The NHL lockout has put a damper on current events hockey news. That makes it tough for regular print periodicals like The Hockey News to remain relevant, especially in the digital world. As per usual The Hockey News has released a collectors edition issue. In lieu of current events, THN has embraced the past with The Best Of Hockey History. As expected with all THN's collector issue magazines, this particular issue is beautifully presented with 170 glossy pages and amazing imagery. As can be expected with any hockey history project, there is a mix of black and white and colour photos, making for a wonderful ambience. Much of the imagery in the magazine include more than 150 amazing and rare artifacts from the Hockey Hall of Fame. Brian Costello nicely introduces us to the use of these artifacts in the short essay Skating Down Memory Lane. The heart of the issue is the Era Essays. THN neatly divides up the NHL's history in to six tidy eras, with the likes of B...