9 seconds into OT

(Media guide for the West Palm Beach Blaze, circa 1993-94) In the 1990s, fighting in hockey was definitely at a high point. With basically every NHL team having their own dedicated enforcer, a concept the league now tries to distance itself from, both in it’s current game and its history, was once less feared and in essence restricted, as simply put, it filled the seats, and this was noticed from both a business and hockey perspective. As more and more NHL 4 th lines began to contain that designated tough guy (Florida Panthers and Paul Laus, New Jersey Devils and Mike Peluso etc.) Minor league teams looking to attract more fans did the same, causing lower league teams to notice that, so on and so forth. With this, came the creation of new leagues all together, and soon, minor league hockey was a vast and winding landscape, unlike what it is nowadays, with the sole lower level minor leagues of note being the SPHL, FHL, and LNAH, the latter of which is struggling

Welcome to 9 seconds into OT. On here you'll find a number of different topics on different subjects concerning sports (mainly hockey.) I'll try and build some sort of schedule as time goes on, but for now I'll simply post what's relevant, before I get in too over my head. I've been a fan of hockey since I was at least 6 years old, and I have been attempting (and sometimes failing, hey we aren't all perfect) to get better at journalism style writing. Most conversations I attempt to have regarding hockey end up with most not knowing what I'm talking about, so I took up writing about sports as a way to express my opinions and love for the obscure of hockey history. Whether your a fan of the current NHL, the past NHL, or the quite frankly bizarre of the NHL, hopefully I can satiate you with this blog. Enjoy (hopefully).