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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: Hockey is the best sport

By Annika Morris April 30, 2025
I only got into hockey when I arrived at Boston University and realized there was no collegiate baseball or football — the only two sports I actually paid attention to.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: Ovechkin’s goal record is complicated

By Annika Morris April 16, 2025
Alexander Ovechkin has been incredible for hockey. The next generation of NHL players grew up watching him and the booming one-timer from the left circle that became his signature.
Forward Lexie Adzija (88) signs a jersey for a fan before the Boston Fleet game at Agganis Arena March 8. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Stick Check: Agganis Arena hosts the Boston Fleet a second time this season for Youth Hockey Night

By Grace Sferrazza April 1, 2025
It was round two for the Boston Fleet at Agganis Arena last Wednesday. The stage was set for an electric faceoff between the second-place Toronto Sceptres and the third-place Fleet — two teams with something to prove and a cause to rally for.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: What does the Hart Trophy mean now?

By Annika Morris March 26, 2025

According to the NHL, the Hart Memorial Trophy is awarded “to the player adjudged to be the most valuable to his team.” A question arises. What constitutes value? MVP awards are voted on...

Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: The Bruins are boring and it’s not just because of their underwhelming new additions

By Annika Morris March 19, 2025
The Boston Bruins came into the season with high hopes. They’ve made the last eight consecutive Stanley Cup Playoffs and 15 of the last 17. Just two seasons ago, they broke the NHL record for most points in a single season.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

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

By 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: Nothing is going right with the Canucks

By Annika Morris February 12, 2025
The Vancouver Canucks have been plagued with issues throughout the entire season. On paper, they’re not a worse team than that which forced Game 7 in the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: Utah Hockey Club branding needs to be good because the names aren’t

By Annika Morris February 5, 2025
Utah Hockey Club is finally getting a name. Smith Entertainment Group, owners of the Utah Jazz, acquired majority ownership rights to the NHL team back in April 2024. The news came after a few months of speculation that Ryan Smith, SEG chairman, wanted a team in Utah, and that team would be the now-defunct Arizona Coyotes.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

5-Minute Major: The 4 Nations Face-Off is an all-star game with a lack of all-stars

By Annika Morris January 29, 2025
The NHL’s nation-based tournament is not the Olympics, and it isn’t really an all-star game either. Instead of the typical all-star format used by nearly every other professional sports league, the NHL opted to create the 4 Nations Face-Off, featuring teams of players from Canada, the United States, Finland and Sweden.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Stick Check: This season should have been the PWHL’s inaugural season

By Grace Sferrazza November 20, 2024
The PWHL is entering its second season with new branding, jerseys, and permanent homes, but it should have began like this in the first place.
Annika Morris | Senior Graphic Artist

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

By 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

By 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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