Author: Alex MacMillan
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Decolonizing Hockey and Canada’s National Story
How confronting racism, restoring Indigenous history, and reshaping power in hockey challenges the myths at the heart of Canadian national identity.
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Here’s Why Ontario Blocks CHL Betting
Ontario treats the CHL as a prohibited minor league, enforcing the ban through fines and integrity rules that keep junior-hockey wagering off legal sportsbooks.
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Sports as the Cultural Grammar of Our Time
On the duplicity of sports: escapism, battleground, and the theater of empire.
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Canada’s Unity by Vibes: The Oilers as National Myth Machine
How the Oilers’ playoff run has become a national myth machine, turning political failure into feel-good spectacle, one goal and anthem at a time.
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How Sports Became the Ultimate Tool of Statecraft
We’re told sports are the great equalizer where politics doesn’t matter. But it never was, and in the last 25 years that myth has only become harder to defend.
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Leafs Fandom: How Misery Became a Profitable Spectacle
Steve Dangle’s annual meltdowns reveal how Toronto Maple Leafs fandom monetizes failure, conditioning generations into accepting disappointment as identity.
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The Myth of Neutral Sport: Exile for Russia, Impunity for Israel
Global sport claims neutrality, yet Russia is exiled while Israel plays on. The double standard reveals sport as statecraft, not unity.
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End of the Myth: Canada Eliminated From World Hockey Championships
Canada loses to Denmark—and with it, a piece of its national identity built on hockey pride, collective memory, and the comfort of expected victory.
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Canada Collapses Late in Stunning Loss to Denmark
Canada dominated for 50 minutes before unraveling in a shocking 2–1 defeat to Denmark, blowing a likely USA showdown and delivering one of their worst upsets ever.
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Loyal to the Oil: Hockey, Statecraft, and the Manufactured Unity of Canada
How the Edmonton Oilers’ playoff run, Mark Carney’s photo-ops, and a nation’s rituals of fandom momentarily suspend its political fractures.
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The Goaltending Paradox in Today’s NHL
Modern analytics and defensive systems have reshaped goalie performance, shrinking the gap between elite and average and making dominance fleeting and unpredictable.
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