I’ve had a weird career as a hockey writer.
Not many people in the history of the sport have been a beat writer for four different NHL teams. Not many beat writers will ever cover 17 Game 7s. I’ve never covered a Stanley Cup winner on one of the four beats, but I covered every Cup Final game from 2011-15 as a staff writer at NHL.com.
I’ve also been fortunate to cover some of the best players and best individual seasons of the salary cap era. In 12 seasons as a beat writer, I’ve covered the Hart Trophy winner four times (2008, 2009, 2018, 2024), and it might be five times for the Lester B.