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Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: The Stadium Series continues to pull big crowds, where should it go next?

Annika Morris March 5, 2025
Ohio Stadium hosted the NHL Stadium Series over the weekend in a matchup between the Detroit Red Wings and Columbus Blue Jackets.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: Hockey players are allowed to stand up for themselves

Annika Morris October 23, 2024
There is a special kind of vitriol that hockey fans have for draft picks who refuse to sign with their team. In a sport with a very stoic, selfless culture, it seems arrogant for a player to risk the beginning of his career for a better option than the one in which he had no say.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: The Seattle Kraken’s captaincy candidates

Annika Morris October 7, 2024
The Seattle Kraken is the last remaining team in the NHL without a captain. Even Utah Hockey Club, the team that hasn’t existed for more than six months, just named tenured forward Clayton Keller as the first captain in its franchise history last Friday.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: This season’s best storylines

Annika Morris September 18, 2024
The 2024-25 National Hockey League season is sliding in fast, and there are some interesting threads to follow as the season unfolds. After all, hockey is more fun when you know what you’re watching for.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: These three NHL teams have revamped their look

Annika Morris September 12, 2024
The NHL is going to look a little different this upcoming season. Fanatics announced a new, 10-year partnership with the National Hockey League to manufacture on-ice uniforms after having produced training gear and other merchandise for years prior, taking over the role from Adidas.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: The NHL may need a reality TV show

Annika Morris April 10, 2024
Hockey players need their own moment in the spotlight. Netflix recently announced “Receiver,” the sequel to its popular series “Quarterback” which followed around three NFL quarterbacks for a behind-the-scenes look into their lives, and a docu-series about the 2024 Boston Red Sox. I now need the NHL to get its own reality show.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: Trevor Zegras is no longer a golden child

Annika Morris April 3, 2024

Trevor Zegras has fallen from grace. The star center on the Anaheim Ducks was the ninth overall draft pick in 2019, so the expectations were always high for him. Zegras quickly proved his ability...

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Off the Post: NHL’s Pride Nights show insincerity for the cause

Belle Fraser January 31, 2023
Two recent controversies surrounding the NHL’s Pride Night initiative have left many fans wondering whether the league’s efforts toward promoting inclusivity are genuine or purely propaganda.
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Minnesota Wild’s poor off-season catches up to them, losing all three games played so far

Belle Fraser October 19, 2022
The Minnesota Wild have disappointed so far this season, giving up a total of 20 goals and losing all three games they've played in so far. With a free agency littered with poor moves in an effort to free up cap space, the Wild have not proved that these moves were beneficial.
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NHL off-season highlights

Belle Fraser September 7, 2022
Belle Fraser, in the most recent edition of Off the Post, lays out the major off season moments and key free agency signings.
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Off the Post: Trevor Zegras finds stardom in NHL

Belle Fraser January 21, 2022
Columnist Belle Fraser outlines the success of former BU standout hockey player Trevor Zegras in the NHL.
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Chipotle bowl named after BU’s Zegras

Charles Moore January 21, 2021
Chipotle Mexican Grill announced a bowl to honor World Junior Ice Hockey Championship MVP Trevor Zegras. The Trevor Zegras MVP Bowl is available for a limited time.
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