind. However the hockey world has seen its fair share of hockey players whose names sound like they were sent down from the hockey...
Performance Enhancing... Music
P.E.M. (Performance Enhancing Music) For years and years, gym go-ers have been searching for any possible way to get that extra motivation for their workouts. Some cloud up their water with unproven supplements like NO Explode or Jack3d. Others pound back a few...
Hockey DIY: Custom Tongues at a Not So Custom Price
Hockey DIY is a blog presented by a hockey repair shop employee giving you tips and tricks to doing your own, simple custom work at home for a fraction of the price and help you feel like a boss. Hello...
Gongshow Saucer King Game: Official Rules of Play
GONGSHOW Saucer King Official Rules of Play Buy a Canadian made Saucer King Set now – lowest price here www.SaucerKingGame.com In 2010 during the Gongshow Off Season Training Video Shoot with all our hockey buddies on the beach screwing around,...
AN INTERVIEW WITH DOUG ‘THE THUG’ SMITH: THE MAN WHO INSPIRED THE MOVIE GOON (GONGSHOW EXCLUSIVE)
Written by GSH Blogger Scott Antcliffe- A Gongshow Hockey Blog Exclusive I first came across Doug ‘The Thug’ Smith aka Goon as a young uninspired 16-year-old boy starting to play the beautiful game of hockey. Being from the U.K. hockey...
Style Tips 101: Tuck or Flop, and How to Wear Your Socks
A fellow Gonger playing NCAA hockey gives his thoughts on style tips on the ice – how do you rock your gear on the ice?
Top 5 Skate Sharpening Myths
Heading into my 5th season of skate sharpening, Ive heard alot of uneducated assumptions about different aspects in my field. Not to sound arrogant and cocky about what Ive learned in my industry, but I take great pride at being...
5 Steps to Great Hockey Hair
So your a hockey boy eh? You may have noticed over the years, that every hockey player at some point in his career, must follow a right of passage to stay in favor with the hockey Gods. Yes, the sacred...