Author: Nolan Whyte

Question of the Week: Choosing Lesser Evils

By Nolan Whyte | Feb 23rd 2019 | 8 min read |

I think we, as hockey fans, can all agree that the first round of the NHL playoffs is a pretty awesome time. There are so many great stories, the riva...

The Sweater Series #24: Jason Wiemer

By Nolan Whyte | Jun 25th 2014 | 3 min read |

Prior to the 1994 NHL Entry Draft in Hartford, Connecticut, The Hockey News ran an article in their draft preview looking at power forwards. It high-l...

The Sweater Series #19: The Awesome Brian Bradley

By Nolan Whyte | Jun 20th 2014 | 5 min read |

We’ve mentioned several times in these little write-ups that The Sweater Series is not a referendum on who is the “best” player to h...

The Sweater Series (or Notable Numbers) #14: John Tucker

By Nolan Whyte | Jun 15th 2014 | 3 min read |

Ah, the Original Bolts. That wacky group of underdog misfits that pulled together to teach America’s weirdest state about ice hockey– you ...

The Sweater Series (or Notable Numbers) #11: Chris Dingman

By Nolan Whyte | Jun 12th 2014 | 4 min read |

At any given time, every NHL team has at least one player who is willing and able to put up his dukes. The justification for fighting in hockey is mur...

Sweater Series #10: Playoff Legend Sean Bergenheim

By Nolan Whyte | Jun 11th 2014 | 3 min read |

Ahh, Sean Bergenheim. Why do we love you so? The player dubbed “Eisberg” by the community here at Raw Charge played only one season for th...

The Sweater Series (Or Notable Numbers) #7: Rob Zamuner

By Nolan Whyte | Jun 7th 2014 | 4 min read |

When you want to talk about garbage sports franchises, it would be totally fair to bring up the Tampa Bay Lightning teams of the late 1990s. After mak...

The Sweater Series #3: Doug Crossman

By Nolan Whyte | Jun 3rd 2014 | 4 min read |

There are a lot of things a GM looks for when he’s putting together a team from absolute scratch: he looks for scoring centers like Brian Bradle...

The Sweater Series (Or Notable Numbers) #2: Eric Brewer

By Nolan Whyte | Jun 2nd 2014 | 3 min read |

Do you remember 2004? When a team of plucky young studs were shredding the NHL’s Eastern Conference, but just needed a little more? Plucky young...

The Sweater Series (Or Notable Numbers) #1: Wendell Young

By Nolan Whyte | Jun 1st 2014 | 2 min read |

Welcome to the Sweater Series (Or Notable Numbers), where the lovable jerks of Raw Charge look back through Lightning history and draw attention to a ...