There are more NHLers at golf courses and all-inclusive resorts right now, but Hockey Things continues to press on as we have three more stories to chat about in the middle of July: 

Over the past half-century, the NHL and the game of hockey have changed a lot in many ways, from the teams and equipment to what fans wear to games. This past week on Twitter, writer and history graduate Morgan Cameron Ross dropped a snippet of some NHL footage from 1967, courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada. 

The clip is a really cool look at what hockey used to be with endless wood sticks, fiberglass masks, and players such as Chicago's Stan Mikita and Montreal's Jean Beliveau skating around at their peak. 

With the glass so low, you had to be hyper-aware of pucks flying out of play during the Original Six Era. 

Who doesn't love a rivalry in hockey? Sometimes, it's not between two teams but between one player and a franchise. 

For three straight years, Erik Haula's season has ended early at the hands of the Carolina Hurricanes (as a member of Nashville in 2020-21, Boston in 2021-22, and New Jersey in 2022-23). This past week, he was spotted golfing with a bracelet showing quite the message. 

Haula played on the Canes in the 2019-20 season before the team shipped him to the Florida Panthers. He has been mercilessly booed in Raleigh ever since that playoff round with the Predators when he kept battling with Martin Necas. He's still on the Devils, so you know Hurricanes fans will want to knock his team out another time.

It is impossible to escape two of the funniest pictures in hockey, Brandon Tanev opening his eyes as wide as possible for his team pictures for the Seattle Kraken. Even fishing, he knew what pose to strike for the cameras. 

As an added bonus to the fishing picture, it looks as if the fish is getting in on the act, too.